Mone Kamishiraishi

She subsequently established herself as an actress in film, television, and theatre, notably starring in the films Lady Maiko (2014), Chihayafuru (2016–2018), and All the Long Nights (2024), and providing the voice of Mitsuha Miyamizu in the internationally successful animated film Your Name (2016). She has also played leading roles in television dramas including An Incurable Case of Love (2020) and the NHK morning drama Come Come Everybody (2021–2022). In theatre, she has appeared in productions including Knights' Tale – A Musical and Spirited Away, playing Chihiro in the latter's Japanese and international productions. Her acting has earned her numerous awards, including the Best Actress Award at the 11th Seiyu Awards for Your Name, the Best Actress Award at the 30th Yomiuri Theater Awards, and the Best Actress Award at the 16th TAMA Film Awards; she was also awarded the 2025 Japan Academy Film Prize Award for Excellence in Leading Actress for All the Long Nights and the 2026 Kikuta Kazuo Theater Award for her performances in Daddy Long Legs and Spirited Away.

• Name — Mone Kamishiraishi • Native Name — 上白石 萌音 • Born — 27 January 1998 • Birthplace — Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan • Education — Meiji University • Occupation — * Actress • voice actress • television personality • singer • Years Active — 2011–present • Agent — Toho Entertainment • Style — * Film • Theatre • Television Drama • Relatives — Moka Kamishiraishi (sister) • Website — http: kamishiraishimone.com/

Born in Kagoshima, her family lived in Mexico for three years due to her father's work. She can speak English and a little bit of Spanish. Her musical school teacher suggested that she participate in the 2011 Toho Cinderella Audition – a competition held by the film company, Toho Entertainment – she won the Special Jury Prize. She made her drama debut in the final episode of the NHK Taiga drama Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku starring Juri Ueno. She made her musical debut in The King and I in 2012. She played an aspiring geisha in the musical film "Lady Maiko" directed by Masayuki Suo. She was in charge of the theme song "Maiko wa Lady" which was released as a single under the name "Koharu". In 2016, she rose to international prominence as the lead female role in Makoto Shinkai's anime film Your Name, in which she won the Best Actress Award at the 11th Seiyu Awards. Kamishiraishi used the piano which she displayed for A Forest of Wool and Steel. She also learned classical ballet at the same time as musicals. There is also a scene where she dances ballet in the fourth episode of the short movie "Sky Blue Story" "Mone Kamishiraishi ~ Nike and Snail ~". She played Kanade Ooe in Chihayafuru, Aoi Nishimori in the live action film L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof and Nanase Sakura from TBS hit drama "An Incurable Case of Love" in 2020. She starred in the drama series, "Oh My Boss! Love is a Separate Volume" as Nami Suzuki and the taiga drama Reach Beyond the Blue Sky as Tenshō-in Atsuhime. On December 24, 2020, it was announced that she will play the role of Yasuko in the 105th asadora Come Come Everybody. It is the first time in the history of an asadora that three actresses will play each characters as different heroines. Kamishiraishi and Rina Kawaei were selected through an audition from 3061 applicants.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2011 — Gō — Tokugawa Masako — Taiga drama • 2012 — Koi Aji Oyako — Naho Nishiyama • 2017 — Hokusai to Meshi Saeareba — Fumiko Yamada — Lead role • Message from the Mudflats — Mirai Katase — Lead role • Rikuoh — Akane Miyazawa • 2018 — Segodon — Saigō Kiyo — Taiga drama • Suits — Haruka Fujishima — Episode 11 • 2019 — Memory Investigation: Shinjuku East Office Case File — Saki Toyama • Princess Michiko's Story Unknown Love and Anguish Trajectory — Hiroko Miyamoto • Tales of the Unusual 2019 Rain "Eternal Hero" — Aki Oba • The Peony Lantern: A Ghost Story — Otsuyu • Solitary Gourmet — Madoka Sawamura — Season 8, episode 2 • Akahige 2 2nd "Kindness and Lies" — Oritsu • 2020 — An Incurable Case of Love — Nanase Sakura — Lead role • Detective Novice Midnight Runner — Ami — Episodes 2 and 3 • Memory Investigation: 2020 Special — Saki Toyama • Suits Season 2 — Haruka Fujishima — Episodes 11, 13-15 • Memory Investigation 2: Shinjuku East Office Case File — Saki Toyama • HTrue Horror Stories: 2020 Special Edition — Sasa Kiirodori — Lead role • Home Sweet Tokyo Season 4 — Setsuko • 2021 — Oh My Boss! Love not included — Nami Suzuki — Lead role • Reach Beyond the Blue Sky — Tenshō-in — Taiga drama • Nakamura Nakazo: Shusse no Kizahashi — Okishi — Mini-series • 2021–22 — Come Come Everybody — Yasuko Tachibana — Lead role; Asadora • 2025 — Hotei no Dragon — Tatsumi Tendo — Lead role • Chihayafuru: Full Circle — Kanade Ōe • 2027 — The Shogunate Rebel — Michi — Taiga drama

