Ai Mikami

This article is about the actress. For the fictional character of the same name, see Future Diary.

Ai Mikami (見上 愛, Mikami Ai; born October 26, 2000) is a Japanese actress under Watanabe Entertainment.

Ai Mikami
Mikami in 2023
Born	(2000-10-26) October 26, 2000 (age 24) Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Nihon University College of Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2019–present
Agent	Watanabe Entertainment
Japanese name
Kanji	見上 愛
Hiragana	みかみ あい
Transcriptions Romanization Mikami Ai

Biography

Ai Mikami was born in Tokyo, Japan, on October 26, 2000. She has an elder brother six years her senior.^[1] She is trained in ballet from three until eighteen years old.^[2]

Mikami is good friends with fellow actress Yuumi Kawai, as both of them attended Nihon University College of Art together.^[3]

Career

Mikami's parents, who were avid theatergoers, took her to a performance during her sophomore year of junior high school, where she fell in love with the industry and developed an interest in its backstage operations. She became involved with the drama club in high school and discovered the depth of backstage and directing work.^[3] From her experience with her drama club, she decided to either become a "director or learn how to act". This prompted her to enroll at Watanabe Entertainment training school, which ultimately led to her debut as an actress.^[3][4]

On August 31, 2019, she made her television debut as an actress in the seventh episode of the Saturday drama Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room on Nippon Television.

She had her first regular role in a TBS television drama Love Lasts Forever which aired from January 14 to March 17, 2020. On October 9 of the same year, she made her film debut in the movie Star Child.

She attracted much attention for her role as a high school girl with a complex about her appearance in the NHK television drama Beautiful Country that aired from April 12 to May 31, 2021.^[5] On December 10 of the same year, she appeared in her first leading role in a film co-starring with Yuki Kura [ja] in the movie Shodo.^[6]

She marked her first lead role in a television drama co-starring with Taiki Sato in the MBS/TBS drama Liar, which aired from February to April 6, 2022.^[7]

Mikami at the Tōkyō Yūshun Award Ceremony in May 2022 and 2024

On May 10, 2024, She starred in the film Immortal Lovers.^[8] On June 30 of the same year, she made her first appearance in NHK's Taiga drama Dear Radiance,^[9] in which she portrayed the role of Fujiwara no Michinaga's daughter, Fujiwara no Akiko.^[9] On August 29, Mikami will have her first lead role in a Netflix teen drama series, Chastity High.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2021	Pretenders	Fuko Sendo		[11]
	Impulse	Ai	Lead role	[12]
2022	Offbeat Cops	Noriko Naruse		[13][14]
2023	The Legend and Butterfly [ja]	Kitsuno		[15]
	Yoko	Lisa Onoda		[16]
2024	Remembering All the Nights	Summer		[17]
	Undead Lovers	Rino Hasebe	Lead role	[8]
2025	Kokuho	Fujikoma		[18]
	Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey	Kitami		[19]
	All You Need Is Kill	Rita (voice)	Lead role	[20]

Television drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2019	Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File	Aika	Episode 3	[21]
2020	Love Lasts Forever	Takatsu Wakana		[22]
2021	Girl Gun Lady [ja]	Rei Kitamoto		[23]
	Beautiful Country	Rin		[24]
2022	I Can't Live Without Screaming [ja]	Mana		[25]
	Liar	Misao Narita	Lead role	[7]
	Is Love Sustainable? [ja]	Young Yoko Sawada		[26]
	Double-edged Axe [ja]	Yoko Shibasaki		[27]
2023	Learn the Meaning of Giving Up!	Hiyori Kusakabe	Lead role	[28]
2024	When Spring Comes	Minako Osari		[29]
	Re: Revenge -At the End of Desire-	Saya Kinoshita		[30]
	Game	Juri Katsuragi	Lead role	[31]
	Dear Radiance	Fujiwara no Akiko	Taiga drama	[32]
	My Diary	Airi Hasegawa		[33]
2026	Kaze, Kaoru	Rin Ichinose	Lead role; Asadora	[34]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2020	Nogizaka Cinemas: Story of 46	Maya Shinozaki	Episode 5	[35]
2021	Lemmings in the Miniature Garden	Mieko Shiraishi		[3]
2022	There's a Song I Want to Play for You	Aya Nakao	Episode 3	[36]
	More Than Words	Michiru Sasaki		[37]
2023	Yu Yu Hakusho	Yukina		[38]
2024	Chastity High	Ichika Arisawa	Lead role	[39]

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Notes	Ref.
2019	Tsubasa	Saji		[40]
	One in a Million -Kiseki ni Yoru-	Generations from Exile Tribe		[41]
2020	Samidare	Soushi Sakiyama	Find Fuse in Youth album	[42]
	Heaven	Soushi Sakiyama	Find Fuse in Youth album	[42]
2021	Undulation	Soushi Sakiyama	Find Fuse in Youth album	[42]
	Yellow	Back Number		[43]
2022	Character	Ryokuoushoku Shakai		[44]
2023	Fool	Hitsujibungaku		[45]