:Natsumi Kiyoura
{{short description|Japanese actress and singer from Chiba (born 1990)}}
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| birth_name = Natsumi Kiyoura
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|4}}
| birth_place = Chiba, Japan
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| nationality = Japanese
| occupation = Actress, singer
| years_active = 2003–present
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{{nihongo|Natsumi Kiyoura|清浦夏実|Kiyoura Natsumi|born July 4, 1990{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406003916/http://model.oscarpro.co.jp/profile/young/kiyoura_n/profile/|archivedate=April 6, 2010|url=http://model.oscarpro.co.jp/profile/young/kiyoura_n/profile/ |title=Official profile on Oscar Promotion's site|accessdate=November 14, 2015|language=Japanese}}}} is a Japanese actress and singer from Chiba.{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=746176 |script-title=ja:清浦夏実 きようら・なつみ|accessdate= April 17, 2010|publisher= Allcinema.net|language=Japanese}} She is represented by the talent agency Oscar Promotion. Her music records have been released under Flying Dog.
Career
Kiyoura made her acting debut in 2003 on the tokusatsu TV series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. In 2005, she became Sponichi Annex's third image girl (or "Anecco" as they call it).{{cite web|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/gravure/pickup_idol/idols/kiyoura_natsumi/profile.html |title=Natsumi Kiyoura's profile on Sponichi Annex's site|accessdate=July 31, 2010|language=Japanese}} She debuted as a singer in 2007 with the single "Kaze Sagashi", theme song for the Sketch Book ~full color's~ anime series. She has since performed theme songs for other anime series, including Spice and Wolf, Sgt. Frog, Ristorante Paradiso, and Sasameki Koto. She released her first album Juukuiro in 2010.
Since 2015 she is the lead singer of the band Tweedees, fronting the band together with bass player and songwriter Reiji Okii from the famous 1990's band Cymbals.Tweedees official website: http://www.tweedees.tokyo/bio/From 'Arama Japan' website in English: "Formed in 2015, Tweedees consists of ex-Cymbals bassist Reiji Okii and actress Natsumi Kiyoura": https://aramajapan.com/news/music/tweedees-release-first-mini-album-a-la-mode/76970/
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
Discography
=Singles=
"Kaze Sagashi" (Released October 24, 2007)
- Anime television series Sketchbook ~full color's~ opening theme
"Tabi no Tochuu" (Released February 6, 2008)
- Anime television series Spice and Wolf opening theme
"Bokura no Aikotoba" (Released July 23, 2008)
- Anime television series Sgt. Frog ending theme and insert song
"Kanashii Hodo Aoku / Nijiiro Pocket" (Released October 21, 2009)
- Anime television series Sasameki Koto opening and ending themes
"Hologram" (Released November 23, 2011)
- Anime television series Phi Brain: Puzzle of God ending theme
=Albums=
=Other=
CM Yoko 2 (Yoko Kanno album; Released April 22, 2009)
- "Obento o Tabenagara" (2008 Hotto Motto CM song)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/kiyoura723/|Official music profile}} at Flying Dog {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/369410/ Natsumi Kiyoura] profile at Oricon {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|name|18073}}
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Category:21st-century Japanese actresses
Category:Singers from Chiba Prefecture
Category:21st-century Japanese singers
Category:21st-century Japanese women singers
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