Nana Mori
Acting
Born: 2001-08-31 in Osaka, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
Weathering with You
Hina Amano (voice)
Kokuho
Akiko
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
Yoriko Kosaka
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Kiyo
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Akari
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
Runa Horibe
Liar x Liar
Minato Takatsuki
The Parades
Nana
1st Kiss
Anri Seki
Last Letter
Fuka / Young Yuri
Hell Girl
Miho Ichikawa
April, Come She Will
Haru Iyoda
5 Centimeters per Second
Kanae Sumida
Blue, Painful, Fragile
Mizuki Nishiyama
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Miyazawa Toshi
Suits
Natsumi Uesugi
Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery
Yurina Kurasaka
Eerie: Invisible Face
Misuzu Nakao
Frontline - Yokohama Bay
Weakest Beast
Chiharu Hanai (Young)
A Warmed Up Love
Kiki Inoue
461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
Hiromi Nishina
Insomniacs After School
Isaki Magari
At the Bench
BURN
Ju-Ju
Cinderellas of Midsummer
Natsumi Aoi
Hirayasumi
Natsumi Kobayashi
The First Supper
Miyako in childhood
Yell
Pops Loves Kawaii Stuff
Narrator (voice)
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Machiko Nagata
Duty and Revenge
Sawai Mikako
I Had a Dream of That Girl
Tsukai TV Sukatto Japan
Golden SixTONES
Self
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 25 Shuunen Tokubetsu-hen
Little Letter
The Window of non-REM
Do You Want to Warm this Love Up a Little More?
Kiki Inoue
