--- name: "Miki Nakatani" canonical: "https://film.one/person/miki-nakatani" fi1m_id: "miki-nakatani" imdb_id: "nm0620397" tmdb_id: 27778 wikidata_id: "Q1191674" roles: ["Actor"] born: "12 January 1976" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T02:59:40.164738+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Miki Nakatani ## Identity Miki Nakatani - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/miki-nakatani - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** miki-nakatani - **IMDb ID:** nm0620397 - **TMDB ID:** 27778 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1191674 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki_Nakatani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620397/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27778 Actor. Born 12 January 1976 in Tokyo, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 12 January 1976, Tokyo, Japan - **Also known as:** 中谷美纪, 나카타니 미키 , میکی ناکاتانی - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki_Nakatani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620397/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27778 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Ring*](https://film.one/film/ring.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Miki Nakatani (中谷 美紀) is a Japanese actress and singer. She began her career in the early 1990s as a member of the girl group Sakurakko Club before focusing on acting, with an early television role in the drama *Under the Same Roof*. She is known for her performances in the horror films *Ring* (1998), *Rasen* (1998) and *Ring 2* (1999), in which she played Mai Takano. Other notable film roles include Nui in *When the Last Sword Is Drawn* (2003), Matsuko Kawajiri in *Memories of Matsuko* (2006) and the lead in *Zero Focus* (2009). She has received multiple Japan Academy Awards and other honours for her work. Nakatani has also appeared in television series such as *Keizoku* (1999) and maintains an active music career, having released albums produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ring* (1998), Fi1m 84, as Mai Takano — [page](https://film.one/film/ring.md) ## Complete filmography (84) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~* (2023), series, as Kurauchi Kikyo - *猟銃* (2023), Actor - *THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY* (2023), as Kagamino - *Giver Taker* (2023), series, as Itsuki Kurasawa - *First Gentleman* (2021), as Rinko Soma - *Followers* (2020), series, as Limi Nara - *Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room* (2020), series, as Miyake Ryoko - *Haru: Sogo Shosha no Onna* (2019), series, Actor - *Four Women Living in That House* (2019), as 牧田佐知 - *You've Got Someone to Come Home To* (2018), series, Actor - *Unrequited Love* (2017), series, as Hiura Mizuki / Kanzaki Mitsuru - *IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius* (2016), series, as Tomomi Morimoto - *The Copycat Criminal* (2016), series, as Shigeko Maehata - *It's Not That I Can't Get Married, I Just Don't Do It* (2016), series, Actor - *Foujita* (2015), as Kimiyo - *A Stitch of Life* (2015), as Ichie Minami - *Ghost Writer* (2015), series, as Risa Tono - *The World of Kanako* (2014), as Rie Azuma - *I Am Searching For Myself* (2014), Actor - *Miyamoto Musashi* (2014), series, Actor - *300 Million Yen Robbery* (2014), as Narration (voice) - *Strategist KANBE* (2014), series, as Teru - *The Kiyosu Conference* (2013), as Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife - *Chain of Flowers* (2013), as Miyuki - *Ask This of Rikyu* (2013), as Son - *Real* (2013), as Shrink - *7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies* (2013), as Yoshihisa Igarashi - *Otona Joshi no Anime Time* (2013), series, as Hatoko (voice) - *One in a hundred thousand* (2012), as Akiko Yamauchi - *Beautiful Rain* (2012), series, as Nishiwaki Akane - *The Holy Monsters* (2012), series, as Yuka Kasugai - *The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma* (2011), as Murasaki Shikibu - *The Castle of Sand* (2011), series, Actor - *Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle* (2011), as Shoko Takase - *Anpanman: The Blacknose with Magical Song* (2010), as Kana (voice) - *Sweet Little Lies* (2010), as Ruriko Iwamoto - *Zero Focus* (2009), as Sachiko Murota - *Jin* (2009), series, as Miki Tomonaga / Nokaze - *Kuruneko* (2009), series, Actor - *Flavor of Happiness* (2008), as Yamashita Takako - *Happily Ever After* (2007), as Sachie Morita - *Ganjisu-gawa de batafurai* (2007), series, as Tetsuko - *Silk* (2007), as Madame Blanche - *Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky* (2007), as Ofumi - *Christmas on July 24th Avenue* (2006), as Sayuri Honda - *Loft* (2006), as Reiko Hatuna - *Memories of Matsuko* (2006), as Matsuko Kawajiri - *Dead Run* (2005), as Akane - *Train Man* (2005), as Hermes - *Thirty Lies or So* (2004), as Takarada - *Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire* (2004), as Aya - *River of First Love* (2004), as Satuki Kato - *The Hotel Venus* (2004), Actor - *When the Last Sword Is Drawn* (2003), as Nui - *Miki Nakatani: AIR POCKET* (2002), Actor - *Father* (2002), series, as Akira Shindo - *Love Quotient* (2002), series, as Reiko Yamamura - *Koi suru Top Lady* (2002), series, Actor - *Prince Shotoku* (2001), series, as Tojiko no iratsume - *Prince Shōtoku* (2001), as Tojiko no iratsume - *世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編* (2001), Actor - *R-17* (2001), series, Actor - *Miki Nakatani: BROKEN HEART* (2000), Actor - *Merry Christmas in Summer* (2000), series, as Hoshino Haru - *Chaos* (2000), as Saori Komiyama / Satomi Tsushima - *Forever Child* (2000), series, as Kusaka Yuuki - *Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer* (2000), as Jun Shibata - *Keizoku Special: Phantom* (1999), as Shibata Jun - *Nothing Lasts Forever* (1999), series, Actor - *Ring 2* (1999), as Mai Takano - *Keizoku: Unsolved Cases* (1999), series, as Jun Shibata, Theme Song Performance - *ハルモニア この愛の涯て* (1998), series, Actor - *Oda Nobunaga* (1998), as Nōhime - *Ring* (1998), as Mai Takano — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ring.md) - *The Spiral* (1998), as Mai Takano - *Days* (1998), series, as Ezaki Mayumi - *Koi no Tamerai* (1997), series, Actor - *BeRLiN* (1995), as Kyoko - *Broken Heart* (1995), as Asami - *Station* (1995), series, Actor - *長男の嫁* (1994), series, Actor - *Yokohama shinjū* (1994), series, Actor - *Under One Roof* (1993), series, Actor - *Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen* (1990), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![第28回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー 中谷美紀 (Foujita) (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1001164/gallery-e58dffca880b.jpg) 第28回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングセレモニー 中谷美紀 (Foujita) (2015) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Nakatani_Miki_%22Foujita%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_%2822265423650%29.jpg/1280px-Nakatani_Miki_%22Foujita%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_%2822265423650%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Miki Nakatani](https://film.one/media/person/1001164/gallery-db091c0b17e6.jpg) Miki Nakatani — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Nakatani_Miki_%22Foujita%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_%2822427398826%29.jpg/1280px-Nakatani_Miki_%22Foujita%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_28th_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_%2822427398826%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Miki Nakatani](https://film.one/media/person/1001164/gallery-abe764901b78.jpg) Miki Nakatani — Image via TMDB - ![Miki Nakatani](https://film.one/media/person/1001164/gallery-d8c840ee385b.jpg) Miki Nakatani — Image via TMDB - ![Miki Nakatani](https://film.one/media/person/1001164/gallery-b6e59ab21a96.jpg) Miki Nakatani — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Asian Film Award for Best Actress 2007: Asian Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *Memories of Matsuko* - Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 2000: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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