
Mei Nagano
Biography
Mei Nagano is a Japanese actress. She is known for playing Rinko in the film My Love Story! (2015) as well as Yosano Suzume in the film Daytime Shooting Star (2017). In June 2017, she was announced as the lead for NHK's 98th Asadora, Hanbun, Aoi, due air in April 2018.
Nagano was scouted in Kichijouji, Tokyo when she was in her third year of elementary school. She made her acting debut in the 2009 action-adventure film Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle, as a minor character.
In 2015, she played the heroine, Rinko Yamato, in the romantic comedy film, My Love Story! In July 2016, she starred in her first lead role in the teen drama, Koe Koi, as high school student Yuiko Yoshioka, who meets a mysterious boy who wears a paper bag over his head. In September, she starred in the Japanese version of the film Gods of Egypt. She provided the voice for the character Zaya. She also appeared in commercials for Calpis Water, Sekisui House, Townwork, UQ Mobile, and Alpen. In 2017, she starred in the romance film, Daytime Shooting Star.
Nagano was a regular model for Japanese fashion magazines Nico☆Petite and nicola. In August 2016, she became an exclusive model for Seventeen.
Known For

TV
Half Blue Sky
Suzume Nireno
2018

TV
Burn the House Down
Anzu Murata
2023

TV
News Anchor
Hana Sakikubo
2025

TV
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
Sakura Kayano
2019

TV
Daddy Is My Classmate
Sakura Obika
2020

Film
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Tsubame Sanjo
2012

TV
Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020
Herself - Commentator
2019

TV
Police in a Pod
Mai Kawai
2021

TV
Fugitive Boys
Renko Aokawa
2017

Film
Cells at Work!
Red Blood Cell / AE-3803
2024

TV
Love That Makes You Cry
Remi Funakawa
2016

TV
Voice Love
Yoshioka Yuiko
2016

TV
The Gift of Your Heart
Ame Aihara
2024

Film
NiNoKuni
Asha / Kotona (voice)
2019

TV
Riding a Unicorn
Sana Narukawa
2022

TV
Platonic
Sari Mochizuki
2014

TV
Teddy Go!
Amano An
2015

Film
Peach Girl
Sae Kashiwagi
2017

Film
Mixed Doubles
Airi Ogasawara
2017

Film
Mom, Is That You?!
Kanzaki Mai
2023
Filmography
2025FilmBlank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journeyas Akiko2025TVNews Anchoras Hana Sakikubo2025FilmBrighter Daysas Saho Takahashi2024FilmCells at Work!as Red Blood Cell / AE-38032024FilmTeasing Master Takagi-sanas Takagi-san2024TVThe Gift of Your Heartas Ame Aihara2023FilmMom, Is That You?!as Kanzaki Mai2023TVBurn the House Downas Anzu Murata2022FilmMotherhoodas Daughter2022FilmMy Broken Marikoas Tomoyo Shiino2022TVRiding a Unicornas Sana Narukawa2021FilmAnd So the Baton Is Passedas Yuko Morimiya2021TVPolice in a Podas Mai Kawai2021TVCreator's File: GOLD2021FilmHell's Gardenas Naoko Tanaka2021FilmIt's a Flickering Lifeas Yoshiko – Young2020TVDaddy Is My Classmateas Sakura Obika2020FilmMasked Wardas Hitomi Kawasaki2019FilmNiNoKunias Asha / Kotona (voice)2019TVTerrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020as Herself - Commentator2019FilmYou Shine in the Moonlightas Mamizu Watarase2019TVMr. Hiiragi's Homeroomas Sakura Kayano2018TVHalf Blue Skyas Suzume Nireno2017FilmMixed Doublesas Airi Ogasawara2017TVFugitive Boysas Renko Aokawa2017FilmPeach Girlas Sae Kashiwagi2017FilmTeiichi: Battle of Supreme Highas Mimiko Shiratori2017FilmParksas Haru2017FilmDaytime Shooting Staras Suzume Yosano2017TVSuper Salaryman Mr. Saenai2016TVVoice Loveas Yoshioka Yuiko2016TVLove That Makes You Cryas Remi Funakawa2015FilmMy Love Story!!as Rinko Yamato2015TVTeddy Go!as Amano An2015FilmA Stitch of Lifeas Mari2014FilmThe Man of the Tokyo Olympicsas Grace Miyako Wada [Teenager]2014TVPlatonicas Sari Mochizuki2014FilmGACHI-BAN: ULTRA MAX2012FilmRurouni Kenshin Part I: Originsas Tsubame Sanjo2012FilmStand Up! Vanguard2010FilmZebraman 2: Attack on Zebra Cityas Sumire2010TVAsaichias Herself2009FilmHard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle—FilmMy Crazy Feminist Girlfriend