Mone Kamishiraishi

Biography

Mone Kamishiraishi (上白石 萌音, Kamishiraishi Mone; born January 27, 1998) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, television personality, and singer. She is the older sister of actress Moka Kamishiraishi.
Kamishiraishi began her career after receiving the Special Jury Prize at the 2011 Toho Cinderella Audition and made her acting debut that year. She subsequently established herself as an actress in film, television, and theatre, notably starring in the films Lady Maiko (2014), Chihayafuru (2016–2018), and All the Long Nights (2024), and providing the voice of Mitsuha Miyamizu in the internationally successful animated film Your Name (2016). She has also played leading roles in television dramas including An Incurable Case of Love (2020) and the NHK morning drama Come Come Everybody (2021–2022). In theatre, she has appeared in productions including Knights' Tale – A Musical and Spirited Away, playing Chihiro in the latter's Japanese and international productions. Her acting has earned her numerous awards, including the Best Actress Award at the 11th Seiyu Awards for Your Name, the Best Actress Award at the 30th Yomiuri Theater Awards, and the Best Actress Award at the 16th Tama Film Awards; she was also awarded the 2025 Japan Academy Film Prize Award for Excellence in Leading Actress for All the Long Nights and the 2026 Kikuta Kazuo Theater Award for her performances in Daddy Long Legs and Spirited Away.
As a singer, Kamishiraishi made her solo debut in 2016 and has released albums and singles while also performing regularly in concerts.

Early life and career

Born in Kagoshima, her family lived in Mexico for three years due to her father's work. She can speak English and a little bit of Spanish. Her musical school teacher suggested that she participate in the 2011 Toho Cinderella Audition – a competition held by the film company, Toho Entertainment – she won the Special Jury Prize. She made her drama debut in the final episode of the NHK Taiga drama Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku starring Juri Ueno. She made her musical debut in The King and I in 2012. She played an aspiring geisha in the musical film "Lady Maiko" directed by Masayuki Suo. She was in charge of the theme song "Maiko wa Lady" which was released as a single under the name "Koharu". In 2016, she rose to international prominence as the lead female role in Makoto Shinkai's anime film Your Name, in which she won the Best Actress Award at the 11th Seiyu Awards. Kamishiraishi used the piano which she displayed for A Forest of Wool and Steel. She also learned classical ballet at the same time as musicals. There is also a scene where she dances ballet in the fourth episode of the short movie "Sky Blue Story" "Mone Kamishiraishi ~ Nike and Snail ~". She played Kanade Ooe in Chihayafuru, Aoi Nishimori in the live action film L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof and Nanase Sakura from TBS hit drama "An Incurable Case of Love" in 2020. She starred in the drama series, "Oh My Boss! Love is a Separate Volume" as Nami Suzuki and the taiga drama Reach Beyond the Blue Sky as Tenshō-in Atsuhime. On December 24, 2020, it was announced that she will play the role of Yasuko in the 105th asadora Come Come Everybody. It is the first time in the history of an asadora that three actresses will play each characters as different heroines. Kamishiraishi and Rina Kawaei were selected through an audition from 3061 applicants.

Variety TV shows

TBS Sekai Kurabete Mitara - Regular MC (December 23, 2020 – present)
NHK 21st Waga Kokoro no Osaka Melody - Host (October 26, 2021)
Everyone's Best Kouhaku 100th Anniversary of Broadcasting Special (NHK, 2025) (host)

Promotional video

Home Made Kazoku "Star to Line" (2011)
HY "Happy" (2016)

CM

Calpis "Hot Series" (2011)
St. "20,000 Beats TOURS Musical" Anne of Green Gables (2015)
Suntory Natural Water of the Southern Alps x Your name. Mitsuha's Thoughts – Voice Appearance (2016)
Daito Trust Construction, To live is to entrust. "Family" / "To Tokyo" (2017)
Game On "BLESS" (2017)
Cabinet Office Society 5.0 "Future Right There" (2018)
Apple Japan "iPhone Privacy-Simple Things" – Narration (2019)
Bingo 5 with Ryunosuke Kamiki (2019)
Suntory Foods "Iyemon" Tokucha (Special Tea Life) (2019)
Daiichi Sankyo Health Care Minon Amino Moist (2019)
Lottery "Dreaming Lottery" (2019)
Bingo 5 with Ryunosuke Kamiki (Birthdays, other things and important errands) (2021)
Lottery "Dreaming Lottery Cafe" (2021)
Suntory Foods "Iyemon" Tokucha (Cleaning up is an exercise) (2021)
Suntory Foods "Iyemon" Tokucha (Health chance) (2021)
Daiichi Sankyo Health Care Minon Amino Moist (2021)
ORIX (Corporate CM) "The world is sustainable. Orix is also sustainable." (2021)
Takahashi Shoten "Notebook is Takahashi" (2021)

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Keikyu (2011)
Takahashi Shoten "Notebook is Takashi" Image Character (2022 Edition)

Web advertising

ELLE PROMOTION "Tasaki" Pearl Jewelry Mone Kamishiraishi and the Story of White Pearls (2020)

Original albums

The deluxe edition of "note" which is titled "note book" was released on December 23, 2020. It contains the sound source from the online live concert "inote".

Music video

The Favorite Songs Vol.1 "Kanade" (February 24, 2015)
The Favorite Songs Vol.2 "Home" (September 18, 2015)
"366 Days" from the album "chouchou×chouchou5 June 2016 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1366日5:172Woman "Wの悲劇"より4:063変わらないもの(Studio Live)5:224On My Own[from musical "Les Miserables"](Studio Live)3:365なんでもないや(movie ver.)5:506SMILE2:21" (September 30, 2016)
"Storyboard" (July 6, 2017)
"Confession" (July 11, 2017)
Mone Kamishiraishi x Takahito Uchisawa (Androp) "Happy End" Aoi version from the movie "L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof " (April 5, 2019)
"Eienwa Kirai" (June 12, 2019)
"Ichiru" (Movie "Paradise" collaboration MV) (October 14, 2019)
"From The Seeds" Full Version (February 25, 2020)
"If You Squeeze the Dawn" (May 11, 2020)
"Shiroidoro" Short Ver. (August 22, 2020)
Mone Kamishiraishi x Takahito Uchizawa (Androp) "Happy End" Short Ver. featuring actor Yosuke Sugino (December 17, 2020)

Photo albums

"a Button Vol. 9_Seishun: Mone Kamishiraishi/Moka Kamishiraishi" published by PARCO Publishing (2012)

Magazine serializations

Beautiful Lady & Television "girls be ambitious" (2011)
Radio English Conversation (April 2020 issue-NHK Publishing) "Journey over the translated letter" "Akage no Anne" (2020)