, also known as Leon Kadena or Minamo Kusano, is a Japanese
glamour-model and
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
.
Life and career
Kadena was born in
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...
on February 19, 1986. The former
gravure idol
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Modelling ("modeling" in British and ...
had her first collection of nude photos published at age eighteen by Asahi Press in the photobook ''Naked Reon'' () in June 2004. Kadena also appeared in a number of glamour videos including the September 2005 ''Reon Style'' () released by
Geneon Entertainment
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, owned by American telecommunications/media company Comcast headquartered in Akasaka, Min ...
.
In July 2005, Kadena made her theatrical debut in the erotic drama ''Piikan Fūfu''. Three years later in June 2008, she co-starred with fellow gravure idol
Yuuri Morishita in the
Toei comedy ''Secret Undercover Agent: Wild Cats in Strip Royale'' as secret agents Honey and Bunny who investigate strange incidents beyond the abilities of the regular police.
Kadena also appeared in a number of television dramas including being part of the regular cast for the
TV Asahi
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action-mystery series which was broadcast in 11 episodes from June to September 2009. In 2010 she played the role of Eren Komori () in ''
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core'', an installment in the long-running
Kamen Rider Series
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of
tokusatsu
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films.
Filmography
DVDs
* ''Tri Puru H'' (2004, as Minamo Kusano)
* ''Leon'' (2004)
* ''Girl's Desire'' (2004) – also known as 'Gravure Idol'
* ''Virginity'' (2005)
* ''Reon Style'' (2005)
* ''Make You Happy'' (2006)
* ''My Reflection'' (2006)
* ''Memories'' (2006) – also known as 'Champion Gold Selection'
* ''Dream Planet'' (2007)
Films
* (July 2005)
* (July 2006)
* ''The Making of Dark Fantasy'' (December 2006)
ocumentary* (June 2008)
* ''
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core'' (December 2010)
* (June 2014)
* (September 2014)
Television
* ''
Kamen Rider Ghost
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama serving as the 17th Heisei period, Heisei Kamen Rider Series, and 26th series overall. Takuro Fukuda serves as ''Ghost''s lead screenwriter, with Satoshi Morota as director. It premiered on TV Asahi and affiliate sta ...
'' as Alia
Video games
* ''
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' as herself/model
References
External links
*
*
Kadena Official Website*
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Living people
1986 births
Japanese female adult models
Japanese gravure models
Japanese women television personalities
Japanese actresses
People from Sakai, Osaka