is a singer, gravure idol and an actress in Japan. She is signed with the Foster agency. Kitano is a former member of the celebrity girls futsal team Miss Magazine. In 2005, Kitano won a Miss Magazine Award, becoming the youngest (age 14) to receive that award. In 2007, Kitano was chosen for the first time star in the drama Life. To properly portray her character, Kitano saved up and bought every volume of the manga on which the drama is based. With Kofuku no Shokutaku, she has won 31st Japan Academy Award in the New Actor category. In February 2008, she has also won the 29th Yokohama Film Festival

Yokohama Film Festival

The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...

 with the same film. After acting in Life and Kofuku no Shokutaku, she was chosen to appear in the promotional video for the single released on October 10, 2007 by Little. Between December 2007 and January 2008, she was chosen as the third cheering manager for Japan's High School Soccer Tournament, following Maki Horikita

Maki Horikita

is a Japanese actress and endorser. She debuted in 2003 as a U-15 idol and has since starred in Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies.- Childhood:...

 and Yui Aragaki

Yui Aragaki

is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyū and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry.She is particularly recognized for her beauty and her movie projects.- Overview :...

.

Dramas

• 14 Sai no Haha
  14-sai no Haha: Aisuru tame ni Umaretekita
  is a Japanese television drama broadcast on NTV. It was aired from October 11, 2006 until December 20 of the same year.-Plot:The drama concerns 14-year-old Miki Ichinose, who becomes pregnant with her boyfriend's child. After struggling with the fact that she is pregnant, she decides that she will...
  
  (2006)
• Junjo Kirari (2006)
• Life (2007)
• Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu (2008)
• Nagareboshi (2010)
• You Kame's Cicada (2010)
• Toilet no Kamisama (2011)
• School (2011)

Movies

• Yubisaki kara Sekai wo (2006)
• Kofuku no Shokutaku (2007) - starring
• Speed Master (2007)
• GeGeGe no Kitaro Sennen Noroi Uta (2008) as Kaede Hiramoto
• Love Fight (2008) - starring
• Postman (2008)
• Half Way (2009)
• Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life - Sheena (voice, 2009)
• Bandage (2010)

Promotional videos

• "I Can See Clearly Now" by Beat Crusaders
  Beat Crusaders
  were a Japanese rock band. During all promotional appearances, their faces are masked by drawings resembling themselves as printed by a dot-matrix printer.-History:...
  
   (2005)
• "Pink Candy -the movie-" by Kotaro Oshio
  Kotaro Oshio
  is an acoustic guitarist from Japan. Born in Osaka Prefecture, on February 1, 1968, he is best known for his work on the steel string guitar. Oshio is a part of Sony Music Japan's SME Records division.- Oshio's music :...
  
   (2007) by Little (2007) by Funky Monkey Babys
  Funky monkey babys
  is a Japanese band grouped in 2004 under the record company Dreamusic, Inc. Their music is mostly hip hop, but is also inspired by pop and rock music. All members in the group are from Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. They are known for featuring celebrities in their promotion videos and singles jackets...
  
   (2008)

External links

• Official blog at Ameblo