
Mei Nagano
Biography
Mei Nagano is a Japanese actress. She is known for playing Rinko in the film My Love Story! (2015) as well as Yosano Suzume in the film Daytime Shooting Star (2017). In June 2017, she was announced as the lead for NHK's 98th Asadora, Hanbun, Aoi, due air in April 2018. Nagano was scouted in Kichijouji, Tokyo when she was in her third year of elementary school. She made her acting debut in the 2009 action-adventure film Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle, as a minor character. In 2015, she played the heroine, Rinko Yamato, in the romantic comedy film, My Love Story! In July 2016, she starred in her first lead role in the teen drama, Koe Koi, as high school student Yuiko Yoshioka, who meets a mysterious boy who wears a paper bag over his head. In September, she starred in the Japanese version of the film Gods of Egypt. She provided the voice for the character Zaya. She also appeared in commercials for Calpis Water, Sekisui House, Townwork, UQ Mobile, and Alpen. In 2017, she starred in the romance film, Daytime Shooting Star. Nagano was a regular model for Japanese fashion magazines Nico☆Petite and nicola. In August 2016, she became an exclusive model for Seventeen.
Movies

Cells at Work!
2024

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012

GACHI-BAN: ULTRA MAX
2014

You Shine in the Moonlight
2019

Motherhood
2022

My Love Story!!
2015

Daytime Shooting Star
2017

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey
2025

Teasing Master Takagi-san
2024

My Broken Mariko
2022

The Man of the Tokyo Olympics
2014

Peach Girl
2017
TV Shows

The Gift of Your Heart
2024

Police in a Pod
2021

Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
2019

Love That Makes You Cry
2016

News Anchor
2025

Fugitive Boys
2017

Half Blue Sky
2018

Burn the House Down
2023

Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai
2017

Daddy Is My Classmate
2020

Riding a Unicorn
2022

Creator's File: GOLD
2021