Mitsu Dan

{{Short description|Japanese actress, model, and writer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mitsu Dan

| image = Dan_mitsu.jpg

| caption = Mitsu Dan at a baseball game in 2013

| native_name = 壇 蜜

| native_name_lang = Japanese

| pronunciation =

| birth_name = 齋藤 支靜加

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|12|3}}

| birth_place = Yokote, Akita, Japan

| nationality = Japanese

| alma_mater = Showa Women's University

| occupation = Actress, gravure idol, writer

| spouse = {{marriage|Tōru Seino|2019}}

| years_active = 2010–present

| known_for =

| notable_works = {{plainlist|

| parents =

| awards = 37th Japan Academy Prize

| website = {{URL|https://dan-mitsu.jp/}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Mitsu Dan|壇 蜜|Dan Mitsu|born December 3, 1980}} is the professional name of {{Nihongo|Shizuka Saitō|齋藤 支靜加}}, a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and writer.{{cite web |title=壇蜜、ノーブラでSEXYボンテージ姿披露 女スパイ役にご満悦 |url=http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1221534 |access-date=June 26, 2015 |work=modelpress |date=January 23, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629100103/http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1221534 |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} She has played multiple lead roles in television and film, including Naoko in the 2013 erotic thriller Amai Muchi, for which she received a Newcomer of the Year award at the 37th Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

Early life and education

Mitsu Dan was born on December 3, 1980, in Akita Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Showa Women's University, she earned a teaching certificate, worked in a funeral parlor, tried but failed to start a sweets shop, and worked as a hostess in a Ginza club before becoming a gravure idol in 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49231/|language=japanese|title=壇蜜に見る、橋本マナミ"脱・愛人"成立のシナリオ|work=Oricon News|date=August 13, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729141508/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/49231/|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

Career

Dan became known for her role in the BDSM-themed erotic thriller movie Be My Slave (2012), a performance that Giovanni Fazio of The Japan Times summarized as "a starlet is born."{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/03/29/films/watashi-no-dorei-ni-narinasai-be-my-slave/ |title='Watashi no Dorei ni Narinasai (Be My Slave)' |author=Giovanni Fazio |work=Japan Times |date=May 29, 2013 |access-date=June 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624115642/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/03/29/films/watashi-no-dorei-ni-narinasai-be-my-slave/ |archive-date=June 24, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} The next year she played a lead role in the 2013 erotic thriller {{nihongo3|Sweet Whip|甘い鞭|Amai Muchi}}, which was directed by Takashi Ishii.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/interview/A0003860|language=japanese|title=『甘い鞭』(R18+)壇蜜 単独インタビュー|work=Cinema Today|last=轟|first=夕起夫|date=September 30, 2013|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230501/https://www.cinematoday.jp/interview/A0003860|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} At the 37th Japan Academy Prize ceremony Dan was recognized as a Newcomer of the Year for her performance in Amai Muchi.{{cite news|url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1336249|language=japanese|title=綾野剛、壇蜜、忽那汐里ら「新人俳優賞」受賞で歓喜のスピーチ<第37回日本アカデミー賞>|work=Modelpress|date=March 7, 2014|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730140332/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1336249|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

