Kaya Kiyohara
Also Known As: きよはら かや, 清原 果耶
Biography: Kiyohara Kaya is a Japanese actress and model. She was born in Osaka and is represented by Amuse. Kaya is the winner of the "Amuse Audition Festival 2014" Grand Prix. She is also the exclusive model for fashion magazine "Seventeen". Her acting in "The Invisible Cradle" had won her three awards, which are "New Face Award" and "Annual Grand Prize Newcomer Award" in 2018 and "Best Actress in the Tokyo Drama Awards" in 2019. She had appeared in various commercials, starred in music videos as well as shows. She will be starring in next year's asadora "Okaeri Mone".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Birthday: January 30, 2002
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Gender: Female
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Unreachable
Overview: Three young women live together in an old house in a corner of Tokyo. They are not related by blood, but they have been bound together by a strong bond for 12 years. They care about each other and spend their own ordinary days together. The matter of unrequited love arises for them that they can't tell anyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-04-04
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72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-12-31
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Chihayafuru: Part II
Overview: After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-29
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18×2 Beyond Youthful Days
Overview: Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left behind.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-03-14
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The Lines That Define Me
Overview: Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-21
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Les Misérables
Overview: This feature drama, produced to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fuji TV, is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic masterpiece Les Miserables set in the 1990s in Japan. In Kobe in 1993, Jun Baba gets taken to a juvenile prison due to a killing of a man who cheated his mother out of all her money in self-defense. One day, he hears that his younger brother, who has been desperately ill, is in a critical condition and breaks out. However, he finds out his brother is already dead. In the depth of despair, he tries to kill himself but is saved by a man who runs a self-support facility. He begins to live at the place, and befriends with Takumi Watanabe aspiring to be a lawyer. In 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake hits and their friendship comes to an end. Crushed under the debris, Takumi persuades Jun to live his life instead. Jun swears to live on assuming Takumi's identity.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-06
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One Second Ahead, One Second Behind
Overview: Set in Kyoto, Japan, a love story takes place between Hajime and Reika. Hajime is a handsome young man, who is usually a second quicker than everyone else and straightforward. He works at the post office. Reika is a young woman, who is usually a step slower than everyone else. After Valentine's Day, Hajime wakes up and is unable to remember what happened that day.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-07-07
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スペシャルドラマ 必殺仕事人
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-07
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Jeanne d'Arc
Overview: In 1429, a young woman donned armor and entered the battle, recapturing Orleans, which become had a stronghlod for the English. Two years later, a solidier who witnessed her dead, visits King Charles VII of France to report the incident. The young woman's name is Joan of Arc, who had reecived a divine revelation at the age of 13. What did the voice of God bring Jeanne? Why did she choose to accept death, even she was given the opportunity to live? The unknown nature of Joan of Arc's "life" is now revealed .....
Genres: Fantasy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-28
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Bushido
Overview: Kakunoshin Yanagida (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) was a samurai, but he was forced out of the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived in poverty with his daughter Kinu (Kaya Kiyohara). Despite being poor, he never gave up his pride and honor that he held as a samurai. Even when playing the board game Go, which is his hobby, he always plays in a fair manner. Because of a case, the truth behind the false accusation is revealed. Kakunoshin Yanagida is shaken and filled with rage. He decides to take revenge, even if it means he will be torn from his daughter.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-17
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My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
Overview: Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-17
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March Comes In Like a Lion
Overview: Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years. Having meals with the Kawamoto family brings warm feelings to Rei Kiriyama. As Rei Kiriyama continues his shogi career, his interactions with his neighbors allows him to grow as a shogi player and as a person.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-18
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Yurigokoro
Overview: Ryosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot soon with his alluring girlfriend. But then his father declares he has pancreatic cancer and his betrothed vanishes without a trace. In his father’s belongings, he discovers a secret diary, which starts with an ominous sentence: “Without remorse, I take a life …” Ryosuke is completely spellbound and reads on, discovering that the document is actually the confession of a murderer.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-23
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March Goes out Like a Lamb
Overview: The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an upcoming tournament, the father who left the three sisters appears and disturbs the peace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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Typhoon Noruda
Overview: As an unexpected typhoon bears down on a small tropical island, a group of students trapped at school find themselves forced to put aside their personal issues and work together. Not only to save themselves, but possibly the lives of everyone on the planet!
Genres: Science Fiction Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-05
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Chihayafuru: Part III
Overview: Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-17
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Day and Night
Overview: A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-26
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Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito
Overview: Not having the courage to love, Toru became an adult. One day, he meets his and old friend who happens to find a poem which changes will his fate. This will make Toru gain enough courage to face love once again. He meets a girl Nagi who is bond into his fate, though she has a particular secret
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-25
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Strawberry Song
Overview: Kota runs into his old friend Chika on the anniversary of their friend's death. They plan to meet again in a year, but their feelings are complicated.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-05
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My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
Overview: Kiyosumi’s affection for his schoolmate Hari grows after he saves her from bullying, but a dark secret she’s unwilling to share threatens their bond.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Overview: With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
Genres: Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-25
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The Brightest Roof in the Universe
Overview: 14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be his. She struggles with how to inform him of her love. Then her stepmother becomes pregnant and she is distracted with that development. The one reliable part of her life is the calligraphy class she attends, but then she runs into a woman.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-09-04
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Hope
Overview: Kazuto Ishikawa is a first-class architect. He is married to Kiyomi. They have a son, Tadashi, who attends high school and a daughter, Miyabi, who attends middle school. They live together in a refined home, designed by Kazuto. An injury causes Tadashi to quit playing soccer. Since that time, Tadashi often stays out all night without permission. One evening, Tadashi leaves home and does not return. Kazuto and Kiyomi become worried about their son and consider going to the police. News then reveals the murder of Tadashi's classmate. The police suspect that Tadashi might be involved in the murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-10
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Overview: Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-29
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You're Not Normal, Either!
Overview: Ono Yasuomi is a cram school teacher with poor communication skills. He hopes to get married but doesn't know what ordinary means and feels awkward on dates with women. He asks Kasumi, a student who knows lots of trivia about romance, to teach him the meaning of ordinary.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-19
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In the Wake
Overview: Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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The Door into Summer
Overview: A pioneering roboticist awakens in 2025 after decades in cryosleep. To change the past and reunite with his adopted sister, he seeks a way back to 1995.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-25
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