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Nozomi Bando

Nozomi Bando

Acting

Biography

Nozomi Bando is a Japanese dancer, fashion model, and actress who is a member of Flower and E-girls, former model for Hanachu and an exclusive model for Seventeen. Bando is represented by LDH. She is the youngest member of Flower. Bando was born in Tokyo in 1997. She has an older brother. From the age of three, Bando started to learn classical ballet and attended Masako Ono Ballet Studio during her second grade in elementary school. She also started hip-hop dancing during her fifth year in elementary school and attended the Exile Professional Gym (EXPG) in Tokyo. In 2010, Bando made her model debut in the fashion magazine Hanachu and served as an exclusive model until she went on hiatus on the following year. In 2011, she passed the dance performance department of the Exile Presents Vocal Battle Audition 3: For Girls, and became a member of Flower and E-girls. Bando also been in the vocal department but was eliminated in the primary screening. Later in August, she became an exclusive model in the fashion magazine Seventeen after she passed the Miss Seventeen 2011 audition along with Shinkawa Yua, Nakajo Ayumi, and Hashizume Ai. On October 12, Flower made their debut with the single "Still". The song was a problem during its audition. In July 2012, Bando made her acting debut in the Kansai Telecasting Corporation series GTO. In April 2015, she graduated from the magazine Seventeen, ending her work as an exclusive model for the magazine. On September 30, 2019, she left Flower with the group's disbandment, remaining as a member of E-girls. On December 22, with the announcement of E-girls' disbandment set for around the end of 2020, it was revealed that Bando would focus on acting and modelling activities.

Known For

Usotoki Rhetoric
7.3

Based on the manga by Ritsu Miyako, this unique drama pairs a penniless detective with a razor-sharp eye for detail with a mysterious woman who can detect lies...?! Together, they unravel complex cases where truth and deception intertwine like threads in a delicate web, all set against the backdrop of a retro-modern cityscape.

Usotoki Rhetoric

2024
Love Like a K-Drama
8.4

Four actresses from Japan move to South Korea to audition and act alongside Korean actors for roles in a series of love stories. Will true romance follow?

Love Like a K-Drama

2023
TEPPACHI!
N/A

The protagonist Hiroshi Kokusho was an ace rugby player in his high school days attracting national attention, but his forceful play led to an injury. Condemned by his teammates and becoming isolated, he retires. After graduation, he lives on his own but fails to get a regular job, living a dizzying, carefree, day-to-day life. One day, after getting involved in a fight leads to the point of getting the police involved, he is fired from his job at a construction site and is evicted from the apartment he lives in for nonpayment of rent, leaving him at complete loss. Then a man comes to him and says, “let me introduce a job that's perfect for you!” “A dormitory and three meals included! So perfect for your physical strength which you are so proud of!” The job is in fact at a “Ground Self-Defense Force” which protects the peace and security of the country…

TEPPACHI!

2022
Kashi Mashi Meshi
6.0

A man killed himself. Due to his death, three of his former classmates from art school, reunite for the first time in a long while. These three people have connections to the man in different ways, including his ex-girlfriend, the manager of a rugby club where the man played, and his ex-boyfriend. While struggling with their own lives, these three people begin to meet and have meals together.

Kashi Mashi Meshi

2023
HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
7.4

Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.

HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky

2017
Yukari's Charm is Unfair
N/A

An aspiring announcer turned part-time instructor falls for her sweet student “Yukari-kun”—until she learns he’s actually an older detective. Romance, scandal, and cases collide.

Yukari's Charm is Unfair

2026
Depth of Field
7.9

Two boys meet on a rooftop to escape the world—one guarded, one sincere, and both curiously drawn to each other.

Depth of Field

2025
High & Low The Red Rain
6.6

The Amamiya Brothers, Masaki and Hiroto, keep looking for their older brother Takeru who disappeared one year ago. The three Amamiya brothers lost their parents when they were young. Since then, they relied only on each other. On the anniversary of their parents' death, Masaki and Hiroto expect Takeru to appear. Instead, they meet a person who has a clue on Takeru's whereabouts.

High & Low The Red Rain

2016
High & Low The Movie
6.5

Chiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs fighting fiercely. Mugen and the Amamiya Brothers clashed, leading to Mugen disbanding.

High & Low The Movie

2016
Road To High & Low
5.3

Three inseparable friends are torn apart when one of them joins a criminal syndicate threatening to overpower his old friends' gang.

Road To High & Low

2016
(Ab)normal Desire
7.3

Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?

(Ab)normal Desire

2023
Rainbow Days
6.8

Nijiiro Days follows the colorful lives and romantic relationships of four high school boys—Natsuki Hashiba, a dreamer with delusions of love; Tomoya Matsunaga, a narcissistic playboy who has multiple girlfriends; Keiichi Katakura, a kinky sadist who always carries a whip; and Tsuyoshi Naoe, an otaku who has a cosplaying girlfriend.

Rainbow Days

2018
Three Nobunagas
7.0

Warlord Oda Nobunaga has lost the battle in sixteenth century Japan and is currently being pursued by Ujinori Kanbara who was Yoshimoto Imagawa's vassal. Yoshimoto was slayed by Nobunaga and the former vassal is burning with the fires of revenge. Yet, success is seemingly tripled when he captures not one but three Nobunagas. Each prisoner claims to be the warlord.

Three Nobunagas

2019
A Perfect Day for Love Letters
N/A

"I want everyone else but you to forget about me" is the main topic of the series. Set within a high school known for its liberal policies. 10 love stories are told with each story revolving around love letters.

A Perfect Day for Love Letters

2014
Hachioji Zombies
N/A

Takashi Habuki (Kenjiro Yamashita) aspired to become a dancer, but he kept failing auditions. He gave up on that dream. To think carefully about his life, Takashi Habuki decides to visit Kibo Temple, which is located deep in the mountain. A rule exists, that when nightfall comes, people should not visit the abandoned temple in the back of the Kibo Temple. Rumors exits about the abandoned temple. One night, Takashi Habuki, who is unable to let go of his dream of becoming a dancer, goes to the abandoned temple and begins to dance. 8 handsome zombies appears in front of him.

Hachioji Zombies

2020
Dancing Mary
6.8

Kenji is the youngest member of a team in charge of building a large shopping center. But, to create the new complex, an old dance floor must be destroyed, and every effort to tear down the building is boycotted by a mysterious power. In fact, there is a rumor that the place is cursed, and the construction team thought about hiring exorcists, but none of them seems to find the solution.

Dancing Mary

2019