is a Japanese actress. She has been an actress since her debut as a child actress in a television series at the age of four. Born in Chiba Prefecture. She belongs to Tristone Entertainment Inc.
Career Yoshitani was very shy as a child, and her mother, concerned about her shyness, enrolled her in a theater company, which led her to enter show business. She made her debut as a child actress at the age of four in the 1996 TBS special television series Family Affair, and gained attention for her role as Chieko in the 1997 Nippon TV television series Ryoko: Psychosomatic Physician. During her junior and senior high school years, she concentrated on her studies, but after entering Nihon University, she resumed her acting career, and at the age of 18, she played her first starring role in a film, Tenbatsu, released in 2010. In 2012, she challenged voice acting as Mikoto Urabe, the heroine of the TV anime Mysterious Girlfriend X. She also sang the opening and ending themes. In an interview with Katsutoshi Kitagawa, who produced the music for the show, Yoshitani said, "When I played Urabe, I tried to keep my voice as it was, rather than trying to do the voice of the anime. I tried to play Urabe as he is, not with the anime voice in mind." In a TV commercial for BizReach, a website that handles career changes, in which she has appeared since 2016, she played the role of a female employee and became a popular topic of conversation with the question, "Who is the beautiful woman in that commercial?". In 2017, after auditioning, she appeared as the youngest employee in TBS's Sunday theater Rikuoh starring Koji Yakusho, and in 2019, she gained attention when she appeared as a female pastry chef in TBS's Sunday theater La Grande Maison Tokyo starring Takuya Kimura. In 2020 she starred in TV Tokyo's television series Hal and Ao's Lunch Box, in which she played the lead role in a television series for the first time, along with Kai Inowaki.
Personal life On January 1, 2024, Yoshitani announced her marriage to actor Ryutarou Akimoto on her official social media account.
Selected filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes2010 Tenbatsu Yuki Koda Lead role Kimi ni Todoke Ayako Kato2011 Gantz: Perfect Answer Hitomi 2015 Soredake / that's it Amame Kichijo2019 The Seven Councils Nishina2024 La Grande Maison Paris Moe Matsui
Television series Year Title RoleNotes1996 Family Affair 1997 Ryoko: Psychosomatic Physician Chieko2001 Hōjō Tokimune Noriko (Childhood) Ep.3-52002 Toshiie and Matsu Sho (Childhood) Ep.15-17 2008 Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi Shimizu Ep.4-52010 GeGeGe no Nyōbō Masako Ep.32 2012 Umechan Sensei Kyoko Nakaguro Week 1 - Week 32013 Yae's Sakura Kikuko Yoda Ep.25-282017 Rikuoh Misaki Nakashita2018 Ossan's Love Hina Tanahashi Ep.22019 La Grande Maison Tokyo Moe Matsui2020 The Pride of the Temp 2 Aki Fukuoka Hal and Ao's Lunch Box Haruna Kino (Haru) Lead role2022 Maiagare! Fuyuko Yura2023 Marriage is difficult for a ninja Sayo Kazetomi2024 24 Hours of Love Security Yuko Tsuda Please be more unhappy than me Keiko Natori, Keiko Aihara Lead role La Grande Maison Tokyo Special Moe Matsui
Animated TV series Mysterious Girlfriend X (2012) - Mikoto Urabe
Music videos When It Becomes Spring (2011) - Miwa Language of flowers (2016) - A.B.C-Z
References
External links
Ayako Yoshitani Official Blog