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2012 — The King and I — Louis T. Leonowens • 2014 — Die Wolke — Yanna Belta — Lead role • 2015 — Anne of Green Gables — Anne Shirley • 2018 — Two People on Mars — Sayaka • Knights' Tale - A Knight's Story — Flavina • 2019 — Suite Massacre — Takiko Taguchi • 2020 — Disney on CLASSIC Premium " Beauty and the Beast " in Concert — Belle — Lead role • Knights' Tale in Symphonic Concert — Flavina • 2021 — Knights' Tale - A Knight's Story — Flavina • 2022 — Spirited Away — Chihiro — Double starring with Kanna Hashimoto

• TBS Sekai Kurabete Mitara - Regular MC (December 23, 2020 – present) • NHK 21st Waga Kokoro no Osaka Melody - Host (October 26, 2021) • Everyone's Best Kouhaku 100th Anniversary of Broadcasting Special (NHK, 2025) (host)

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2019 — Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? — Light — Lead role, TV Animation from NHK to promote Paralympics Games • Alita: Battle Angel — Alita — Lead role • 2020 — Trolls World Tour — Queen Poppy — Lead role • 2021 — Chibi Maruko-chan — Mysterious girl — Guest appearance

• Year — Title — Role — Network — Notes • 2018 — All Night Nippon 50th Anniversary Special Radio Drama "Going out to a Bright Night" — Ai Sakoda — Nippon Broadcasting System • 2020 — Virtual Post Office — Kotori Maezono — NHK-FM broadcast — Lead role

• Year — Title — Network — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2016 — Mone Kamishiraishi no All Night Nippon R — Nippon Broadcasting System • 2017–2019 — Mone Kamishiraisi no Good Night Letter — Nippon Broadcasting System • 2018 — Yoshio Inoue by MYSELF – Guest Appearance — TBS Radio • 2019 — Summer Night Reading Concert Osamu Dazai "Schoolgirl" — NHK Radio • 2020 — Radio Midnight Flight — NHK Radio

• Year — Title — Role — Website — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2016 — Nikui nē! Theater Dai 1-dan: House — Akane — Mitsubishi Electric — Lead role • 2019 — Shinkenzemi Junior High School Preparation Course — Nozomi — Benesse — Short Animation • 2021 — "Between mysteries and symbols: Yayoi Kusama's monochrome" Yayoi Kusama Museum — Herself — Meet Your Art — Narration • "Another Energy Exhibition: The Power to Continue to Challenge-16 Female Artists from the World" Mori Arts Center — Herself — Meet Your Art — Narration • "Rhizomatiks_Multiplex" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo — Herself — Meet Your Art — Narration • "Let's go out to the town-it started with the ripples of water-" Watarium Art Museum — Herself — Meet Your Art — Narration

• Home Made Kazoku "Star to Line" (2011) • HY "Happy" (2016)

• Calpis "Hot Series" (2011) • St. "20,000 Beats TOURS Musical" Anne of Green Gables (2015) • Suntory Natural Water of the Southern Alps x Your name. Mitsuha's Thoughts – Voice Appearance (2016) • Daito Trust Construction, To live is to entrust. "Family" / "To Tokyo" (2017) • Game On "BLESS" (2017) • Cabinet Office Society 5.0 "Future Right There" (2018) • Apple Japan "iPhone Privacy-Simple Things" – Narration (2019) • Bingo 5 with Ryunosuke Kamiki (2019) • Suntory Foods "Iyemon" Tokucha (Special Tea Life) (2019) • Daiichi Sankyo Health Care Minon Amino Moist (2019) • Lottery "Dreaming Lottery" (2019) • Bingo 5 with Ryunosuke Kamiki (Birthdays, other things and important errands) (2021) • Lottery "Dreaming Lottery Cafe" (2021) • Suntory Foods "Iyemon" Tokucha (Cleaning up is an exercise) (2021) • Suntory Foods "Iyemon" Tokucha (Health chance) (2021) • Daiichi Sankyo Health Care Minon Amino Moist (2021) • ORIX (Corporate CM) "The world is sustainable. Orix is also sustainable." (2021) • Takahashi Shoten "Notebook is Takahashi" (2021)

