is a Japanese actress. She has played Taka in the 55th NHK taiga drama Sanada Maru, Sari Ishikawa in the film Pink and Gray, and Taka Kōda in the 99th NHK asadora Manpuku, among numerous other TV and film roles. Her lead performance in the 2017 film Goodbye, Grandpa! earned a Best Newcomer Award at the 39th Yokohama Film Festival.
Biography Kishii was born in 1992 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She made her acting debut in 2009 as elementary school student Nana Sakurai in the drama . After a series of minor film and TV appearances, in 2015 she played the role of Taeko Hakozaki, a girl whose friend falls in love with Taeko's father, in the Kenji Yamauchi film , as well as the supporting role of Kanako in the TBS drama .
The next year Kishii landed several more TV and film roles. Her film roles included Yumika, an ex-girlfriend of a photographer whose rock star subject becomes attracted to her, in , and Chieko Matsuda, a teenager whose classmate seeks to impress her by getting a driver's license, in a film adaptation of the manga . She also appeared in film adaptations of the debut Shigeaki Kato novel Pink and Gray and the Mariko Koike novel , and played the role of Taka, Nobushige's third wife, in the 55th NHK taiga drama Sanada Maru.
Kishii's first lead film role came in the 2017 Yukihiro Morigaki film as Yoshiko Haruno, the granddaughter of a recently deceased family patriarch. Sarah Ward of Screen Daily described her performance as "especially impressive, her wise-beyond-her-years demeanour helping to flesh out a protagonist largely tasked with observing everyone around her". Kishii's performance in Goodbye, Grandpa! won her a Best Newcomer Award at the 39th Yokohama Film Festival. That same year she played Sumire Michibata in the TBS television series and Miyuki Asakawa in the Kiyoshi Kurosawa science fiction drama Foreboding on Wowow. In 2018 Kishii took on roles in two NHK dramas: the drama , as middle school teacher Shiori Mochozuki; and Manpuku, the 99th NHK asadora, as Taka Kōda. She also appeared in the Fuji TV adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo.
Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes2015Her Father, My LoverTaeko Hakozaki2016Moriyamachu Driving SchoolChieko MatsudaDouble LifeAyakaPink and GraySari IshikawaGrab the SunYumikaSomebody's Xylophone 2017Goodbye, Grandpa!Yoshiko HarunoLead role2018Just Only LoveTerukoLead role2019Strawberry SongAkemi2020Project Dream: How to Build Mazinger Z's HangarEmotoState of EmergencyLead role; anthology filmLiving in the SkyAiko2021HomunculusMysterious womanThe Supporting Actors: The MovieHerself99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The MovieKanako2022One Day, You Will Reach the SeaManaLead roleDreaming of the Meridian ArcToyomi Yasuno / ToyoSmall, Slow But SteadyKeikoLead roleGod Seeks in ReturnYuri KawaiEverything Will Be Owlright!Hiyori Tamura2024The Young StrangersAt the BenchLead role; anthology film2025Sato and SatoSachi SatoLead roleCotton Town, Please RespondNarratorDocumentary2026All the Lovers in the NightFuyuko IrieLead role Sinsin and the MouseChizumiLead role; Taiwanese-Japanese film
Television Year Title RoleNotes2009Shōkōjo SeiraNana Sakurai201599.9 Criminal LawyerKanako2016Sanada MaruTakaTaiga drama2017ForebodingMiyuki AsakawaMiniseries Rental LoverSumire Michibata2018School LawyerShiori MochozukiThe Count of Monte Cristo: Great RevengeManpukuTaka KōdaAsadora2019Ōoku the FinalTakiTelevision filmShōnen TorajirōTsune KurumaMiniseries Yume-Shokudō no RyōrininMichikoTelevision film2020Cursed in LoveShiori Hase2022Lost Man FoundYoshikoThe AromanticsSakuko KodamaLead roleAtom's Last ShotUmi Tominaga2023At Least On Sunday NightShōko NodaŌoku: The Inner ChambersKazunomiya2025Murderous EncounterMakoto TsutsuiLead roleQueen of MarsChipMiniseries2026The Aosawa MurdersMakiko SaigaLead role
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work(s) Result202043rd Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the YearJust Only Love 202175th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressLiving in Your Sky202377th Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActressSmall, Slow But Steady 65th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest ActressSmall, Slow But Steady and One Day, You Will Reach the Sea46th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActressSmall, Slow But Steady96th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest ActressSmall, Slow But Steady and others47th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHerself36th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActressSmall, Slow But Steady202445th Yokohama Film FestivalBest Actress
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