Miki Nakatani

Her best-known songs include "Mind Circus" and "Suna no Kajitsu", which peaked at number ten on the Oricon charts. She is most known internationally for her role as Mai Takano in the Japanese horror film franchise Ring. Nakatani played Jun Shibata on the television drama Keizoku, which spawned a special and a film.

Miki Nakatani studied at Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School. The recorded working language is Japanese. Residence is recorded at Austria. Distinctions recorded are Asian Film Award for Best Actress, Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year and Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress.

• Name — Miki Nakatani • Native Name — 中谷 美紀 • Born — 12 January 1976 • Birthplace — Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Actress, singer • Years Active — 1991–present

From 1998 to 1999, Nakatani starred in a trio of horror films – Ring, Rasen, and Ring 2 – followed by a lead role in Hideo Nakata's Chaos in 2000. That same year, she reprised her television role as Jun Shibata in the mystery film Keizoku. In 2005, she co-starred in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror film Loft with Etsushi Toyokawa, and portrayed the love interest Hermes in Densha Otoko. For her performance in the title role of Matsuko Kawajiri in Tetsuya Nakashima's 2006 film Memories of Matsuko, she won the Best Actress award at the 31st Hochi Film Award, the Asian Film Award for Best Actress, and the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Nakatani appeared in François Girard's Silk. She co-starred in Isshin Inudo's Zero Focus with Ryōko Hirosue and Tae Kimura. As a singer, she collaborated several times with Ryuichi Sakamoto from 1996 to 2001. As a spokesperson and model, she has appeared in several promotion campaigns, including over 70 television commercials for Ito En's Oi Ocha green tea. Nakatani speaks Japanese, French, and English. In 2018, Nakatani announced her marriage to German musician Thilo Fechner, a viola player with the Vienna Philharmonic.

• Under the Same Roof (1993) – Aiko Mifune • Oda Nobunaga (1998) – No-Hime • Woman Doctor (1999) • Unsolved Cases (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) – Miki Tomonaga/Nokaze • Beautiful Rain (2012) – Akane Nishiwaki • Gunshi Kanbei (2014) – Teru • Ghostwriter (2015) – Risa Tono • IQ246 (2016) – Tomomi Morimoto • Kataomoi (2017) • Followers (2020) – Limi Nara • Giver Taker (2023) - Itsuki Kurasawa • One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado (2023) - Kikyo Kurauchi

All produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • Shokumotsu Rensa — * Released: 4 April 1996 * Label: For Life * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 5 • Cure — * Released: 4 April 1997 * Label: For Life * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 7 • Shiseikatsu — * Released: 10 November 1999 * Label: Warner Music Japan * Formats: CD — 11

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • Vague — * Released: 4 April 1997 * Label: For Life * Formats: CD — -

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • Absolute Value — * Released: 21 August 1998 * Label: For Life * Formats: CD — 18 • Pure Best — * Released: 27 August 2001 * Label: For Life * Formats: CD — - • Miki — * Released: 12 November 2001 * Label: Warner Music Japan * Formats: CD — 50

• Single — Year — Label — Chart • "Anata ga Wakaranai" — 1993 — BMG Rooms — - • "Mind Circus" — 1996 — For Life — 20 • "Strange Paradise" — 30 • "Suna no Kajitsu" — 1997 — 10 • "Tengoku yori Yaban-Wilder Than Heaven" — 28 • "Ibara no Kanmuri" — 36 • "Chronic Love" — 1999 — Warner Music Japan — 14 • "Frontier" — 18 • "Kowareta Kokoro" — 2000 — 22 • "Air Pocket" — 2001 — 26

• No. — Release — Title — Formats • 1st — 21 May 1997 — Butterfish — DVD, VHS

• No. — Release — Title — Formats • 1st — 21 August 1998 — Completeness — DVD, VHS • 2nd — 25 October 2000 — Kowareta Kokoro — VHS • 3rd — 27 February 2002 — Air Pocket — VHS