Miki Nakatani#Videography
{{Short description|Japanese actress and singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|中谷美紀|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Miki Nakatani
| native_name = 中谷 美紀
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Nakatani Miki.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| image_caption = Nakatani in 2015 at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1976|1|12}}
| birth_place = Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
| nationality = Japanese
| spouse = {{marriage|Thilo Fechner|2018}}
| occupation = Actress, singer
| years_active = 1991–present
| website =
| module2 = {{Infobox Chinese | child = yes
| kanji = 中谷 美紀
| romaji = Nakatani Miki
| hiragana = なかたに みき
| katakana = ナカタニ ミキ
}}}}
{{nihongo|Miki Nakatani|中谷 美紀|Nakatani Miki|born 12 January 1976}} is a Japanese actress and singer who began her professional career as a member of the girl group Sakurakko Club. Nakatani focused on acting after her departure from the band, making her debut on the popular television drama Under the Same Roof.
She relaunched her music career under the tutelage of producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1996, releasing three albums: Shokumotsu Rensa (1996), Cure (1997) and Shiseikatsu (1999). Her best-known songs include "Mind Circus" and "Suna no Kajitsu", which peaked at number ten on the Oricon charts.
As an actress, Nakatani has received six Japan Academy Awards for her roles in When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002), Memories of Matsuko (2006), and Zero Focus (2009), among others. 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.
Biography
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/hideo-nakatas-chaos-1798198347|title=Hideo Nakata's Chaos – Film – Movie Review – The A.V. Club|publisher=The A.V. Club|first=Keith|last=Phipps|date=12 March 2003}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/movie_review/loft.htm|title=Loft – Movie Review – Stylus Magazine|work=Stylus Magazine|first=Sky|last=Hirschkron|date=15 March 2006}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2006/|date=21 December 2006|publisher=Cinema Hochi|language=ja|script-title=ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー|trans-title=Hochi Film Award History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131131053/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2006/|archive-date=31 January 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=27 January 2010}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/movies/14silk.html|title=Silk - Movies - Review |last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=14 September 2007|work=The New York Times}} She co-starred in Isshin Inudo's Zero Focus with Ryōko Hirosue and Tae Kimura.{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2010/07/japan-cuts-zero-focus-review.html|title=JAPAN CUTS 2010: ZERO FOCUS Review – Twitch|last=Chang|first=Dustin|date=11 July 2010|publisher=Twitch Film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222206/http://twitchfilm.com/2010/07/japan-cuts-zero-focus-review.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://thetv.jp/news/detail/191136/|title=「お～いお茶」がギネス世界記録 CM70本以上出演の中谷美紀「我が事のようにうれしい」 {{!}} 芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン|last=ザテレビジョン|website=ザテレビジョン|language=ja|access-date=6 June 2019}} Nakatani speaks Japanese, French, and English.{{Cn|date=December 2023}}
In 2018, Nakatani announced her marriage to German musician Thilo Fechner, a viola player with the Vienna Philharmonic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASLCW2TF9LCWUCLV001.html|title=中谷美紀さんが結婚 ウィーンフィルのビオラ奏者と {{!}} |work=朝日新聞デジタル |date=27 November 2018 |language=ja|access-date=12 April 2021}}
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
- Strings (2004) – Zita
- 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 24 July Avenue (2006) – Sayuri Honda
- Silk (2007) – Madame Blanche
- Happy Ever After (2007) – Yukie Morita
- Flavor of Happiness (2008) – Takako Yamashita
- Zero Focus (2009) – Sachiko
- Sweet Little Lies (2010)
- Hankyu Railways: A 15-Minute Miracle (2011) – Shoko
- Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (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) – Rie Azuma
- A Stitch of Life (2015)
- First Gentleman (2021) – prime minister Rinko Sōma{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/401570|title= 田中圭と中谷美紀が夫婦役でダブル主演、原田マハ「総理の夫」映画化|access-date= October 22, 2020|work= Natalie}}
- The Legend and Butterfly (2023) – Kagamino{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/97397/|title= THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY|access-date= September 2, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
=Television=
- Under the Same Roof (1993) – Aiko Mifune
- Oda Nobunaga (1998) – No-Hime
- Woman Doctor (1999)
- Unsolved Cases (1999) – Jun Shibata{{cite web |url= https://www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/item/d0043/|title= ケイゾク|access-date= April 11, 2024|work= TBS}}
- 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{{cite web |url= https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/347127|title= 軍師官兵衛|access-date= June 2, 2024|work= allcinema}}
- Ghostwriter (2015) – Risa Tono
- IQ246 (2016) – Tomomi Morimoto
- Kataomoi (2017)
- Followers (2020) – Limi Nara
- One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado (2023) - Kikyo Kurauchi
Discography
=Albums=
==Studio albums==
All produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto
==Remix albums==
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| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;" | Album details ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions |
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| scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | JPN Oricon |
| scope="row" | Vague{{Cite web|url=http://www.mikinakatani.com/music/vague/|title=Miki Nakatani – Vague|last=Nakatani|first=Miki|website=mikinakatani.com|language=ja|access-date=3 January 2019}}
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==Compilation albums==
=Singles=
Videography
=Live albums=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:small;" |
| No.
! Release ! Title ! Formats |
|---|
| 1st
| 21 May 1997 | Butterfish | DVD, VHS |
=Video-clip albums=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:small;" |
| 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 |
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- {{Official|http://www.roomsnakatani.com}}
- {{IMDb name|0620397}}
- {{jmdb name|0475820}}
- {{Discogs artist|Miki Nakatani}}
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{{succession box
| title = Asian Film Award for Best Actress
| years = 2007
for Memories of Matsuko
| before= None
| after = Jeon Do-yeon
for Secret Sunshine
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