Mirei Kiritani

Mirei Kiritani

Born: December 16, 1989
in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Mirei Kiritani (桐谷 美玲, Kiritani Mirei), born Sayasa Matsuoka (松岡さや紗, Matsuoka Sayasa), is a Japanese actress, model, and news anchor. She appeared in the film Kimi ni Todoke, Usagi Drop, and Arakawa Under the Bridge. She also appeared in the drama Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love?, Gunshi Kanbei, Hell Teacher Nūbē, and so on. Since 2012 until 2018, she anchors the NTV's news program News Zero every Tuesday. In 2015, she played the lead role in the vampire film Koisuru Vampire and also the lead role in the Netflix original series Atelier.

Movies for Mirei Kiritani...

Once Upon a Crime
Title: Once Upon a Crime
Character: Tekla
Released: September 13, 2023
Type: Movie
While at the royal ball with Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood finds herself in the middle of a mystery. Can she solve the case before midnight strikes?
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Go! Anpanman: Roboly and the Warming Present
Title: Go! Anpanman: Roboly and the Warming Present
Character: Roboly (voice)
Released: June 30, 2023
Type: Movie
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Revenge Girl
Title: Revenge Girl
Character: Miki Takaraishi
Released: December 23, 2017
Type: Movie
Miki Takaraishi is a smart and beautiful 24-year-old woman, but her personality is not as good. She falls in love with Yuga Saito who is handsome and comes from a politician family. They see each other romantically, but Yugo Saito dumps Miki Takaraishi. To get revenge on Yuga Saito, she decides to run for prime minister. For her election campaign, she hires Toshiya Kadowaki as her campaign strategist.
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Title: It's All About the Looks
Character: Jun Jonochi
Released: April 13, 2017
Type: TV
Jun Jonochi works at a paper manufacturing company. She is earnest, but clueless about her own appearance. She doesn't have any interest in making herself look good. One day, she realizes that people don't view her as other women. She begins to read up on things like make-up and fashion trends with her two female colleagues.
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Title: A Girl & Three Sweethearts
Character: Misaki Sakurai
Released: July 11, 2016
Type: TV
Sakurai Misaki has not dated in a long time. She has focused on her work as a pâtissier to eventually run her own business. One day, she gets fired from work. She then meets her first love from high school Shibasaki Chiaki. Misaki works part-time at Chiaki's restaurant and also stays there. While she lives with Chiaki at his restaurant, she realizes that Chiaki's two younger brothers Touma and Kanata also live there.
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Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Title: Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Character: Aguri Yukimura
Released: March 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Story continues with the students' own conflicts, Koro Sensei’s identity and the fate of the world. The time limit for assassination is approaching.
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Title: Sumika Sumire
Character: Sumire Kisaragi (20 years old)
Released: February 5, 2016
Type: TV
Kisaragi Sumi is a 20-year-old university student. But do not be surprised that she is a 65-year-old inside. Under pressure to help out with the family business from a young age, she could not have a youth. Even afterwards, she devoted her entire life to taking care of first her grandmother and then her father and mother. Sumi finds herself turning 65 without ever having had a boyfriend. She takes a little pride in having lived with integrity. But after her mother passes away, she has the sudden thought of regaining her youth once more and making a fresh start in life. A miracle happens to her. One day when Sumi wakes up, she has the appearance of a 20-year-old. Despite being bewildered by this unbelievable reality, she introduces herself as Sumire and gets another try at youth.
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No Longer Heroine
Title: No Longer Heroine
Character: Hatori Matsuzaki
Released: September 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.
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Title: Atelier
Character: Mayuko Tokita
Released: September 2, 2015
Type: TV
A young "fabric geek" lands a job at an upscale Japanese lingerie company — and quickly discovers she'll need help to survive.
