is a Japanese actress, model and singer. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for the film In The Wake.
Biography
Born in Osaka, Kiyohara joined Amuse Inc. in 2014. She has since starred in a number of dramas and films over the years. She made a cameo appearance in the film My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday. Kiyohara had supporting roles in the live-action films, March Comes In like a Lion and March Goes Out like a Lamb. She gained further recognition when she starred in the final part of the Chihayafuru live-action trilogy, Chihayafuru Part 3. She had a cameo for We Made A Beautiful Bouquet, which is the 8th highest grossing Japanese film of 2021. Kiyohara starred in NHK's 104th asadora, Welcome Home, Monet, and won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for the film In The Wake. She also starred in the 2024 film 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days which was one of her best performances.
Filmography
Film Year Title RoleNotes2015Typhoon NorudaNoruda (voice)2016My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday15-year-old Emi 2017March Comes in Like a LionHinata KawamotoMarch Goes out Like a LambHinata KawamotoYurigokoroYoung Misako2018Chihayafuru Part 3Iori Wagatsuma2019Aiuta: My Promise to NakuhitoNagi ItōDay and NightNana ŌnoStrawberry SongYoung Chika2020The Brightest Roof in the UniverseTsubame ŌishiLead roleHopeMiyabi IshikawaJosee, the Tiger and the FishJosee (voice)Lead role2021The Door into SummerRiko MatsushitaYou're Not Normal, EitherKasumi AkimotoLead roleMy Blood & Bones in a Flowing GalaxyOzaki (younger)We Made a Beautiful BouquetRin HadaIn the WakeMikiko Maruyama2022The Lines That Define MeChiaki Shinoda2023One Second Ahead, One Second BehindReika ChōsokabeLead role2024BushidoOkinu18×2 Beyond Youthful Days AmiLead role; Taiwanese-Japanese film2025UnreachableSakuraLead role
Television Year Title RoleNotes2015–16Here Comes Asa!Fuyu and NatsuAsadora2016Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritYoung Balsa2017 Seto and Utsumi Ichigo Kashimura2018SwitchedAyumi KohinataAn Invisible CradleAoi AotaLead role 2019HotarugusaNanaLead roleMango no Ki no Shita deYoung RinkoLead role; TV moviePoison Daughter, Holy MotherYukina AmanoLead role; episode 3Natsuzora: Natsu's SkyChiharu OkuharaAsadoraIf Talking PaidHarumi Akiba2021Welcome Home, MonetMomone "Monet" NagauraLead role; Asadora2022Fight SongHanae KisaraLead roleMediumHisui JōzukaLead role; miniseriesInvertHisui JōzukaLead role; miniseries2024My DiaryYuki OnomuraLead role2025Last Samurai StandingIroha KinugasaLove Is for the DogsAiko HanamuraLead role
Music video appearances Year Song Artist 2015Wataridori Alexandros
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWork(s)Result201912th Tokyo Drama AwardsBest ActressAn Invisible Cradle32nd Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest NewcomerAiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito, Day and Night, Strawberry Song 202062nd Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Newcomer44th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHerself 202134th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressIn the Wake and the others202276th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressIn the Wake64th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting Actress45th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting Actress19th Asian Film FestivalBest Actress202548th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressBushido
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