and (born February 23, 1986) are Japanese

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sister actresses. They are mostly collectively referred to as . They were born in

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

. Mana is the older one, born 7 minutes before Kana.

History

*They debuted at the age of 5, appearing in television commercials. *In 1996, they appeared in the

Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Ta ...

'' Futarikko'', playing the main twin characters as children. *In March 2008, both graduated from

Kwansei Gakuin University , colloquially known as , is a private, non-denominational Christian coeducational university in Japan. The university offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees to around 25,000 students in almost 40 different disciplines across 11 underg ...

. *In 2008, they starred in the Asadora ''Dandan'' about twins separated in infancy. Mana played a

Shimane Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a ge ...

school girl who loves to play in a rock band. Kana played a

maiko A is an apprentice geiko in Kyoto (in Tokyo it is geisha). Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the or other traditional Japanese instruments for visitors during banquets and parties, known as . are usually aged 17 ...

from

Kyoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...

Discography

ManaKana

# (1997.03.20) # (1997.08.21) # (1998.07.01) # (1998.07.01) # (1998.07.18)

# (2007.01.31) #Fighting Girl (2007.09.19) # (2008.01.30)

External links

Official website

ManaKana
on

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Japan
Official blog: ''Mana Kana no Smile Blog''
{{Authority control 1986 births Japanese television actresses Identical twin actresses Asadora lead actors Living people Japanese twins Actresses from Osaka Universal Music Japan artists