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Miki Nakatani
Born: 12th Jan 1976 Tokyo, Japan
Dept: Acting
Miki Nakatani (中谷 美紀 Nakatani Miki, born 12 January 1976) is a Japanese actress and singer. She is most known for her appearance in the 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film Ring.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 83
Film: 46 (55%)
Television: 37 (45%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction, Music, War & Politics, Action & Adventure, Documentary
Filmography
Oct 2023 (first aired)
Three people come from different backgrounds and face their own troubles. Their fate leads them to face each other as their destinies become intertwin ... view
Character:
Kurauchi Kikyo (11 ep.)
Original title: レジェンド＆バタフライ
2023
Oda Nobunaga and Nōhime were originally married to mend a hostile relationship between neighbouring regions. Unfortunately, they were like oil and wa ... view
Character:
Kagamino
Jan 2023 (first aired)
Former elementary school teacher and detective, Kurasawa Itsuki (Nakatani Miki), has a history with Kishi Ruoto (Kikuchi Fuma). At the age of 12 and h ... view
Character:
Itsuki Kurasawa (5 ep.)
Original title: 総理の夫
2021
Hiyori (Kei Tanaka) is an ornithologist (expert on birds). His wife is Rinko (Miki Nakatani). She is the leader the minority opposition party. One mor ... view
Character:
Rinko Soma
Feb 2020 (first aired)
When an aspiring actress hits it big thanks to a candid Instagram post, the lives of several Tokyo women cross as they struggle to define happiness IR ... view
Character:
Limi Nara (9 ep.)
Jan 2020 (first aired)
Matsumoto Shouen became a buddhist monk after being unable to save his friend that was drowning right in front of him as a child and also became a doc ... view
Character:
Miyake Ryoko (10 ep.)
Original title: あの家に暮らす四人の女
2019
A mother, daughter and two of their friends live in an old Western-style house in Suginami. As secrets are revealed, they face challenges together. ... view
Character:
牧田佐知
Apr 2018 (first aired)
A realistic portrayal of the daily struggles, pent-up frustrations and miscommunication of marital life that people everywhere can relate to, centered ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Oct 2017 (first aired)
At a university football team reunion, former team manager Mitsuki Hiura confesses that she killed a person to quarterback Tetsuro Nishiwaki. She also ... view
Character:
Hiura Mizuki / Kanzaki Mitsuru (22 ep.)
Oct 2016 (first aired)
Sharaku Homonji is the eldest son of a distinguished family who has studied crime for generations. The eldest son from the Homonji family has tested f ... view
Character:
Tomomi Morimoto (12 ep.)
Sep 2016 (first aired)
Based on the novel "Mohouhan" by Miyuki Miyabe.
Journalist Maebata Shigeko, young Tsukada Shinichi and elderly Arima Yoshio all suffer from and becom ... view
Character:
Shigeko Maehata (2 ep.)
Apr 2016 (first aired)
Tachibana Miyabi is 39-years-old and she hasn't had a boyfriend in 5 years. She enjoys her life as a single woman. She is a doctor and runs her own be ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Original title: FOUJITA
2015
A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese ... view
Character:
Kimiyo
Original title: 繕い裁つ人
2015
Ichie is the owner of a dressmaking shop. Her grandmother started the shop and now Ichie runs the business. Her clothes are made with an old sewing ma ... view
Character:
Ichie Minami
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Two women are bound by their mutual passion for writing. Tono Risa is already a successful writer. Her books are all best sellers and have been made i ... view
Character:
Risa Tono (10 ep.)
Original title: 渇き。
2014
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his inv ... view
Character:
Rie Azuma
Original title: 私はわたしを探しています。
2014
Interview with actress Nana Komatsu on her debut film "The World of Kanako". ... view
Character:
Mar 2014 (first aired)
Musashi Miyamoto left his village and ended up fighting in the battle of Sekigahara with his friend Matahachi, but Musashi Miyamoto lost Matahachi. He ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Jan 2014 (first aired)
July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over 3 months, hoping to conquer this last obstacle to his dream o ... view
Character:
Teru (50 ep.)
