Mitsuho Otani
Mitsuho Otani is a Japanese actress and television personality.
Career
In 1997, she entered the entertainment industry with the Japan Artists Office's "29th Newcomer Presentation", and debuted as the heroine of the 1998 television drama Athena. After the same work, her artist name became Mitsuho Otani. After that, she works extensively with television, advertising, films, stage, gravure, etc. From 2003, she returned her stage name to her real name,. Her nickname is "Mittsū". Her older brother is Arm Wrestling All Japan Champion Masahiro Otani.She announced that she left Sun Music at the end of 2008 at her own blog Teni Muhō on 1 January 2009
Her comments were posted on the memorial article of Miyuki Kanbe who died suddenly on 18 June 2008. She co-starred with Kanbe in "Momo no Tennensui" and "Kyoto Chiken no Onna ", Kanbe said that Otani was "a cool woman."
From 2012, she transferred to Fujiga Office and returned to her stage name to resume activities.
She is previously represented with Fujiga Office. Since 1 April 2023, she is currently represented with Sun Music.
Personal life
She was born from Suzuka, Mie and graduated from Horikoshi High School.She obtained the 2008 Vegetable Sommelier and the 2009 Mental Psychology Counselor Qualification.
On 16 April 2014 her official blog "Otani-san" restarted.
It was reported that she was married on her official blog on 23 February 2015.
On 30 July 2018, she gave birth to her first child. On 31 January 2019, she left Fujiga Office and taking a break from entertainment activities to focus on raising her children.
She made a comeback to the entertainment industry on 1 April 2023 when she returned to her previous agency, Sun Music.
Filmography
TV dramas
[NHK General TV]
- Okami ni narimasu
- Tensai Terebi-kun Tentere Drama Shōnen Keiji Suiri-kun
- Mei Tantei Akafuji Taka "ABC Satsujin Jiken"
- Doyō Drama
- *Tama Moe!
- *Hitogata Nagashi - as new announcer: Kaori Otani
- *Kansa Hōjin - as Kasumi Yoshida
- TV 60-nen Multi-channel Drama Hōsō Hakubutsukan Kikiippatsu - as Nanami Suzukawa
[Nippon TV]
- Kayō Suspense Gekijō
- *Tōban Bengoshi - as Yoko Kajiwara
- *Kodokuna Kajitsu - as Mika Awano
- *Kinkyū Kyūmei Byōin - as Mizuki Takada
- *Keishichō Kanshikihan
- Densetsu no Kyōshi
- Shinjuku Bōsō Kyūkyū-tai Episode 4 "Food Poisoning Big Panic! Killing Alumni Association!!" - as Junko Ochiai
- Shijō Saiaku no Date Episode 7 "There is No Toilet!" - as Reiko
- Tantei Kazoku - Episode 5 "Kidnapping Incident!? Genius Boy Name Detective Birth! My Wife is Not a Housekeeper" - as Aoi Sato
- Nurse Man Special
- Kayō Drama Gold Hei no Naka no Korinai Onna-tachi 2 as Yuki Ninomiya
- Nipponshi Suspense Gekijō Saigen Drama - as Oeyo
- Nipponshi Suspense Gekijō Tokubetsu Kikaku Tōdai Rakujō - as Tomoko Abe
[Tokyo Broadcasting System Television]
- Getsuyō Mystery Gekijō Manbiki G-Men Yuki Nikaido
- Morning Musume Suspense Drama Special Mikeneko Homes no Hanzai-gaku Kōza
- Ai no Gekijō Yoiko no Mikata - as Moe Tachikawa
- Getsuyō Mystery Gekijō
- *Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 12 - as Miki Tachibana
- *Hideo Yokoyama Mystery Neta-moto - as Kano
- Suiyō Premier Yaoh - as Erika
- Mikka Okure no Happy New Year! - as Ayaka Yagi
- Usagi ga mochi-tsuki - as Naoko Majima
- Usagi-tachi no mochi-tsuki - as Naoko Majima
- Hanzawa Naoki Episode 2
[Fuji Television]
- Hanamura Daisuke Episode 5 "2 Billion Heritage Please Give Me" - as Rina Morishita
- Rookie!
- Kinyō Entertainment Hama no Shizuka wa Jiken ga Osuki Episode 4 - as Former student of Shizuka: Rina
- Oniyome Nikki Īyudana Episode 11 "What is Wrong with Demon Bride" - as Emi
- Team Batista no Eikō Episode 4 - as Taeko Kawakami
- Suzuko no Koi - as Natsuko
- Kyūmei Byōtō 24-ji Episode 2
- Dr. Kenji Morohashi 2 - as Tomoko Ochiai
- Hottokenai Majo-tachi - as Yukari Okabe
- Love Love Alien Episode 27 - as Beauty salon customer
- Kirawa reru Yūki - as Maho Tamura
- Kinyō Premium Hanji Shikkaku!? Bengoshi Rentaro Natsume no Gyakuten Sōsa - as Manami Yamashina
[TV Asahi]
- Change!