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Vampire in Love
Title: Vampire in Love
Character: Kiira
Released: April 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Kiira seems like an ordinary young girl, who likes to talk with her friends and to dress up. Her ultimate goal is to become the world's best baker, but what differentiates her from others is that she is a vampire. She has never told anyone her secret, including her childhood friend Tetsu, whom she played with everyday and liked as a child. After her parents died when Kiira was only 12-years-old, she had to go live with her relatives and lost contact with Tetsu. Now, 8 years later, Tetsu appears at the bakery where Kiira is working part-time. Kiira is ecstatic to see her first love again. Soon, they are dating and Kiira dreams of having a family with Tetsu. Kiira also becomes filled with worries because she is vampire.
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Assassination Classroom
Title: Assassination Classroom
Character: Aguri Yukimura
Released: March 21, 2015
Type: Movie
A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no. The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota. The creature is called Teacher Koro. Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro. When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.
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Title: Hell Teacher Nube
Character: Takahashi Ritsuko
Released: October 11, 2014
Type: TV
Meisuke Nueno (Ryuhei Maruyama) is the homeroom teacher of a 2nd grade 3 class in high school. He is referred to as Nube. He sometimes carries himself as an idiot, but he does care about his students a lot. He also has a hidden side. Meisuke Nueno has a demon's hand. He solves monstrous case and fights desperately to save students from monsters.
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Hontô ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 15th Anniversary Special
Title: Hontô ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 15th Anniversary Special
Released: August 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Seven scary true horror stories in this 15th anniversary special. The stories are: S Douzan no Onna (Woman from Copper mine S); Satoru-kun; Hannin wa Dare da (Who's the Crmininal?); Sasoi no Mori (Forest invitation); Ude wo Choudai (Give me your arm); Takushi Doraiba wa Kataru (A story from taxi driver) and Yami e no Shikaku (Vision to the Darkness)
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Title: Tsui no Sumika
Released: July 20, 2014
Type: TV
Asakura Tomoko obtained her MBA at an American university and is a rookie reporter for a Tokyo newspaper’s local news desk. Although she is good at numerical expressions, she has not much interest in understanding the feelings of her interview subjects. Furthermore, she has nothing but a lot of pride, and seems to have been branded an unqualified reporter by her superior because of this. In an attempt to overturn this perception, Tomoko decides to do a story on home nursing care based on her memories of her grandfather. However, she gets overwhelmed by the harsh reality and unexpectedly stumbles across a series of unexplained deaths of elderly people receiving such care.
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Jossy's
Title: Jossy's
Character: Naoko Akagi (Red)
Released: June 7, 2014
Type: Movie
To battle a malicious monster, five women are gathered in front of Commander Charles against their will. The five women are selected because they each have a family name that represents a color. The five women are filled with doubts about what they are able to do collectively, but they go up against the monster using their lethal technique "Women Tornado". The five women can only use the "Women Tornado" when they are all gathered together.
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Title: Shinigami-kun
Character: Shinigami-kun's surveillant
Released: April 18, 2014
Type: TV
Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is hard to say how this can be a happy occasion, and watch over the dying. To a grim reaper, persuading people attempting to commit suicide and preventing unforeseen deaths is also an important task. But because #413 is new to this grim reaper work, he has a tendency to lean towards humans in his judgments, break the rules of the nether world and get reprimanded by his superior.
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Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos
Title: Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos
Character: Yoko Betsuku
Released: March 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Physician Kohei Taguchi and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare investigator Shiratori soon become involved in major reforms to the death investigation system of the country and localities when a letter arrives threatening the destruction of Tojo University Hospital and Kerberos Tower in 3 months. Before the pair are able to uncover the truth, an unprecedented rash of suspicious deaths occur which can’t be explained through autopsy. On the day of the AI (Autopsy Imaging) Center’s opening and introduction of a revolutionary new MRI machine called “Leviathan”, further incidents rock the medical community.
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Title: Ando Lloyd ~A.I. knows LOVE ?~
Character: mysterious beautiful girl(謎の美少女)
Released: October 13, 2013
Type: TV
Reiji Matsushimais a genius physicist. He realizes that he and his fiancé Asahi Ando will be killed a theory that he advanced. One day, in the year 2013, Reiji dies in a airplane explosion & crash. He was a handsome and world-famous professor who studied wormhole theories. It is a mystery whether his research on wormhole theory caused his death or not.
