Miki Nakatani

Miki Nakatani
File:Nakatani Miki "Foujita" at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (22427398826).jpg
Native name	中谷 美紀
Born	(1976-01-12) 12 January 1976 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1991-present

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 Ring.

Biography

Nakatani starred in Hideo Nakata's Chaos. She co-starred in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror film Loft with Etsushi Toyokawa. She won the Best Actress award at the 31st Hochi Film Award for Memories of Matsuko in 2006.

Nakatani appeared in François Girard's Silk. She co-starred in Isshin Inudo's Zero Focus with Ryoko Hirosue and Tae Kimura.

Filmography

Film

• Berlin (1995) - Kyoko
• Daishitsuren (1995)
• Ring (1998) - Mai Takano
• Rasen (1998) - Mai Takano
• Ring 2 (1999) - Mai Takano
• Chaos (2000) - Satomi Tsushima
• Keizoku (2000) - Jun Shibata
• When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003) - Nui
• River of First Love (2004) - Satuki Kato
• The Hotel Venus (2004) - Wife
• Rikidozan (2004) - Aya
• Thirty Lies or So (2004) - Takarada
• Train Man (2005) - Hermes
• Loft (2005) - Reiko Hatuna
• Dead Run (2005) - Akane
• Memories of Matsuko (2006) - Matsuko Kawajiri
• Christmas on July 24th Avenue (2006) - Sayuri Honda
• Silk (2007) - Madame Blanche
• Happy Ever After (2007) - Sachie Morita
• Flavor of Happiness (2008) - Takako Yamashita
• Zero Focus (2009) - Sachiko
• Sweet Little Lies (2010)
• Hankyu Train (2011) - Shoko
• Tale of Ganji (2011) - Shikibu Murasaki
• Himawari & Puppy's Seven Days (2013)
• Real (2013) - Eiko Aihara
• The Kiyosu Conference (2013) - Nene
• Ask This of Rikyu (2013) - Souon
• The World of Kanako (2014)

Television

• Hitotsu Yane no Shita (1993) - Aiko Mifune
• Oda Nobunaga (1998) - No-Hime
• Joi (1999)
• Woman Doctor (1999)
• Keizoku (1999) - Jun Shibata
• Eien no Ko (2000) - Yuki Kusaka
• Manatsu no Merry Christmas (2000) - Haru Hoshino
• Prince Shotoku (2001) - Tojiko no Iratsume
• R-17 (2001)
• Otosan (2002)
• Believe (2002)
• Jin (2009)
• Beautiful Rain (2012) - Akane Nishiwaki
• Gunshi Kanbei (2014) - Teru
• Ghostwriter (2015) - Risa Tono

Discography

Albums

• Shokumotsu Rensa (1996)
• Cure (1997)
• Vague (1997)
• Absolute Value (1998)
• Shiseikatsu (1999)
• Pure Best (2001)
• Miki (2001)

Singles

• "Mind Circus" (1996)
• "Strange Paradise" (1996)
• "Suna no Kajitsu" (1997) with Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Wilder Than Heaven" (1997)
• "Ibara no Kanmuri" (1997)
• "Chronic Love" (1999)
• "Frontier" (1999)
• "Kowareta Kokoro" (2000)
• "Air Pocket" (2001)

Videos

• Butterfish (1997)
• Completeness (1998)
• Air Pocket (2002)

DVDs

• Butterfish (2000)
• Kowareta Kokoro (2000)
• Air Pocket (2002)

External links

• Official website
• Miki Nakatani at the Internet Movie Database
• Miki Nakatani at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
• Miki Nakatani discography at Discogs

Awards and achievements
Preceded by None	Asian Film Award for Best Actress 2007 for Memories of Matsuko	Succeeded by Jeon Do-yeon for Secret Sunshine