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Kaya Kiyohara

Acting Born Jan 30, 2002 Osaka, Japan 24 credits

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".

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Known for

Last Samurai Standing

as Iroha Kinugasa
Film

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

as Kumiko 'Josee' Yamamura (voice)
Film

Unreachable

as Sakura Asumi

Full filmography

  • My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring (2025)
  • 99.9 Criminal Lawyer (2016) as Kumiko Kudo（工藤 久美子）
  • Last Samurai Standing (2025) as Iroha Kinugasa
  • Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) as Kumiko 'Josee' Yamamura (voice)
  • Natsuzora (2019)
  • Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2016) as Balsa
  • Asa ga Kita (2015) as Fuyu / Natsu
  • Welcome Home, Mone (2021) as Nagaura Momone
  • My Story Is Long (2019) as Harumi Akiba
  • We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021) as Rin Hada
  • Love Is for the Dogs (2025) as Aiko Hanamura
  • 18x2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024) as Ami
  • Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka (2022) as Hisui Jozuka
  • Unreachable (2025) as Sakura Asumi
  • Invert: Jozuka Hisui Inverted Collection (2022) as Hisui Jozuka
  • Poison Daughter, Holy Mother (2019)
  • Chihayafuru: Connect (2018) as Wagatsuma Iori
  • Hotarugusa (2019) as Hotarukusa Nana
  • Switched (2018) as Ayumi Kohinata
  • Fight Song (2022) as Kisara Hanae
  • Setoutsumi (2017) as Ichigo Kashimura
  • My Diary (2024) as Yuki Onomura
  • An Invisible Cradle (2018) as Aoi
  • BORDER The Urge Medical Examiner Mika HIGA (2017) as Akane Ogura