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Crying 100 Times - Every Raindrop Falls
Title: Crying 100 Times - Every Raindrop Falls
Released: July 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Shuichi had a motorcycle accident 4 years ago. Because of the accident, he lost the last year of his memory. One day, at a friend's wedding, Shuichi has a fateful meeting with Yoshimi. They enjoy happy times together and Shuichi thinks about marrying Yoshimi. Then Yoshimi becomes sick. A sad truth is hidden in the lost memory of Shuichi.
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Cheap Flight!!
Title: Cheap Flight!!
Character: Yuka Kuramochi
Released: March 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Aizawa Miharu (Takeuchi Yuko) receives an order to work for Cherry's Airlines from major airline. Cherry's Airlines is a low cost, budget carrier. The concept for Cherry's Airlines is to provide little to no service, all for the lowest cost to the passenger. Miharu struggles with her new job, because she is trained to provide excellant service from her previous company. Miharu begins to feel gloomy from struggling with her amateur colleagues and against the low cost policy of her company. Nevertheless, Miharu works hard for Cherry's Airlines first flight.
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Title: Apoyan
Character: Morio Haruko
Released: January 17, 2013
Type: TV
Based on the serialised novel by Shinno Takeshi, Apoyan tells the story of the people behind every overseas trip. From the travel agents to the people working at the airport.
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Title: ラブ・スウィング~色々な愛のかたち~
Released: December 20, 2012
Type: TV
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Until the Break of Dawn
Title: Until the Break of Dawn
Character: Kirari Hinata
Released: November 10, 2012
Type: Movie
High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.
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I Have To Buy New Shoes
Title: I Have To Buy New Shoes
Character: Suzume Yagami
Released: October 16, 2012
Type: Movie
Freelance writer Aoi Teshigahara lives in Paris, France. Sen Yagami is a photographer who came to Paris, France due to his younger sister Suzume's insistance. Over the next 3 days, Aoi Teshigahara and Sen Yagami fall in love. Meanwhile, Suzume meets her boyfriend Kango, whom they have been in a long distance relationship.
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Title: GTO
Character: Shinomi Fujisaki
Released: July 3, 2012
Type: TV
Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji, Onizuka Eikichi, the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru, a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s president and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko, overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2-4.
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Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Title: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Character: Kaoru Koda (voice)
Released: April 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Kogoro's detective agency receives a mysterious phone call. Someone on the other end warns about a bomb and leaves behind a code, "The Boy in Blue and The Blue Zebra, the rain from above ..." If Conan can decipher the riddle, he can stop the bomb. An adventure begins for Conan and the Detective Boys, taking place at a soccer match between Hideo Akagi of the Tokyo Spirits and Ryusuke Higo of Big Osaka
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Ace Attorney
Title: Ace Attorney
Character: Mayoi Ayasato (Maya Fey)
Released: February 11, 2012
Type: Movie
Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.
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Arakawa Under the Bridge
Title: Arakawa Under the Bridge
Character: Nino
Released: February 4, 2012
Type: Movie
Riku, the heir to a corporate conglomerate, is determined to go through life never owing anything to anyone on principle. However, one day he nearly drowns in a river and is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. To repay his debt, he begins living together with her on the banks of the river as her lover.
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Title: HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Character: Jun Motomura
Released: October 11, 2011
Type: TV
On a return flight to Japan, cabin attendant Isaka Rei arrests a thief at Narita Airport’s International Terminal, and receives a reward of 1 million yen. However, she is half-forced to resign from her job as a cabin attendant because of this roundup. Furthermore, her younger sister, Akane, has made her a guarantor and disappeared, leaving her 10-year-old daughter, Haru behind. Rei starts to live with a reluctant Haru at ‘Shunkato’, the small eating house that Akane has been running. There is a firsthand account of Akane meeting a ‘Shunkato’ customer on the day she went missing. Rei brings the photograph of the man whom Akane met to Tsukishima Police Precinct, and learns that there is a 1 million yen bounty because he is a wanted criminal. The lack of motivation of the attending detective, Gondo Takeshi of the precinct’s Community Safety Division, spurs her to decide that she has to arrest this criminal who has some sort of connection to her sister. And so, Rei becomes a bounty hunter together with the ladies who gather at ‘Shunkato’.
