is a Japanese dancer, model, and actress under LDH. She is a former member of Flower and E-girls. Bando is also a former model of Hanachu and an exclusive model for Seventeen.
Career E-girls On July 26, 2011, during an E-Girls Show event in Shibuya-Ex, Bando passed the dance performance department of the Exile Presents Vocal Battle Audition 3 for Girls and was added to Flower as a performer alongside Harumi Sato. On that same day, she was also added as a member to E-girls, having a concurrent position in the group and Flower. On August 30, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Seventeen after winning the Miss Seventeen 2011 audition along with Yua Shinkawa, Ayami Nakajo and Ai Hashizume. In April 2015, Bando ended her work as an exclusive model for Seventeen.
Film career On January 12, 2018, Bando was announced as one of the cast members for the live-action adaptation of the manga Rainbow Days. The movie stars her label mate Reo Sano, a member of Generations from Exile Tribe, and was released on July 6. The same year on May 30, she played one of the leading roles in the short film Kuu alongside her E-girls bandmates, Anna Ishii and Nonoka Yamaguchi. The short film was part of Utamonogatari: Cinema Fighters Project by LDH.
On April 15, 2019, Bando was announced to be part of the cast for the film , with Exile Takahiro playing the main character; it was released the same year on September 20. The same year on April 23, she was chosen as one of the representative of E-girls alongside Harumi Sato, Kaede Dobashi, and Nonoka Yamaguchi, for the advertisement of Mister Donut's Tapoica Drink – Tap! Tap! Tapioca! – a product released on the same day.
On September 10, 2019, Bando was featured on the cover for the 12th issue of the Japanese fashion magazine Please, making it her first solo cover in her career.
Filmography TV dramas Year Title Role Network NotesRef. 2012 GTO Ai Tokiwa KTV 2014 A Perfect Day for Love Letters Sese NTV Episode 9; Lead roleTokkō Jimuin Minowa Masami Aoyama YTV Episode 11 2015 High & Low: The Story Of S.W.O.R.D. Nika Ijuin NTV 2016High & Low Season 2
Films Year Title RoleNotesRef. 2016 Road To High & Low Nika IjuinHigh&Low The MovieHigh&Low The Red Rain2017High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky 2018 Rainbow DaysReiko ChibaUtamonogatari: Cinema Fighters Project "Kuu"TenShort film 2019 Three Nobunagas Haru Kuchiki 2023 (Ab)normal Desire Yume Takami
Stage +YearTitleRef.2020Reading drama Book Act "Entertainer Exchange Diary / Geinin koukan nikki"
Music videos Year TitleArtist 2010 "Kataomoi"Love
Commercials +YearTitleNotesRef.2019Mister Donut "Tap!Tap!Tapioca!"with other E-girls membersMister Donut "Cotton Snow Candy"Yofuku no Aoyama
Other work
Runways +YearTitleSeasonRef.2011Tokyo Girls CollectionAutumn/Winter2012Girls AwardAutumn/Winter2013Kansai CollectionSpring/SummerTokyo Girls CollectionSpring/Summer2018Tokyo Girls CollectionSpring/Summer2019Tokyo Girls Collection ShizuokaTokyo Girls Collection ToyamaTokyo Girls CollectionAutumn/WinterTokyo Girls Collection Kitakyushu2020Tokyo Girls Collection Shizuoka
Magazines Year Title Notes 2010 Hanachu Exclusive model 2011 Seventeen2017WWD Beauty2018Atmos MagSpring/Summer issue 132018Springregular model2019Pleasecover, 12th issue
Awards Year Title 2011 2011 Miss Seventeen
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