Mayuko Kawakita

Mayuko Kawakita (河北 麻友子) is a Japanese-American actress and model, known for her role as Rena on Fashion Story: Model, Nippon Television variety show Hirunandesu!, and Sekai no Hatemade Itte Q!. She is the 2003 winner of the Japan Bishōjo Contest which is a beauty pageant held by Oscar Promotion.

Television

 * Sekaigumi TV (Fuji TV, 2005-2006), Mayu
 * Gakkō ja Oshierarenai! Episode 2 (NTV, 2008)
 * Orthros no Inu (TBS, 2009), Shiho Aoi
 * Bikōjō Keikaku: Suzuki Rinko, 20-sai (KTV, 2010), Rinko Suzuki
 * Best Friend (NHK 1seg2, 2010)
 * Don Quixote (NTV, 2011), Eri
 * Thumbs up! (BS Fuji, 2011), Reiko
 * Mōsō Sousa: Kuwagata Kōichi Junkyōju no Stylish na Seikatsu (TV Asahi, 2012), Mizuho Yamamoto
 * Sprout (NTV, 2012), Kiyoka Taniyama
 * Tokusō Shirei! Aichi Police (Nagoya Broadcasting Network, 2012-2013), Aichi Prefectural Police special investigation unit commander
 * Mistake! Episode 2 (Fuji TV, 2013)
 * Mission: English Eiken Daisakusen (BS Fuji, 2013-2014), Mari Riviere
 * Power Game (NHK BS Premium, 2013), Aya Koike
 * Hakuba no Ōji Sama Junai Tekireiki (YTV, 2013), Kaori Higashiyama
 * Kurokōchi (TBS, 2013), Tenten
 * Yae's Sakura Episode 43, Episode 44 (NHK, 2013), Umeko Tsuda
 * Mission: English Eiken Daisakusen Season 2 (BS Fuji, 2014), Mari Riviere
 * Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! (tvk, 2016), Reiko Shiratori
 * Who is Princess? (2021), Herself (ep. 8)

Web dramas

 * Atelier (2015), Yuri Kōno

Films

 * Hitori Kakurenbo Gekijōban (2009), Ritsuko Uno
 * Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009), Hall announcement
 * Fashion Story: Model (2012), Rena
 * Kū no Kyōkai (2013), Yūko Sawamura
 * Taka no Tsume Go: Utsukushiki Elleair Shōshū Plus (2013), Okitemasu Yorunī
 * Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014), Kanazaki
 * Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! The Movie (2016), Reiko Shiratori
 * Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019), Rechel Cheong (voice)

Personal life
In January 2022 Kawakita married a non-celebrity man, whose name was not disclosed. She announced on her social media that she gave birth to their first child, a daughter on 12 April 2023.

Books

 * Kokuminteki Bishōjo: Dai 9-kai Zennihon Kokuminteki Bishōjo Contest (Koudansha, October 2003) ISBN 9784063645347

Magazines

 * Pretty Style, Shogakukan 2002-2011, as an exclusive model 2008-2011
 * ViVi, Koudansha 1983-, as an exclusive model since 2012