Original title: 清須会議
2013
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneok ... view
Character:
Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife
Original title: 花の鎖
2013
Based upon the novel by Minato Kanae. The story is about three women who all live in the same countryside town but who never interact with one another ... view
Character:
Miyuki
Original title: 利休にたずねよ
2013
Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon ... view
Character:
Son
Original title: リアル〜完全なる首長竜の日〜
2013
Neurosurgeon Koichi uses an experimental technique to enter the brain of his beloved Atsumi, who is in a coma after attempting suicide. In his quest, ... view
Character:
Shrink
Original title: ひまわりと子犬の7日間
2013
Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female dog ... view
Character:
Yoshihisa Igarashi
Mar 2013 (first aired)
A series of animations based on prize-winning short stories for women. ... view
Character:
Hatoko (voice) (1 ep.)
Original title: 十万分の一の偶然
2012
Tamura Masakazu plays Shohei Yamauchi, a freelance reporter obsessed with finding out the truth about a traffic accident in which his beloved daughter ... view
Character:
Akiko Yamauchi
Jul 2012 (first aired)
A young daughter (Mana Ashida) supports her father (Etsushi Toyokawa) who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. ... view
Character:
Nishiwaki Akane (12 ep.)
Jan 2012 (first aired)
The drama has Okada playing the part of Shiba Kengo, a pure-hearted young surgeon who is dedicated to his work. He gets transferred from a prestigious ... view
Character:
Yuka Kasugai (8 ep.)
Original title: 源氏物語 千年の謎
2011
"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro i ... view
Character:
Murasaki Shikibu
Sep 2011 (first aired)
On December 11, 1960 an elderly man is found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in Tokyo. Detective Yoshimura Hiroshi is a rookie detective t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Original title: 阪急電車 片道15分の奇跡
2011
"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka i ... view
Character:
Shoko Takase
Original title: それいけ! アンパンマン ブラックノーズと魔法の歌
2010
An orphan is raised by a villain who doesn’t allow the joys of life. Now, it’s up to a red bean paste-filled superhero to introduce life’s gifts ... view
Character:
Kana (voice)
Original title: スイートリトルライズ
2010
A husband and wife, who have not had sex in three years, both fall into extra-marital affairs. ... view
Character:
Ruriko Iwamoto
Original title: ゼロの焦点
2009
Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery. ... view
Character:
Sachiko Murota
Oct 2009 (first aired)
After awakening in the Edo era, a neurosurgeon uses his medical knowledge to help those around him while searching for a way back to the present day. ... view
Character:
Miki Tomonaga / Nokaze (22 ep.)
Jul 2009 (first aired)
Based on a manga about cats and their sake loving owner. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (50 ep.)
Original title: しあわせのかおり
2008
Yamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store. She pays frequent visits to a reputable local Chinese restaurant about opening an in ... view
Character:
Yamashita Takako
Original title: 自虐の詩
2007
Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi wrings laughs out of an unlikely topic -- domestic violence -- in this dark comedy about noodle-shop waitress Yukie Morita ... view
Character:
Sachie Morita
Oct 2007 (first aired)
Teruko, a third year university student, comes across as a forthright and sunny girl but is in truth a rather timid person. She's also the sort who ea ... view
Character:
Tetsuko (2 ep.)