Over the next few years Dan appeared in numerous television dramas, variety programs, movies, and advertising campaigns, including the kaiju parody {{nihongo3|Earth Defense Widow|地球防衛未亡人|Chikyû bôei mibôjin}},{{cite news|url=https://www.cinra.net/news/2013/12/06/211411|language=japanese|title=破壊と官能で怪獣から地球を守る、壇蜜主演の映画『地球防衛未亡人』から予告編公開|work=Cinra.net|date=December 6, 2013|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730142336/https://www.cinra.net/news/2013/12/06/211411|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} the 90th NHK asadora Hanako to Anne,{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2040670/full/|language=japanese|title=壇蜜、朝ドラ『花子とアン』に出演|work=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=August 6, 2014|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729200622/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2040670/full/|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} a 2015 recruiting commercial for the Japan Self-Defense Forces,{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2056942/full/|language=japanese|title=壇蜜、自衛官の"リクルート隊長"に|work=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=August 1, 2015|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729200624/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2056942/full/|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} the 2016 Hulu Japan drama Crow's Blood,{{cite news|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/193639|language=japanese|title=リリー・フランキーと染谷将太がHuluドラマで渡辺麻友、宮脇咲良らと共演|work=Eiga Natalie|publisher=Natalie|date=July 7, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706192052/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/193639|archive-date=July 6, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} and the 2017 film Sekigahara.{{cite news|url=https://www.cinra.net/news/20170306-sekigahara|language=japanese|title=松山ケンイチが直江兼続&壇蜜が尼僧に 岡田准一主演『関ヶ原』に出演|work=Cinra.net|date=March 6, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729200609/https://www.cinra.net/news/20170306-sekigahara|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} In 2018 Dan became a weekly host of the radio program Makoto Ōtake Golden Radio!{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2108962/full/|language=japanese|title=壇蜜「こんにちは」で"声バレ" 大竹まことラジオの相棒に就任「昼壇、お願いします」|work=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=April 4, 2018|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110410/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2108962/full/|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} The next year she appeared in the 99th NHK asadora Manpuku.{{cite news|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0106410|language=ja|title=壇蜜が「まんぷく」で美人画モデル役!香田家を振り回す…|work=Cinema Today|date=January 26, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2019}}

In July 2017 Dan starred in an official tourism promotion video for Miyagi Prefecture that was created using 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami reconstruction funds and published online.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/21/national/miyagi-remove-sexist-tourism-video-month-complaints/|title=Miyagi to remove 'sexist' tourism video after a month of complaints|work=The Japan Times|date=August 21, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729142939/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/21/national/miyagi-remove-sexist-tourism-video-month-complaints/|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Female members of the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly, along with members of the public, claimed that the video was sexually suggestive and demanded that it be taken down.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/21/national/miyagi-lawmakers-ask-governor-to-take-down-suggestive-tourism-video-featuring-dan-mitsu/|title=Miyagi lawmakers ask governor to take down suggestive tourism video featuring Dan Mitsu|work=The Japan Times|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729141427/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/21/national/miyagi-lawmakers-ask-governor-to-take-down-suggestive-tourism-video-featuring-dan-mitsu/|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Miyagi governor Yoshihiro Murai initially defended the video on the grounds that it successfully brought attention to the prefecture, but after receiving hundreds of complaints in a month he ordered the video withdrawn. Later that year the Japanese Ministry of the Environment appointed Mitsu Dan as a public ambassador to promote home energy conservation.{{cite news|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASKB244MXKB2ULBJ00F.html|language=japanese|title=「だん」と「みつ」で省エネ住宅 壇蜜さんPR大使就任|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729111742/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASKB244MXKB2ULBJ00F.html|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

Dan has written books in multiple genres, including the autobiographical book {{nihongo3|A Taste of Honey|蜜の味|Mitsu no aji}}, advice books {{nihongo3|The Rules of Love|エロスのお作法|Erosu no osahō}} and {{nihongo3|What Should I Do?|どうしよう|Dōshiyō}}, and the food essay collection {{nihongo3|I Want to Eat|たべたいの|Tabetai no}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.jiji.com/jc/v4?id=201304danmitsu_int0001|language=japanese|title=壇蜜さんインタビュー|work=Jiji.com|publisher=Jiji Press|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110857/https://www.jiji.com/jc/v4?id=201304danmitsu_int0001|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2067551/full/|language=japanese|title=壇蜜、自責の念で結婚セーブ 過去の恋愛引きずる|work=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=February 27, 2016|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094315/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2067551/full/|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/life/book/raiten/20180115-OYT8T50095.html|language=japanese|title=『たべたいの』壇蜜さん|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|last=鵜飼|first=哲夫|date=January 23, 2018|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801095952/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/life/book/raiten/20180115-OYT8T50095.html|url-status=dead}} She made her fiction debut in 2016 with a story in the Bungeishunjū literary magazine {{nihongo3|All Reading|オール読物|Ooru Yomimono}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2071648/full/|language=japanese|title=壇蜜、小説家デビュー 『竹取物語』モチーフに|work=Oricon News|date=May 13, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729141442/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2071648/full/|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Since April 2017 she has written a monthly advice column for Otokemachi, an online publication of Yomiuri Shimbun.{{cite web|url=https://otekomachi.yomiuri.co.jp/life/20170404-OKT8T05264/|language=japanese|title=壇蜜さん 30代の女は分が悪い 怒られる理由がいっぱいある|work=Otokemachi|publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun|date=April 4, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729171040/https://otekomachi.yomiuri.co.jp/life/20170404-OKT8T05264/|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} In March 2018 her story {{nihongo||タクミハラハラ|"Takumiharahara"}} was published in the literary magazine Bungakukai.{{cite journal|title=タクミハラハラ|language=japanese|journal=文學界|volume=72|number=3|pages=142–169|last=Dan|first=Mitsu|date=2018|issn=0525-1877}}

