Ayako Yoshitani

Ayako Yoshitani
吉谷 彩子
Born (1991-09-26) September 26, 1991 (age 33)
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
AgentTristone Entertainment Inc.
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2024)​
WebsiteTristone Entertainment (Japanese)

Ayako Yoshitani (Japanese: 吉谷 彩子, Hepburn: Yoshitani Ayako, born 26 September 1991) 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.[1] Born in Chiba Prefecture. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Cinema, Acting Course.[2] She belongs to Tristone Entertainment Inc.[3] Her husband is actor Ryutarou Akimoto.[4]

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.[5] She made her debut as a child actress at the age of four in the 1996 TBS special television series Family Affair,[1] and gained attention for her role as Chieko in the 1997 Nippon TV television series Ryoko: Psychosomatic Physician.[6] During her junior and senior high school years, she concentrated on her studies, but after entering Nihon University, she resumed her acting career,[7] and at the age of 18, she played her first starring role in a film, Tenbatsu, released in 2010.[6] In 2012, she challenged voice acting as Mikoto Urabe, the heroine of the TV anime Mysterious Girlfriend X.[8] 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."[9] 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?".[8] In 2017, after auditioning, she appeared as the youngest employee in TBS's Sunday theater Rikuoh starring Koji Yakusho,[8] 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.[10] 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.[11]

Personal life

On January 1, 2024, she reported her marriage to actor Ryutarou Akimoto on her Instagram.[4]

Filmography (selected)

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Tenbatsu Yuki Koda Leading role [6]
Kimi ni Todoke Ayako Kato [12]
2011 Gantz: Perfect Answer Hitomi [6]
2015 Soredake / that's it Amame Kichijo
2019 The Seven Councils Nishina [13]
2024 La Grande Maison Paris Moe Matsui [14]

TV series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 Family Affair [15]
1997 Ryoko: Psychosomatic Physician Chieko [16]
2001 Hōjō Tokimune Noriko (Childhood) Ep.3-5
2002 Toshiie and Matsu Sho (Childhood) Ep.15-17
2008 Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi Shimizu Ep.4-5 [16]
2010 GeGeGe no Nyōbō Masako Ep.32 [16]
2012 Umechan Sensei Kyoko Nakaguro Week 1 - Week 3 [12]
2013 Yae's Sakura Kikuko Yoda Ep.25-28 [12]
2017 Rikuoh Misaki Nakashita [17]
2018 Ossan's Love Hina Tanahashi Ep.2 [18]
2019 La Grande Maison Tokyo Moe Matsui [19]
2020 The Pride of the Temp 2 Aki Fukuoka [20]
Hal and Ao's Lunch Box Haruna Kino (Haru) leading role [21]
2022 Maiagare! Fuyuko Yura [22]
2023 Marriage is difficult for a ninja Sayo Kazetomi [23]
2024 24 Hours of Love Security Yuko Tsuda [24]
Please be more unhappy than me Keiko Natori, Keiko Aihara leading role [25]
La Grande Maison Tokyo Special Moe Matsui [26]

Animated TV series

Music videos

References

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