Megumi (actress)

Megumi Yamano (山野めぐみ), known mononymously as Megumi (めぐみ), is a Japanese tarento, actress, singer, and gravure idol. She is currently affiliated with Suns Entertainment.

Early life
She was raised in Kurashiki, Okayama, but was born in Matsue, Shimane.

She dropped out of Kurashiki Suishō Senior High School (at the time an all-girls school).

Personal life
In July 2008, after discovering she was pregnant, Megumi married Dragon Ash lead singer Kenji Furuya, whom she had been dating since 2005. On February 6, 2009, Megumi gave birth to the couple's only child, a son.

On December 30, 2023, the couple jointly announced that they had divorced.

Variety shows

 * Aa! Hanano Ryōrinin (March 20, 2008, Nippon TV)
 * Africa no Tsume (Nippon Television)
 * Akashiya Santa no Shijōsaidai no Christmas Present Show (2001)
 * Bachikoi! (Setonaikai Broadcasting Corporation)
 * Blog Type (April–September 2005, Fuji TV)
 * The God of Entertainment (Nippon Television)
 * Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende (Nippon Television)
 * Ken Shimura's Baka Tonosama (Fuji TV)
 * Hashire! Gulliver-kun (Kansai Telecasting Corporation)
 * Hey! Spring of Trivia (Fuji TV)
 * Tora no Mon (TV Asahi)
 * Zenkoku Issei! Nihonjin Test (April 2008, Fuji TV)

Educational Television

 * Onishi Hiroto's Basic English Recipe (April 2022, NHK Educational TV)

Radio

 * MEGUMI-X (FM-FUJI)
 * MEGUMI no MAKE ME HAPPY! (April–September 2005, Nippon Broadcasting System)

Commercials

 * Asahi Breweries (2007)
 * GyaO
 * Japan Racing Association (2006)
 * Morinaga & Company Weider in Jelly "Diet Weider"
 * Nestle Japan Nescafe Santa Marta
 * Okayama Prefecture
 * Okayama Prefecture police (Improvement of traffic manners campaign)
 * Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. FamilyMart Natural Cycle
 * Sapporo Brewery
 * Yellow Hat

Film

 * Hero (2007), Sakurako Kōno
 * SS (2008), Girako
 * The Blood of Wolves (2018)
 * Little Nights, Little Love (2018)
 * Neet Neet Neet (2018)
 * The Stormy Family (2019)
 * One Night (2019)
 * Stigmatized Properties (2020), Kaori
 * The Way of the Househusband (2022), Kazuko Tanaka
 * What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
 * Mado (2022)
 * The Last 10 Years (2022)
 * Downfall (2023), Nozomi Machida
 * Scroll (2023)
 * December (2023)
 * Insomniacs After School (2023), Isaki's mother
 * Ice Cream Fever (2023), Naoko Arakawa
 * The Forbidden Play (2023), Shūko Noda
 * Masked Hearts (2023)
 * Kura no Aru Machi (2025)

TV drama

 * Ossan's Love: In the Sky (2019), Haruka Neko
 * The Way of the Househusband (2020), Kazuko Tanaka
 * The Naked Director Season 2 (2021)
 * A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki (2022)
 * Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023), Ōoka Tadasuke

Dubbing

 * Kung Fu Panda
 * Kung Fu Panda 2
 * Elemental (2023), Gale Cumulus
 * The Garfield Movie (2024), Jinx

Photoalbums

 * Gekkan MEGUMI (Shinchosha)
 * Megami (Gakken)
 * meg (Aqua House)