Personal life

In a January 2013 interview with Shukan Post, Mitsu Dan confirmed her bisexuality, stating she had affections for a woman before her first relationship with a man and expressing ongoing attraction to both men and women.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/japans-sensuality-queen-mitsu-dan-admits-to-lesbian-leanings/ |title=Japan’s ‘sensuality queen’ Mitsu Dan admits to lesbian leanings |website=Tokyo Reporter |date=2013-01-25 |access-date=2025-04-30}}{{Cite web |url=https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/5297/ |title=5 Japanese LGBT+ Icons |website=All About Japan |date=2017-05-25 |access-date=2025-04-30}}

Dan married manga artist {{ill|Tōru Seino|ja|清野とおる}} in November 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20191122/k10012187221000.html|language=japanese|title=タレントの壇蜜さん 漫画家の男性と結婚|work=NHK|date=November 22, 2019|access-date=21 July 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191123175024/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20191122/k10012187221000.html |archive-date= November 23, 2019}}

Recognition

  • 2014: 37th Japan Academy Prize for Newcomer of the Year{{cite web|url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/37.html|language=japanese|title=第37回日本アカデミー賞最優秀賞発表|publisher=Japan Academy Film Prize|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110901/https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/37.html|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

Works

  • {{nihongo3|A Taste of Honey|蜜の味|Mitsu no aji}}, Shōgakukan, 2013, {{isbn|9784093637350}}
  • {{nihongo3|The Rules of Love|エロスのお作法|Erosu no osahō}}, Daiwashobō, 2013, {{isbn|9784479771845}}
  • {{nihongo3|What Should I Do?|どうしよう|Dōshiyō}}, Magajinhausu, 2016, {{isbn|9784838728329}}
  • {{nihongo3|I Want to Eat|たべたいの|Tabetai no}}, Shinchosha, 2017, {{isbn|9784106107412}}

Filmography

= Films =

  • Be My Slave, 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa-pictures.jp/official/watashinodorei/|language=japanese|title=私の奴隷になりなさい : 角川映画|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110902/https://www.kadokawa-pictures.jp/official/watashinodorei/|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Amai Muchi, 2013{{cite news|url=https://www.cinra.net/news/2013/06/14/210201|language=japanese|title=壇蜜が2つの顔をもつ女医役に、映画『甘い鞭』から過激な予告編&場面写真公開|work=Cinra.net|date=June 14, 2013|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110415/https://www.cinra.net/news/2013/06/14/210201|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Taishibōkei Tanita Shain Shokudō, 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/130311/ent1303110004-n1.html|language=japanese|title=ナース姿の壇蜜、甘いささやきに"草刈社長"も…|work=Sankei News|publisher=Sankei Shimbun|date=March 11, 2013|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110706/https://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/130311/ent1303110004-n1.html|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Figure na Anata, 2013{{cite news|url=https://eiga.com/news/20130405/14/|language=japanese|title=壇蜜、佐々木心音主演「フィギュアなあなた」で"ガラスバー"のダンサーに|work=Eiga.com News|date=April 5, 2013|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110748/https://eiga.com/news/20130405/14/|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2606110/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title = Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend (2013) - IMDb| website=IMDb }}
  • Chikyū Bōei Mibōjin, 2014
  • Sanbun no Ichi, 2014{{cite news|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0061661|language=japanese|title=藤原竜也、迷子でイベント欠席!観客5名に直接電話で謝罪のプレゼント|work=Cinema Today|date=March 24, 2014|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730140226/https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0061661|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Sekigahara, 2017
  • Hoshimeguri no Machi, 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/and_M/articles/SDI2018011814391.html|language=japanese|title=壇蜜「関係を築き、ただ寄り添うことが心の傷を癒やす」 映画『星めぐりの町』|work=Asahi Shimbun|last=武田|first=由紀子|date=January 22, 2018|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729114514/https://www.asahi.com/and_M/articles/SDI2018011814391.html|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Eating Women, 2018{{cite news|url=https://www.cinra.net/news/20180130-taberuonna|language=japanese|title=小泉今日子、広瀬アリス、壇蜜ら出演、8人の「食と性」描く映画『食べる女』|work=Cinra.net|date=January 30, 2018|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730112259/https://www.cinra.net/news/20180130-taberuonna|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Mashin Sentai Kiramager the Movie, 2021{{cite web |title=壇蜜が「キラメイジャー THE MOVIE」出演、"悪夢のマエストロ"ミンジョ役 |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/412228 |publisher=Natalie |access-date=13 January 2021 |language=ja |date=13 January 2021}}
  • A Dog Named Palma, 2021{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/412475|title= 忠犬パルマの実話もとにした日露合作「ハチとパルマの物語」特報公開|access-date= January 15, 2021|work= Natalie}}
  • Bad City, 2023{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96268/|title= BAD CITY|access-date= September 2, 2022|work= eiga.com}}