• Keikyu (2011) • Takahashi Shoten "Notebook is Takashi" Image Character (2022 Edition)

• ELLE PROMOTION "Tasaki" Pearl Jewelry Mone Kamishiraishi and the Story of White Pearls (2020)

• Year — Title — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2014 — Maiko wa Lady — Lady Maiko theme song • 2017 — Confession — Pony Canyon • Your Voice — Released under Pony Canyon • 2019 — Happy End — L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof ending theme composed by Takahito Uchizawa of rock band Androp. • Eienwa Kirai — Released under Universal Music Japan, written, composed and arranged by YUKI, n-buna. • Ichiru — Theme song of the movie "The Promised Land" composed by Yojiro Noda. • 2020 — From the Seeds — Written by Glim Spanky, who provided the chorus and guitar. 7 Seeds theme song. • If You Squeeze Before the Dawn — Theme song of NHK Minna no Uta, composed by Yoshiki Mizuno from the rock band Ikimonogakari.

• Year — Title — Song — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2021 — I'll be there / Spin — "Spin" — The song is said to be a 'companion' to her book "Iroiro" that was released digitally on the same day. • "I'll be there" — TBS show "King's Brunch" theme song for October

• Year — Title — Song — Notes — Highest Rank — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2016 — chouchou — "366-Nichi" — Akai Ito theme song — 3rd Place • Japan Countdown theme song during October 2016 • Kago-New ending theme during October 2016 • "Woman 'W no Higeki' yori" — W's Tragedy theme song • "Kawaranai mono" — The Girl Who Leapt Through Time insert song • "On My Own" — Les Misérables play song • "Nandemonaiya" — Your Name theme song • "Smile" — Modern Times insert song • 2021 — "Toshishita no Otoko no Ko " — Original by Candies (group) — 6th Place • "Candy" — Original by Shinji Harada • "Kimi wa Bara Yori Utsukushii" — Original by Akira Fuse • "Yume Saki Annai Nin" — Original by Momoe Yamaguchi • "Momen no Handkerchief" — Original by Hiromi Ōta • "Good Bye My Love" — Original by Ann Lewis (musician) • "Gandhara" — Original by Godiego • "Katte ni Shiyagare" — Original by Kenji Sawada • "Mizuiro no Ame" — Original by Junko Yagami • "Olivia wo Kikinagara" — Original by Anri • "Saraba Koibito" — Original by Masaaki Sakai • "Sekaijuu no Dare Yori Kitto" — Original by Miho Nakayama & Wands (band) — 7th Place • "Dandelion~Osozaki no Tanpopo" — Original by Yumi Matsutoya • "AXIA ~Kanashii Kotori~" — Original by Yuki Saito (actress) • "Diamonds" — Original by Princess Princess (band) • "Seifuku" — Original by Seiko Matsuda • "Machibuse" — Original by Yumi Matsutoya • "Black Pepper no Tappuri Kiita Watashi no Tsukutta Onion Slice" — Original by Stardust Revue • "Ikareta BABY" — Original by Fishmans • "Aozora" — Original by The Blue Hearts • "PRIDE" — Original by Miki Imai

• Year — Title — Song — Tie-up — Personnel — Highest Rank — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2017 — "Kokuhaku" — Fuji TV's "Mezamashi TV Aqua" 2017 Theme Song — Lyrics & Composition: Motohiro Hata Arrangement: Makoto Minagawa — 25th Place • "Sunny" — Lyrics: Mone Kamishiraishi Composition/Arrangement: Koichi Tabo, Hironori Kojima • "Puzzle" — Rinne of the Boundary Season 3 Ending Theme Song — Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi Composition / Arrangement: Hiroko Sebu • "Kimini" — Lyrics: Mone Kamishiraishi Composition: Sakura Fujiwara Arrangement: Shingo Sekiguchi • "Cassette Tape" — Lyrics & Composition: Shun Naka (HY) • "String" — Lyrics: Mone Kamishiraishi Composition / Arrangement: Ittetsu String • "The Voice of Hope" — Lyrics: Yuho Iwasato Composition / Arrangement: Shin Kono • "Story Board" — Lyrics&Composition: Takahito Uchizawa (Androp), Arrangement: Masanori Shimada • 2019 — Eienwa Kirai (I Hate Eternity) — Lyrics: YUKI Composition / Arrangement: n-buna — 12th Place • Ao — Lyrics: Izumi Soraya Composition: Yasuna Sakai Arrangement: Hiroaki Yokoyama • Happy End — L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof Ending Theme — Lyrics, Composition & Arrangement: Takahito Uchizawa (Androp) • Go Around — Lyrics: mio Composition: GENEMAI Arrangement: Hiroaki Yokoyama • One by One — Lyrics: Mone Kamishiraishi, Hidenori Tanaka, C omposer: Kikuiketerou Arrangement: Ito standing Hidenori Tanaka • 2020 — note — White Mud — Anime "Major 2nd" Season 2 Series Opening Theme — Lyrics & Composition: Eriko Hashimoto Arrangement: Toshiya Shimizu — 3rd Place • Downpour — Lyrics: Sou Composition / Arrangement: Kohei Munemoto • Eienwa Kirai (I Hate Eternity) — Lyrics: YUKI Composition / Arrangement: n-buna • From The Seeds — Anime 7SEEDS Season 2 Opening Theme — Lyrics: Remi Matsuo (GLIM SPANKY) Composition: GLIM SPANKY Arrangement:Hiroki Kamemoto (GLIM SPANKY) • Yawn — Lyrics: Mone Kamishiraishi Composition / Arrangement: Tetsuro Toyama • Statice — Lyrics: Kengo Ohama Composition / Arrangement: Kengo Ohama • Yoake wo Kuchizusametara (If I Could Sing a Song of Dawn) — NHK Minna no Uta (April–May 2020 On-air song) Musical "Little Zombie Girl" Theme Song — Lyrics & Composition: Yoshiki Mizuno Arrangement: Kohei Munemoto • Happy End — L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof Ending Theme — Lyrics, Composition & Arrangement: Takahito Uchizawa (Androp) • Little Birds — Lyrics: micca Composition: Yoshinori Ohashi (Ohashi Trio) Arrangement: Yoshinori Ohashi, Satoshi Takeshima • Ichiru — Movie "The Promised Land" Theme Song — Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement: Yojiro Noda (Radwimps) The deluxe edition of "note" which is titled "note book" was released on December 23, 2020. It contains the sound source from the online live concert "inote".

• The Favorite Songs Vol.1 "Kanade" (February 24, 2015) • The Favorite Songs Vol.2 "Home" (September 18, 2015) • "366 Days" from the album "chouchou" (September 30, 2016) • "Storyboard" (July 6, 2017) • "Confession" (July 11, 2017) • Mone Kamishiraishi x Takahito Uchisawa (Androp) "Happy End" Aoi version from the movie "L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof " (April 5, 2019) • "Eienwa Kirai" (June 12, 2019) • "Ichiru" (Movie "Paradise" collaboration MV) (October 14, 2019) • "From The Seeds" Full Version (February 25, 2020) • "If You Squeeze the Dawn" (May 11, 2020) • "Shiroidoro" Short Ver. (August 22, 2020) • Mone Kamishiraishi x Takahito Uchizawa (Androp) "Happy End" Short Ver. featuring actor Yosuke Sugino (December 17, 2020)

• Year — Title — Song — Label • 2014 — Lady Maiko Musical Songs & Soundtrack Collection — Pony Canyon • 2018 — CHANPURU STORY ~ HY tribute — Happy — Universal Music Japan • 2019 — Off Course Classics — Goodbye — Universal Music Japan • 2021 — Ohashi Trio "NEW WORLD" duet song — Milk and Sugar — Rhythm Zone

• Year — Title — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2017 — Live THEATER ~ chouchou ~ • Mone Kamishiraishi LIVE TOUR 2017 "and..." • 2020 — Mone Kamishiraishi online live "i note" • 2021 — Mone Kamishiraishi LIVE TOUR 2021 "yattokosa"

• "a Button Vol. 9_Seishun: Mone Kamishiraishi/Moka Kamishiraishi" published by PARCO Publishing (2012)

• Beautiful Lady & Television "girls be ambitious" (2011) • Radio English Conversation (April 2020 issue-NHK Publishing) "Journey over the translated letter" "Akage no Anne" (2020)