Nana Mori
Nana Mori is a Japanese actress known for the earthy naturalism and grounded vulnerability she brings to contemporary independent and mainstream cinema. Discovered in her home prefecture of Oita at age 15, she bypassed traditional idol career tracks in favor of selective collaborations with prominent Japanese auteurs.
She gained widespread international recognition in 2019 for her voice acting breakthrough as Hina Amano in Makoto Shinkai’s climate-anxiety anime masterpiece Weathering with You. Recognizing her chameleonic ability to balance youthful innocence with an understated melancholy, legendary filmmaker Shunji Iwai cast her in his 2020 epistolary romance Last Letter. Playing a dual role across fragmented timelines, her performance earned her the Newcomer of the Year award at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize.
In the 2023 series The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, Mori shines as Kiyo, a aspiring maiko who finds her true calling as a house cook. Her performance is the series’ emotional core, anchoring Hirokazu Kore-eda’s culinary world with a quiet, unforced warmth that eschews sentimentality for something genuinely lived-in.
Acting
Movie
Weathering with You
as Hina Amano (voice)
2019
Movie
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
as Yoriko Kosaka
2019
Movie
Kokuho
as Akiko
2025
TV
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
as Kiyo
2023
TV
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
as Runa Horibe
2019
TV
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
as Akari
2017
Movie
Liar x Liar
as Minato Takatsuki
2021
Movie
The Parades
as Nana
2024
Movie
Hell Girl
as Miho Ichikawa
2019
Movie
Last Letter
as Fuka / Young Yuri
2020
Movie
1st Kiss
as Anri Seki
2025
Movie
April, Come She Will
as Haru Iyoda
2024
Movie
5 Centimeters per Second
as Kanae Sumida
2025
Movie
Blue, Painful, Fragile
as Mizuki Nishiyama
2020
Movie
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
as Miyazawa Toshi
2023
Movie
Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery
as Yurina Kurasaka
2022
TV
Suits
as Natsumi Uesugi（上杉 夏美）
2018
TV
Eerie: Invisible Face
as Misuzu Nakao
2018
TV
Weakest Beast
as Chiharu Hanai (Young)
2018
Movie
Frontline - Yokohama Bay
2025
TV
A Warmed Up Love
as Kiki Inoue
2020
Movie
Insomniacs After School
as Isaki Magari
2023
Movie
461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
as Hiromi Nishina
2020
Movie
At the Bench
2024