*anese actress and singer

Miki Nakatani (中谷 美紀, Nakatani Miki, born 12 January 1976) is a *anese actress and singer. She began her career as a member of the girl group Sakurakko Club from 1991 to 1993, wherein she formed the duo Key West Club with member Keiko Azuma.

Nakatani focused on acting after her departure, making her debut on the popular television drama Under One Roof. She relaunched her music career under the tutelage of producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1996, releasing three albums: Sho*otsu Rensa (1996), Cure (1997) and Shiseikatsu (1999). Her best known songs include "Mind Circus" and "Suna no Kajitsu", which peaked at number ten on the Oricon charts.

As an actress, Nakatani has received six *an Academy Awards for her roles in When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002), Memories of Matsuko (2006), and Zero Focus (2009), among others. She is most known internationally for her role as Mai Takano in the *anese horror film franchise Ring.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Filmography
  • 2.1 Film
  • 2.2 Television
• 3 Discography
  • 3.1 Albums
  • 3.2 Singles
  • 3.3 Videos
  • 3.4 DVDs
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Biography

From 1998 to 1999, Nakatani starred in a trio of horror films – Ring, Rasen, and Ring 2 – followed by a lead role in Hideo Nakata's Chaos in 2000. That same year, she reprised her television role as Jun Shibata in the mystery film Keizoku.

In 2005, she co-starred in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror film Loft with Etsushi Toyokawa, and portrayed the love interest Hermes in Densha Otoko.

For her performance in the *le role of Matsuko Kawajiri in Tetsuya Nakashima's 2006 film Memories of Matsuko, she won the Best Actress award at the 31st Hochi Film Award, the Asian Film Award for Best Actress, and the *an Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

Nakatani appeared in François Girard's Silk. She co-starred in Isshin Inudo's Zero Focus with Ryōko Hirosue and Tae Kimura.

As a musician, she collaborated several times with famed composer Ryuichi Sakamoto from 1996 to 2001.

As a spokesperson and model, she has appeared in several promotion campaigns, including over 70 television commercials for Ito En's Oi Ocha green tea. Nakatani speaks *anese, French, and English.

In 2018, Nakatani announced her marriage to German musician Thilo Fechner, a viola player with the Vienna Philharmonic.

Filmography

Film

• Berlin (1995) – Kyoko
• Dai*suren (1995)
• Ring (1998) – Mai Takano
• Rasen (1998) – Mai Takano
• Ring 2 (1999) – Mai Takano
• Chaos (2000) – Satomi Tsushima
• Keizoku (2000) – Jun Shibata
• When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003) – Nui
• River of First Love (2004) – Satuki Kato
• The Hotel Venus (2004) – Wife
• Rikidozan (2004) – Aya
• Thirty Lies or So (2004) – Takarada
• Train Man (2005) – Hermes
• Loft (2005) – Reiko Hatuna
• Dead Run (2005) – Akane
• Memories of Matsuko (2006) – Matsuko Kawajiri
• Christmas on 24 July Avenue (2006) – Sayuri Honda
• Silk (2007) – Madame Blanche
• Happy Ever After (2007) – Yukie Morita
• Flavor of Happiness (2008) – Takako Yama*a
• Zero Focus (2009) – Sachiko
• Sweet Little Lies (2010)
• Hankyu Railways: A 15-Minute Miracle (2011) – Shoko
• Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2011) – Shikibu Murasaki
• Himawari & Puppy's Seven Days (2013)
• Real (2013) – Eiko Aihara
• The Kiyosu Conference (2013) – Nene
• Ask This of Rikyu (2013) – Souon
• The World of Kanako (2014) – Rie Azuma
• A S*ch of Life (2015)
• First Gentleman (2021) – Rinko Sōma

Television

• Under One Roof (1993) – Aiko Mifune
• Oda Nobunaga (1998) – No-Hime
• Joi (1999)
• Woman Doctor (1999)
• Keizoku (1999) – Jun Shibata
• Eien no Ko (2000) – Yuki Kusaka
• Manatsu no Merry Christmas (2000) – Haru Hoshino
• Prince Shotoku (2001) – Tojiko no Iratsume
• R-17 (2001)
• Otosan (2002)
• Believe (2002)
• Jin (2009) – Miki Tomonaga/Nokaze
• Beautiful Rain (2012) – Akane Nishiwaki
• Gunshi Kanbei (2014) – Teru
• Ghostwriter (2015) – Risa Tono
• IQ246 (2016) – Tomomi Morimoto
• Kataomoi (2017)
• Followers (2020) – Limi Nara

Discography

Albums

• Sho*otsu Rensa (1996) produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Cure (1997) produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Vague (Remix album) (1997) produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Absolute Value (Best album) (1998) produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Shiseikatsu (1999) produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Pure Best (Best album limited edition) (2001) produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Miki (Best album from Warner Music *an) (2001) produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Singles

• "Mind Circus" (1996) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Strange Paradise" (1996) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Suna no Kajitsu" (1997) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Wilder Than Heaven" (1997) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Ibara no Kanmuri" (1997) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Chronic Love" (1999) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Frontier" (1999) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Kowareta Kokoro" (2000) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Air Pocket" (2001) composed and arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Videos

• Butterfish (1997)
• Completeness (1998)
• Air Pocket (2002)

DVDs

• Butterfish (2000)
• Kowareta Kokoro (2000)
• Air Pocket (2002)

References

External links

• Official website
• Miki Nakatani at IMDb
• Miki Nakatani at the *anese Movie Database (in *anese)
• Miki Nakatani discography at Discogs