2007
French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japa ... view
Character:
Madame Blanche
Original title: あかね空
2007
A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends hi ... view
Character:
Ofumi
Original title: 7月24日通りのクリスマス
2006
Sayuri Honda (Miki Nakatani) claims she has no interests in love affairs. She refuses to take things as they are for she fancies her harbor town of Na ... view
Character:
Sayuri Honda
Original title: LOFT ロフト
2006
A writer retreats to a secluded suburban house to work on her new novel. But her attention is instead occupied by her archaeologist neighbor's newly d ... view
Character:
Reiko Hatuna
Original title: 嫌われ松子の一生
2006
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life in ... view
Character:
Matsuko Kawajiri
Original title: 疾走
2005
Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes incr ... view
Character:
Akane
Original title: 電車男
2005
The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimate ... view
Character:
Hermes
Original title: 約三十の嘘
2004
Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down comforters, shoddy encyclopedias, and a panda sui ... view
Character:
Takarada
Original title: 역도산
2004
Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United Stat ... view
Character:
Aya
Original title: 雨鱒の川
2004
8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak consti ... view
Character:
Satuki Kato
Original title: ホテル ビーナス
2004
In a strange alienated world there is a secret hotel in a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harboring some unusual people where compelling secrets ... view
Character:
Original title: 壬生義士伝
2003
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town cla ... view
Character:
Nui
Original title: 中谷美紀 AIR POCKET
2002
The second original video work following Miki Nakatani's "BROKEN HEART". As with the previous work, Ryuichi Sakamoto's music is directed by Atsuro Wat ... view
Character:
Original title: 聖徳太子
2001
In the late 6th century, the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various wa ... view
Character:
Tojiko no iratsume
Nov 2001 (first aired)
In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various war ... view
Character:
Tojiko no iratsume (2 ep.)
Apr 2001 (first aired)
A young school counselor steps into a prestigious girls' academy, only to uncover a hidden world of harassment, manipulation, and forbidden desire tha ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (12 ep.)
Original title: 中谷美紀 こわれたこころ
2000
Miki Nakatani's film work, composed of clips from the single "Broken Heart" released on May 17, 2000, along with valuable interview shots and making-o ... view
Character:
Oct 2000 (first aired)
Ryo is a former professional boxer who becomes a collector for a loan shark. He grew up in an orphanage in Okinawa Prefecture with heroine Haru, Natsu ... view
Character:
Hoshino Haru (10 ep.)
Original title: カオス
2000
A kidnapping for ransom seemingly goes off without a hitch, but as one thread left unsolved suddenly reveals many more mysteries, the whole operation ... view
Character:
Saori Komiyama / Satomi Tsushima
Apr 2000 (first aired)
When three 12-year-old victims of child abuse are introduced to each other at a mental hospital, they form a bond that proves to be unbroken by person ... view
Character:
Kusaka Yuuki (12 ep.)
Original title: ケイゾク／映画 Beautiful Dreamer
2000
Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the ... view
Character:
Jun Shibata
Original title: ケイゾク／特別篇〜死を契約する呪いの樹
1999
After the events of the series, Shibata has lost her memories and is reassigned. Meanwhile, a strange case regarding a cursed tree that kills whoever' ... view
Character:
Shibata Jun
Original title: リング 2
1999
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako ... view
Character:
Mai Takano
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Keizoku is a Japanese mystery thriller created first as a TV drama and later as a film. It is about Detective Jun Shibata, who handles unsolved cases ... view
Character:
Jun Shibata (11 ep.)
Original title: 織田信長 天下を取ったバカ
1998
The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a young man Oda was not seen as the right heir to the O ... view
Character:
Nōhime
Original title: リング
1998
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a ... view
Character:
Mai Takano
Original title: らせん
1998
A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death ... view
Character:
Mai Takano
Jan 1998 (first aired)
DAYS takes a look at the lives of six 20-year-olds struggling to maintain their dreams in a society that has already classified and ranked them. Yabe ... view
Character:
Ezaki Mayumi (11 ep.)
1995
When a woman whose job is to professionally date men disappears suddenly, a TV crew who wanted to film a documentary about women like her begin search ... view
Character:
Kyoko
Original title: 大失恋。
1995
Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park. In the neon-lit amusement park, budding romances unfold, along with scenes of breakups. As the ... view
Character:
Asami
Jan 1995 (first aired)
Three rail employees must expect the unexpected while working together in Tokyo's busiest train station. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (9 ep.)
Jan 1994 (first aired)
The life-changing challenges faced by a woman whose fiancée has been killed by the man who is to eventually become her lover. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Apr 1993 (first aired)
Hitotsu Yane no Shita is a Japanese television series. It had a first season in 1993 and a second season, titled Hitotsu Yane no Shita 2, in 1997. It ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (24 ep.)