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Bunny Drop
Title: Bunny Drop
Character: Kazumi Kawachi
Released: August 20, 2011
Type: Movie
Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6 years old. Everybody in Daikichi's family looks at the girl as an embarrassment and wants no part of her. Daikichi, annoyed by his family's attitude, decides to raise Rin by himself. Even though Daikichi himself has no experience raising a child and is still single.
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Scattered Reflection
Title: Scattered Reflection
Character: Shima
Released: August 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Shima (Mirei Kiritani) is a second year high school student. She has already become the youngest ever winner of a "new writer award" for poetry. Yet, she keeps it a secret that she is a writer at school. Shima has developed feelings for fellow second year high school student Kento (Takahiro Miura). One day, Kento confesses his feelings for her and they begin to have a relationship. Shima has difficulties understanding other's emotions and can't understand Kento's feelings. Soon afterwards, Kento decides to break up with Shim...
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Snow Flake
Title: Snow Flake
Character: Masano
Released: August 6, 2011
Type: Movie
A college student in Hakodate, Japan lost her best friend 10 years ago. Since the tragic loss the girl hasn't talked. One day, the girl is asked to write a comment about a "forget-me-not" on a website. She writes about letting go of the past and to focus on the present day. Soon after however a man resembling her childhood friend appears in her life.
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Title: Arakawa Under the Bridge
Character: Nino
Released: July 26, 2011
Type: TV
Kou Ichinomiya has always lived according to the creed of his wealthy, successful family: never be in debt to anyone. But one day, under the Arakawa Bridge, his life is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. In order to pay her back, Kou promises to be her boyfriend; and thus begins his new life under the bridge.
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Runway Beat
Title: Runway Beat
Character: Miki Tachibana
Released: March 19, 2011
Type: Movie
Transfer student Biito “Beat” Mizorogi, talented in fashion design, bring classmates together to stage a fashion show for the school's annual festival.
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Gene Waltz
Title: Gene Waltz
Character: Yumi Aoi
Released: February 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Doctor Rie (Miho Kanno) is know as the Joan of Ark of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She works in a challenging environment with clinics shutting down due to lack of doctors and the system itself breaking down. Dr. Rie then helps an infertile woman conceive with a surrogate mother which is prohibited in Japan...
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From Me to You
Title: From Me to You
Character: Ume Kurumizawa
Released: September 25, 2010
Type: Movie
Sawako Kuronuma looks miserable on the outside, but is actually a positive-minded girl, who looks up to Shota Kazehaya, a sociable and friendly boy. Perceiving Sawako's good intentions, he secretly has feelings for her. Sawako meets Kazehaya and makes her first friends, Chizuru and Ayane but in comes Kurumi proclaiming her love for him... Will Sawako and Kazehaya ever find out about each other's feelings?
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Title: Summer Romance Shines in Rainbow Color
Character: Sakura Miyase
Released: July 19, 2010
Type: TV
Taiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his time. Most of the time, Taiga only gets to appear in variety shows. One day when his friend brings him out skydiving, a big wind drags him away from the dropping point and he gets stuck in a tree. A beautiful woman, Shiori, rescues him. Shiori is a cheerful woman who laughs away all of her worries. She's exactly the opposite of Taiga...
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Ongaku-Bito
Title: Ongaku-Bito
Released: May 15, 2010
Type: Movie
The story is set in a music school, where a group of young adults deal with romance and their passion for music.
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Title: Jotei Kaoruko
Released: April 25, 2010
Type: TV
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Title: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Character: Yumi
Released: March 27, 2010
Type: Movie
Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.
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Title: Otomen
Character: Oharida Miyabi
Released: August 1, 2009
Type: TV
Otomen is a Japanese romantic comedy manga by manga artist Aya Kanno, which began in Bessatsu Hana to Yume in late 2006 and concluded on November 26, 2012. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been one of the best-selling shōjo properties in America, since being licensed by Viz Media. The series is also licensed in France by Delcourt and in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini.