- Oyaji Tantei 1st Series
- Seicho Matsumoto Botsugo 10 Nenkinen Chō Komi - as Yuzuki 's daughter
- Shopping Hero
- Omiyasan 2nd Series File No.02 - Guest
- Shin Kyoto Meikyūan Nai 2 Episode 5 - Guest
- Yonaoshi Junan! Ninjōken
- Keiji Heya Episode 7 - as Detective of the Boys' Chief: Miho
- Kyoto Chiken no Onna Dai 3 Series - as Judicial Student: Nana Kagizaki
- Taikō-ki – Tenka o Totta Otoko Hideyoshi - as Asahi
- Tokumei Kakarichō Hitoshi Tadano 3rd Season Episode 25 - Guest
- Aibō
- * - as Kanako Soejima
- * - Sakurako Oda
- Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 Kakari season 7 Episode 4 - as Eri Yoshinaga
- Yuri Chika e Mama kara no Dengon
- Kyoto Ninjō Sōsa File Episode 3
- Keishichō Sōsaikkachō Final Episode - as Mizuho Ota
- Iryū Sōsa - as Toko Shida
- Doyō Wide Gekijō
- *Jikkyō chūkei sa reta Renzoku Satsujin! Nozoku Onna
- *Kurumaisu no Bengoshi Takeshi Mizushima Watashi wa Mizushima no Musumedesu! Satsujin Yōgi-sha no Joshidai-sei ga Igaina Kokuhaku! - as Atsuko Hirose
- *Keiji no Tsuma – Dekatsuma
- **Miwaku no Kurokami Renzoku Satsujin Otto ni Taiho sa reta Kyōaku-han ga Shussho shita! Fukushū ka? Tsuma o Nerau Ayashī Kage… - as Emi Mitsui
- **Tsumanouwaki Check ga Furin Renzoku Satsujin o Yobu! Watashi no Otto ga Hannin nante… Zettaizetsumei no Tsuma ga Saigonokake - as Emi Mitsui
- *Onsenwaka okami no Satsujin Suiri
- ** Izumo – Tamatsukurionsen, Emmusubi Renzoku Satsujin!! Daikyō o mi kuji ga Jiken o Yobu!? - as Chika Takano
- ** Shikoku Kagawa – Shoya ni Korosa reta Seto no Hanayome - as Mako Kudo
- *Kyoto Minami-sho Kanshiki File Shinise Ryōtei – Misshitsu Renzoku Satsujin!! - as Manami Sone
- *Kenji Yoko Asahina Hannin ga Gyōretsu suru Ropeway, Hyōkō 932 m Satsujin Trick… - as Yuko Tajima
- *Otorisōsa-kan Shiho Kitami Kōfuku no Zetchō Bijo Renzoku Satsujin! - as Masumi Nakane
- *Shūchakueki no Ushio Keiji vs Jiken Kisha Saeko Mochū Ketsurei - as Eri Asakura
[TV Tokyo]
- Athena
- Onna to Ai to Mystery Yame Ken Bengoshi Hidetake Choku Sadogashima Satsujin Kō - as Emari
- Seiichi Morimura Mystery Onna to Ai to Mystery Sōsasenjō no Aria
- Vampire Host Episode 5 - as Hitomi Kurusu
- The Great Horror Family
- Uramiya Honpo Episode 8 - as Yayoi Ono
- Suiyō Mystery 9
- *Ginza Kōkyū Club Mama Miyuki Aoyama Nyotei Battle Satsujin Chōbo
- *Kita Alps Sangaku Kyūjotai Ikki Shimon Hakuba Karamatsudake Satsujin Route - as Shizuko Makimura
- *Sōgi-ya Matsuko no Jiken-bo - as Aki Hayashiba
- Rambling Fish - as Reiko Okajima
- Elite Yankee Saburō - as Midori
Others
- Dunichi Love - Episode 5 "On the Weekend, Saigo-san." - as Flower shop clerk: Kiyoko
Films
- Eko Eko Azarak
- Hashire! Ichirō - as Mariko Yoshimura
- Tenshi ga Orita Hi Dai 3-wa "Tenshi no Countdown"
- Gun Crazy 3: Traitor's Rhapsody
- Shūdan Satsujin Club Returns - as Mihoko
- Hayate -Basement Fight-
- Mail in the site
- Usagi no mochi-tsuki - as Naoko Majima
- ' - as Kyoko
- Usagi no mochi-tsuki 2 - as Naoko Majima
- Cool Dimension
- ' - as Naoko Majima
- Orite yuku Ikikata - as Maiko Ishihara
Direct-to-video
- Chance Meeting
- Minami no Teiō Special Ver.50 Gekijō-ban "Kanekashi no Okite" - as Hostess: Mayumi
Stage
- Musical Shōkōshi Cedy
- Takuramakan '05
- Takuramakan '06 - '''Lead role: as Kei'''
Advertisements
- Toyota Tercel Corsa Corolla II Special Car
- Sato Foods
- Unicharm
- Momo no Tennensui
- Esprique Precious
Others
- Warauinu no Bōken
- Odoru! Sanma Goden!!
- Tokyo Disney Sea 5th Anniversary Web Cinema "Sea of Dreams" Episode 2 Subarashiki Hanaji Biyori - as Maya
- V6 Special DVD Sorezore no Sora -Drama Story Clip-
- ''Access no Daishō –Anata no Shiranai Net no Uragawa–''
Released works
Photo albums
- virgin
- Honey
- Soul - Film Gun Crazy photo album
- Chance Meeting
- ''Mitsuho Otani''
DVD
- Junkie /2 Aug 2002
- Mitsuho Otani in Gun Crazy/Soul - Gun Crazy making DVD
- Baby Blue
- ''Kasumi Nakane & Mitsuho Otani in Gun Crazy/Passion & Soul''