# Michiko Kichise

Michiko Kichise (吉瀬 美智子, Kichise Michiko, born 17 February 1975) is a Japanese actress and model. She received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 2011 for her work in Liar Game: Season 2 (2009–10), Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010), and Bloody Monday Season 2 (2010).

## Personal life

In December 2010, Kichise married an ordinary man 10 years older than her. She gave birth to their first child, a daughter, in July 2013 and her second daughter in October 2016.
Kichise announced that she had divorced her husband via her agency's official website and a handwritten letter on her official Twitter.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | The Bird People in China | | |
| 1998 | The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf | Ruriko Enomoto | |
| 1998 | Dolphin Through | | |
| 2004 | Jump | | |
| 2008 | Flying Rabitts | Reiko Hoshina | |
| 2009 | Byakuya | Tomoko Aizawa | |
| 2009 | Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I | Elise | |
| 2010 | Liar Game: The Final Stage | Eri | |
| 2010 | Umi no Kingyo | | |
| 2010 | Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II | Elise | |
| 2010 | Shikeidai no Elevator | Meiko Temiyako | Lead role |
| 2011 | 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife | Mina Takizawa | |
| 2011 | Runway Beat | Hayato Mizorogi's assistant | |
| 2011 | In His Chart | Shizue Tomura | |
| 2012 | Girls for Keeps | Yoko Kosaka | |
| 2013 | A Chair on the Plains | Kishiko Shinohara | |
| 2013 | Kodomo Keisatsu | Rinko Matsuda | |
| 2014 | In His Chart 2 | Shizue Tomura | |
| 2016 | Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on Dreamy World! | Sayuri Nubatama | Voice role |
| 2019 | The Confidence Man JP: The Movie | | |
| 2021 | Signal the Movie | Misaki Sakurai | |
| 2022 | 7 Secretaries: The Movie | | |
| 2023 | Kyrie | | |
| 2024 | Dangerous Cops: Home Coming | Stella Lee | |
| 2024 | Tomorrow in the Finder | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Network | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Pokkapoka 3 | TBS | Ayako Saito | |
| 1999 | Ring: The Final Chapter | Fuji TV | Nurse | Episode 3 |
| 2001 | Shitto no Kaori | TV Asahi | Sawako Saeki | |
| 2001 | Love Collection | TV Asahi | | 5 episodes |
| 2004 | Division 1: Hannin Deka | Fuji TV | Madoka Tsuburaya | Episode 4 |
| 2005 | Hana Yori Dango | TBS | Akira's lover | Episode 1 |
| 2005 | Fukigen na Gene | Fuji TV | Ritsuko the model | Episode 5 |
| 2006 | Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi | Fuji TV | Nurse | |
| 2006 | Attention Please | Fuji TV | Cabin Attendant | Episode 1 |
| 2006 | Densha Otoko Deluxe: The Final Crusade | Fuji TV | Maezono's secretary | Television film |
| 2006 | Nodame Cantabile | Fuji TV | Elise | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Serendip no Kiseki | NTV | Chika | |
| 2007 | Liar Game | Fuji TV | Eri | |
| 2007 | Kasei kara Kita Kumo no Mure to Glamorous Angel | Fuji TV | Kana Nakamura | |
| 2007 | Hataraki Man | Fuji TV | Maiko Kaji | |
| 2007 | Joshi Deka! | TBS | Haruka Ninagawa | |
| 2008 | Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari 2008 | Fuji TV | Ms. Jinsai | Television film |
| 2008 | Nodame Cantabile SP in Europe | Fuji TV | Elise | Television film |
| 2008 | Pandora | Wowow | Katsura Hitomi | |
| 2008 | Around 40 | TBS | Minami Yukari | |
| 2008 | Maō | TBS | Mari Serizawa | |
| 2008 | Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu | Fuji TV | Haruka Mayama | |
| 2008 | Bloody Monday | TBS | Maya Orihara | |
| 2009 | Tenchijin | NHK | Oyu | Taiga drama |
| 2009 | Moso Shimai | NTV | Akiko Ichikawa | Lead role |
| 2009 | Boss | Fuji TV | Reiko Narahashi | |
| 2009–10 | Liar Game: Season 2 | Fuji TV | Eri | |
| 2010 | Bloody Monday Season 2 | TBS | Maya Orihaya | |
| 2010 | The Woman of Steel | TV Asahi | Ineko Haga | Lead role |
| 2010 | Guilty Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna | KTV | Mari Enomoto | |
| 2011 | Boss Season 2 | Fuji TV | Reiko Narahashi | Episode 1 |
| 2011 | The Woman of Steel Season 2 | TV Asahi | Ineko Haga | Lead role |
| 2011 | The Hanawa Sisters | TBS | Fujiko Hanawa | |
| 2012 | Kodomo Keisatsu | MBS | Rinko Matsuda | |
| 2013 | Cheap Flight | NTV | Ayumi Terasaki | Television film |
| 2014 | Hirugao | Fuji TV | Rikako Tagigawa | |
| 2014 | Legal High Special | Fuji TV | Sayaka Nakahara | Television film |
| 2015 | Murder on the Orient Express | Fuji TV | Soneko Gouriki | Television film |
| 2015 | Dr. Rintarō | NTV | Yuriko Mizushima | |
| 2015 | Otona Joshi | Fuji TV | Moeko Osaki | |
| 2017 | Blanket Cats | NHK | Misaki Fujimura | |
| 2017 | Cecile's Plot | Fuji TV | Yukako Hamaguchi | |
| 2018 | Signal | Fuji TV | Misaki Sakurai | |
| 2023 | Burn the House Down | Netflix | Satsuki Murata | |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2011 | 35th Elan d'or Awards | Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year | Liar Game and Bloody Monday | Won | |