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Yamagata Scream
Title: Yamagata Scream
Character: Chuko Kaburagi
Released: August 1, 2009
Type: Movie
High school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to fulfill a graduation requirement. Their teacher, Mr. Kachi, plans a mandatory club trip to a small village called Oshakabe in Yamagata prefecture to study remnants of an ancient clan of warriors called the ochimusha who displayed legendary cowardice in battle. When they arrive, the local villagers hold a special ceremony and construct a "super shrine". As a result, an 800-year seal is broken, unleashing a curse that causes the ochimusha to rise from the grave.
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Drop
Title: Drop
Released: May 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Adaptation of a light novel.
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Classmates
Title: Classmates
Character: Nozomi Hayakawa
Released: May 10, 2008
Type: Movie
A romance occurs via email, between Jun Shibahara, the ace in his swimming team, and an ill girl.
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Gymnasium Baby
Title: Gymnasium Baby
Character: Hayakawa Nozomi (Jun)
Released: May 10, 2008
Type: Movie
Jun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between them...
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出るトコ出ましょ!
Title: 出るトコ出ましょ!
Character: Mariko Fujino
Released: September 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Shizuka Kamei is a young high school student whose family is in deep debt since the disappearance of her father. After being expelled from her high school because of her money problems, she finds a part-time job: here she is an assistant to a lawyer, Nonaka Hiromu, who fantasizes about the uniforms of high school girls.
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Title: HANA-KIMI
Character: Amagasaki Kanna
Released: July 3, 2007
Type: TV
Japanese-American track star Mizuki Ashiya transfers from a school in California to Japan, but not to just any old school. The school is Osaka High School—an all male high school! Mizuki Ashiya must disguise herself as a boy, all to get closer to her hero, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete who attends Osaka High. Now with short hair, flattened chest, and deeper voice, Mizuki becomes roommates with Izumi Sano, but trouble soon starts to brew. Izumi Sano discovers by accident that Mizuki is a girl and falls in love with her, but Mizuki is unaware of the fact. Complicating things, fellow classmate Shuichi Nakatsu starts to develop feelings for Mizuki, unaware that she is a girl!
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Hatsuko's World
Title: Hatsuko's World
Character: Yamaguchi
Released: May 12, 2007
Type: Movie
15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager house-keeping money on adult entertainment. Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima (Sano Kazuma), a boy in her class, who helps her with her study to go to a high school together. However, Hatsuko's brother causes trouble at the factory and gets the sack. Hatsuko gives up her dream of going to high school. In spring, the modest relationship continues between Mishima, now a high school student, and Hatsuko who works at a biscuit factory. One day, Hatsuko's long-gone father reappears. In a drunken frenzy, he sets fire to the house to go and rejoin the mother, leaving Hatsuko without a place to live. Hatsuko leaves the town on her own, drawing strength from the promise of marriage with Mishima.
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Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya
Title: Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya
Released: July 8, 2006
Type: Movie
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Tales of Terror: New Ears Bag Final Night 2
Title: Tales of Terror: New Ears Bag Final Night 2
Released: July 5, 2006
Type: Movie
The second volume of the popular ghost story TV series “Ghost Story Shin Mimibukuro,” based on the real-life ghost story book “Shin Mimibukuro,” includes the final series. It features notable actresses such as Mari Hoshino of “Sayonara Midori Chan” fame. It includes all 10 episodes.
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Tales of Terror: New Ears Bag Final Night 1
Title: Tales of Terror: New Ears Bag Final Night 1
Released: July 5, 2006
Type: Movie
This is the first volume to include the final series of the popular ghost story TV series “Ghost Story Shin Mimibukuro,” based on the true-life ghost story book “Shin Mimibukuro. It contains all 10 episodes.
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Title: Kissho Tennyo
Released: April 15, 2006
Type: TV
This psychological mystery is centered around a daughter of the Kanou family, Sayoko, who is said to be a descendant of a goddess. She has a face of a noble goddess and a heart of a most evil woman. She tries to keep her evil side hidden. But, when outsiders threaten to overtake her family fortune, she protect her family by using her charm and seduction to attract them into her trap.