<figure id="attachment_221110" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2359px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-221110"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="64879304"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/0d63c30057df5ad69fbe7a2099c2b82b.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-221110" class="wp-caption-text">Moe going to the stage in Fukuoka this November.</figcaption></figure>
<p>For Mone Kamishiraishi (23), the year 2009 was a year of great progress.</p>
<p>In July, she launched her nationwide tour &#8220;yyattokosa&#8221; as a singer, and in November, she began playing the lead role in the TV series &#8220;Come Come Everyday,&#8221; and in December, she participated in the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen for the first time.</p>
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<p><strong> In December, she will perform in the NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen for the first time. &#8220;The name &#8216;Moe&#8217; was chosen by her parents with the hope that she would love music. She is not only an actress, but also a singer as her name suggests. Whenever she can find the time, she listens to music of all genres and reads various books,&#8221; says a person from an entertainment production company.</strong></p>
<p>In November, she was in Fukuoka and headed for Hakata-za, an event venue. It was a relatively warm day with a high of 17 degrees Celsius, but she was wearing a thick coat and a wrapped muffler to keep warm. She seemed to be in good physical condition.</p>
<h2>An unexpected confession at the stage greeting</h2>
<figure id="attachment_220060" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1490px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-220060"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6f016773"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/d8be32c3df6502ab7ecf0daa0367dca5.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-220060" class="wp-caption-text">Moe appeared at a special advance screening event of the movie &#8220;Startup Girls&#8221;, taken in July 2007.</figcaption></figure>
<p>In July 2007, she appeared at the stage greeting for the movie &#8220;Startup Girls&#8221;, in which she played the lead role with Kona Yamazaki. She made a shocking confession to Yamazaki.</p>
<p><strong> I can&#8217;t believe how precious those days were (during filming). I&#8217;ve known Kona for about nine years. I&#8217;ve known her since I was in junior high school, and she&#8217;s been a good big sister to me since then. I love her!&#8221;</strong></p>
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<h2>My sister is a police chief for a day</h2>
<figure id="attachment_220061" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 740px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-220061"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6f109b70"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/90d1cb85adbb930247626c7e63fb5a41.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-220061" class="wp-caption-text">Moka Kamishiraishi served as a police chief for a day at the Wangan Police Station in Tokyo in April this year (Image: Kyodo News)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Her younger sister, Moka Kamishiraishi (21), is also as active as her sister. In &#8220;Solomon&#8217;s Perjury&#8221; (WOWOW) broadcast this fall, she played the lead role for the first time in a serial drama. She is also set to play the role of the heroine&#8217;s younger sister in next year&#8217;s TV series &#8220;Chimu Danshoku&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong> The sisters live together and get along very well. Moka is also making her debut as a singer. She is more outdoorsy than her sister, and her hobbies are running and walking,&#8221; said an employee of a commercial TV station.</strong></p>
<p>In April this year, she became the chief of the Wangan Police Station in Tokyo for a day. In April this year, she became a police chief for a day at the Wangan Police Station in Tokyo, where she showed us her cute uniform. The Kamishiraishi sisters are very active, and it seems that they will gain even more momentum in 2010.</p>
<figure id="attachment_221111" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2176px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-221111"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ed44bc8e"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/ada3ab2ce3d4f2b60ccff4f1d6164654.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-221111" class="wp-caption-text">Moe in Fukuoka. Taken in November of this year.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_220067" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 5500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-220067"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="8ea788f8"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/jpp029617865.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-220067" class="wp-caption-text">Moein at the Japan premiere of &#8220;Alita: Battle Angel,&#8221; photographed in February 2007 (Image: Jiji Press)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_220062" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 679px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-220062"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5d45be7f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/871149c0695f7a742226888a078a1aa4.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-220062" class="wp-caption-text">Moka served as a torchbearer in her hometown of Kagoshima. Photo taken in April this year.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_220063" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 683px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-220063"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0e71ea9b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/359c3f52e01093c4a12d41ca75ef185b.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-220063" class="wp-caption-text">Moka at the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival, photographed in June 2002 (Image: Kyodo News)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_220064" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1024px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-220064"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b0777687"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/d3d3788341b6f1f9f26afd326be44268.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-220064" class="wp-caption-text">Moeka at the age of 17 (Image: Kyodo News)</figcaption></figure>


 Toshikatsu Tanaka

 Afro Kyodo News Jiji Press

 The year 2009 was a breakthrough year for the sisters Mone and Moka Kamishiraishi, as they participated in the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen for the first time and were chosen to play the lead roles in a series of TV dramas. Let's take a look at their overwhelming aura in these treasured photos!

Moka and Moe are selected to play the lead roles in their first Kohaku&#8230;! The charm of Mone and Moka Kamishiraishi, the &#8220;Sisters on the Move

Moka and Moe are selected to play the lead roles in their first Kohaku…! The charm of Mone and Moka Kamishiraishi, the “Sisters on the Move

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