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Haruka Kinami exudes an overwhelming aura even on the streets of Ginza. She has established an unshakable position as a talented actressHaruka Kinami stars in the drama Sexy Tanaka-san (NTV). A simple office worker by day transforms into the bewitching belly dancer Sali by night. Netizens have not stopped praising the spectacular transformation of Kyoko Tanaka, played by Kinami.  The drama is based on the manga of the same name by Hinako Ashihara. Tanaka is a 40-year-old single female office worker in the accounting department; she is a super talented woman who is a licensed tax accountant, but has never had a friend or boyfriend. She keeps her status as a belly dancer a secret from the company and those around her, but one day her junior temporary office worker, Akari Kurahashi (Meru Nakumi), sees through her. Kinami appeared in Brush Up Life (NTV), which aired in January this year and won the Grand Prix in the Serial Drama category of the Tokyo Drama Award 2023. It is still fresh in our minds that she played the role of a childhood friend of Sakura Ando, who plays the lead role. When Ando learned that Kinami would be playing the lead role in a serial drama series on the GP belt for the first time, she commented, “There is no other actress who can play both roles, and they are too perfect for each other. This is her long-awaited first starring role, and she has attracted a lot of attention in the industry.” Speaking of Kinami, she is known as a versatile actress who plays unique roles.   In the Yuusha Yoshihiko series (TV Tokyo), a drama series written and directed by Yuichi Fukuda that began in 2011, she played the role of the wizard Murasaki. In the 2018, a 9 month drama series Kuragehime (Fuji TV), he played the role of a kare-sen (a man who loves withered old men) and a shadowy old man. In the 2019 drama Tokusatsu Gagaga (NHK), she is a special effects geek girl. In the drama Semi Otoko (TV Asahi), she plays an earnest but plain girl in the middle of her twenties, and she has left her mark on the industry. Although Kinami is a woman of many qualities, she did not set out to be a good actress from the beginning.

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From Support to Stardom: Haruka Kinami’s Rise in the Spotlight

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