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Kutsuna at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival, Oh! Father Promotion, 17 October 2013
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Native name | 忽那汐里 |
Born |
Sydney, Australia |
22 December 1992
Nationality | Japanese Australian |
Other names | Shioli Kutsuna |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Occupation | Actress, endorser, commercial model |
Years active | 2006 | –present
Agent | Oscar Promotion |
Website | Official website |
Shiori Kutsuna (Japanese: 忽那 汐里 Hepburn: Kutsuna Shiori?, born 22 December 1992) is a Japanese Australian actress and idol. She is best known for her role as Ran Mori in Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge and Minami Maho in BECK.
Kutsuna was born on 22 December 1992 in Killarney Heights, Sydney, Australia. She lived in Australia until the age of 14 before moving to Japan to pursue a career as an idol and actress.
In 2006, Kutsuna won the Judge's Prize at the 2006 All-Japan National Young Beauty Contest.
In 2009, she had her first major starring role. She played the part of Tsugumi Nitobe in 7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe (70 000 People Detective Nitobe), an ordinary college student who has 70000 friends on the Internet and solves difficult cases by utilising their brains.
In 2011, she was cast to play Ran Mori in a special drama for the live-action of Detective Conan, a popular manga series written by Gosho Aoyama. She replaced Tomoka Kurokawa, who played Ran in the previous specials in 2006 and 2007.
In 2012, she was named Best New Actress of 2011 by film magazine Kinema Junpo.
In 2011, together with actresses Mayuko Kawakita and Riko Narumi, Kutsuna graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan.