Ranko Kanbe

Ranko Kanbe (神戸 蘭子, Kanbe Ranko; born 14 April 1982, in Miyazaki, Miyazaki)^[1] is a Japanese fashion model, tarento and singer. She is represented with Next Satisfaction Factor.

Ranko Kanbe
神戸 蘭子
Born	(1982-04-14) 14 April 1982 (age 43) Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Ranko (らんこ) Ranran (らんらん) Kanbe-chan (神戸ちゃん) Ranko-chan (蘭子ちゃん)
Occupations	Model tarento singer
Agent	Next Satisfaction
Style	Fashion

While moving to Tokyo from Miyazaki Prefecture, Kanbe was invited to the staff of the women fashion magazine JJ in Shibuya at the age of nineteen and became a reader model. She mainly worked as an "S-size" model for the magazine.^[2] Kanbe is left-handed (but she sometimes uses her right hand when writing with a pen).

After graduating from university, she was employed to a textile company, but due to the promotion of its products, she continued to work as a reader model with company approval, and she fainted with pressure and retired, and continued to work as a free reader model for two years after that.^[2]

Kanbe was later scouted by her former entertainment office, Artist-house Pyramid, in 2008, and became popular as a tarento after making appearances in television programmes, in which made regular appearances, and made other works such as her singing début with the Hexagon unit Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku, and publishing essay books.

Filmography

Modelling works

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
	Marui "CrystalSlyph"	Small size collection
2009	Kobe Collection	Autumn/Winter
2010	Tokyo Girls Collection	Spring/Summer
2012	Tokyo Runway		[3]

Former modelling works

Title	Notes
JJ	"S-size" model; she had appeared as a model for its beauty and fashion pages from 2009

TV programmes

Regular appearances

Title	Network	Notes
Love Gol	Sun TV, Sky A	Girls Golf Club spin-off

Former appearances

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2009	Omoikkiri Don!	NTV	Thursday panelist
	Omoikkiri Don! Dai 1-bu: Omoikkiri Don!
	Quiz! Hexagon II	Fuji TV
2010	Pon!	NTV	Thursday "S-Size Model" panelist
2011	Bananaman no Kami Appli @	TV Tokyo
	Girls Golf Circle	Sun
2012	Girls Golf Club	Sun, Sky A	Girls Golf Circle spin-off
	"Kaiteki! Amazon Seikatsu" 1-kagetsu Koko dake de Kaimono suruto dō naru?	TV Tokyo
2013	Audrey no Kami Appli @ Shinseki: Up Date
	Solus Unique: Kirari kodawari	KTV	Kansai local
2014	Ranko & Mayu no Osawagase Police

Dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network
2010	The Wallflower	Noi Kasahara	TBS

PV

Title
Princess Collection

Advertising

Year	Title	Role
2010	Calpis "Strong Belt"	Advertising character

Others

Year	Title
2010	NTT DoCoMo DoCoMo Market Contents "Boku no Kanojo wa Ranko Kanbe"

Awards

Award	Notes
Hair Color Ring Award 2010 Josei Tarento Bumon	Hoyu organizer

Bibliography and discography

Photo albums

Year	Title	ISBN
2010	Radiance	ISBN 978-4-7756-0482-3

Books

Year	Title	ISBN
2009	Es.	ISBN 9784777113088

Books with DVD

Year	Title
2010	Rugiada

Magazines

Year	Title	ISBN	Notes
	Classy		Reader model era
	CanCam
	Ray
2008	Self matome Kami Bible: Kiriri to fuwari	ISBN 9784883807802
2009	G The Television Vol. 15	ISBN 9784048950558

CD

Year	Title	Notes
2009	Akina Minami no Super Mild Seven / Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku "I Believe –Yume o Kanaeru Mahō no Kotoba– / Don't leave me"	[a]
	Hexagon All Stars We Love Hexagon 2009	[b]
	Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku	[c]

DVD

Year	Title
2008	Jibun de Maki Kami
	Self matome Kami Bible: Kiriri to fuwari
	Omoikkiri Don! Micchaku Special
2009	I Believe –Yume o Kanaeru Mahō no Kotoba– / Don't leave me
	Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku
2010	Hexagon Family Concert We Live Hexagon 2009
	Quiz! Hexagon II 2009 Gasshuku Special
2015	Tatta kore dake! Ranko Kanbe ga Oshieru Kihon Ballet Diet