Airi Taira
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is a Japanese actress that graduated from the Horikoshi High School
. She debuted in 1999 by winning the DA PUMP's, ISSA's Sister Role Grand Prix for the movie Dream Maker. She played a lead role in the live action movie of 20th century boys
as the character Kanna. Taira's parents are from the Amami Islands
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Music
Webseries/Movie
Horikoshi High School
is a Japanese private high school founded in 1923. The school is famous for being attended by many Japanese celebrities. It offers them lenient attendance requirements.- Notable students :* Yumi Adachi* Risa Ai* Jin Akanishi * Yū Aoi...
. She debuted in 1999 by winning the DA PUMP's, ISSA's Sister Role Grand Prix for the movie Dream Maker. She played a lead role in the live action movie of 20th century boys
20th Century Boys
is a science fiction-mystery manga created by Naoki Urasawa. It won the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, and the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. The last two volumes of the story were serialized under...
as the character Kanna. Taira's parents are from the Amami Islands
Amami Islands
The are a group of islands that is part of the Satsunan Islands, which are then part of the Nansei Islands. The islands are part of Kagoshima Prefecture, in the Kyūshū region of Japan...
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Filmography
Television- Reset (2009) Guest appearance
- Kuitan 2Kuitan 2, or the Gluttonous Detective 2, is a Japanese TV drama aired on Nihon TV from April 14, 2007 to June 23, 2007 at 21:00 on Saturdays. The sequel of the Japanese TV drama Kuitan aired in 2006...
(NTV, 2007) (ep8) - Hanazakari no Kimitachi eHanazakari no Kimitachi e, also known as Ike-para, is a Japanese drama produced by Fuji Television and first aired on July 3, 2007. It is based on the comic by Hisaya Nakajo, published in English as Hana-Kimi. Filming locations include the Ryutsu Keizai University....
as Abeno Erica (Fuji TV, 2007) - 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi sensei 6 As Akane Sasaoka (TBS, 2002)
- Tantei Kazoku! (2002)
Movies
- 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope As Kanna (2009)
- 20th Century Boys20th Century Boysis a science fiction-mystery manga created by Naoki Urasawa. It won the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, and the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. The last two volumes of the story were serialized under...
As Kanna (2008) - Warau MichaelWarau Michaelis a manga series by Izumi Kawahara. It was serialized in Hana to Yume beginning in 1987. In 2006 it was adapted into a Japanese film, based on the manga of the same name. The soundtrack was provided by Japanese supergroup Metalchicks....
(2006) - Daburusu (2001)
- Dreammaker (1999)
Other media
Commercials- Asian 2
Music
- Asian 2
Webseries/Movie
- Five stories of Ikspiari
- Overwork