= Television =

  • Tokumei Tantei, TV Asahi, 2012{{cite news|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20121111dog00m200021000c.html|language=japanese|title=壇蜜:「匿名探偵」で初ドラマ出演 "蜜"にまみれて体当たり演技|work=MANTAN Web|publisher=Mainichi Shimbun|date=November 12, 2012|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730140304/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20121111dog00m200021000c.html|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Otenki Oneesan, TV Asahi, 2013{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703235127/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/otenki/|archive-date=July 3, 2013|language=japanese|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/otenki/|title=金曜ナイトドラマ「お天気お姉さん」|publisher=TV Asahi|date=April 12, 2013|access-date=July 29, 2018}}
  • Hanzawa Naoki, TBS, 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/hanzawa_naoki/report/55.html|language=japanese|title=半沢直樹 またしても未樹に殴られる|publisher=Tokyo Broadcasting System Television|date=July 31, 2013|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170627/http://www.tbs.co.jp/hanzawa_naoki/report/55.html|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Hanako to Anne, NHK, 2014
  • Coffee-ya no Hitobito, NHK, 2014{{cite web|url=https://www6.nhk.or.jp/drama/pastprog/detail.html?i=coffeeya|language=japanese|title=プレミアムドラマ「珈琲屋の人々」|publisher=NHK|date=April 5, 2014|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110842/https://www6.nhk.or.jp/drama/pastprog/detail.html?i=coffeeya|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Black President, Fuji TV, 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/black/|language=japanese|title=ブラック・プレジデント - フジテレビ|publisher=Fuji TV|date=June 17, 2014|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810211321/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/black/|archive-date=August 10, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Ore no Dandyism, TV Tokyo, 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/dandyism/smp/story/|language=japanese|title=ストーリー 俺のダンディズム:テレビ東京|publisher=TV Tokyo|date=April 16, 2014|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730111009/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/dandyism/smp/story/|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Arasa-chan Mushūsei, TV Tokyo, 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/around30chan/|language=japanese|title=アラサーちゃん 無修正:テレビ東京|publisher=TV Tokyo|date=July 25, 2014|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110851/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/around30chan/|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Crow's Blood, Hulu Japan, 2016{{cite web|url=http://hulu-japan.jp/crows-blood/|language=japanese|title=Crow's Blood|publisher=Hulu Japan|date=July 23, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070742/http://hulu-japan.jp/crows-blood/|archive-date=July 17, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
  • Manpuku, NHK, 2019
  • Mikazuki, NHK, 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/dodra/mikaduki/html_mikaduki_cast.html|language=ja|title=みかづき: おもな登場人物 (キャスト)|publisher=NHK|access-date=April 18, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418214609/https://www.nhk.or.jp/dodra/mikaduki/html_mikaduki_cast.html|url-status=dead}}

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