Nanao Arai

Nanao (菜々緒, born October 28, 1988 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese model and actress who is affiliated with Platinum Production. Her real name was Nanao Arai (荒井 菜々緒 Arai Nanao).

Nanao started entertainment activities in 2009 when she was 20 years old, she was a regular model as a martial arts ring girland race queen in the magazine Pinky which became a turning point, she won the Miss TGC of Tokyo Girls Collection and the 2010 Sanai Mizugi Image Girl and was a fashion model for Non-no.

In 2011, she became an exclusive model for the magazine Ginger. Nanao was also notable as a tarento from her activities. She appeared in various fashion magazines, television commercials, dramas, and variety shows, as well as variety shows, and has developed a wide range of activities on the stage.

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Other notes	References
2011	Urero Mikakunin Shōjo	Nanao/Toyomoto 13-gō	TV Tokyo		[11]
2012	Omo ni Naitemasu	Izumi Konno	Fuji TV		[12][13]
	Urero Mikansei Shōjo	Minerva/Toyomoto 13-gō	TV Tokyo		[14]
2013	Lucky Seven	Haruka	Fuji TV	Special	[15]
	Last Cinderella	Chiyoko Ōgami	Fuji TV		[16]
	Miss Pilot	Rinko Suzuki	Fuji TV		[17]
2014	Hoshi Shinichi Mystery Special "Teido no Mondai"	Marianna	Fuji TV		[18]
	First Class	Remie Kawashima	Fuji TV		[19]
	Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 15-shūnen Special "Ude o Chōdai"	Masami Nakagawa	Fuji TV		[20]
	Natsu no Owari ni Koi o Shita.	Nanami Takeuchi	Fuji TV		[21]
	Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko	Maya Kujū	TV Asahi	Episode 9	[22]
2015	Masshiro	Asuka Hano	TBS		[23]
	Ghost Writer	Manami Tsukada	Fuji TV		[24]
	Futagashira	Okon	WOWOW		[25]
	Renai Aruaru		Fuji TV		[26]
	Heat	Eri Yūki	KTV		[27]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Other notes	References
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Lady Jay	Dubbing	[28]
2014	The Snow White Murder Case	Noriko Miki		[29]
2015	Bali Big Brother	Kana		[30]
	April Fools	Reiko		[31]
	Grasshopper	Hiyoko		[32]