Ai Kayano — Actor (102)
Bloom Into You (2018) [TV] TMDB IMDb
やがて君になる
other title: Bloom into You / Yagate Kimi ni Naru
Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?
The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries (2025) [TV] TMDB IMDb
中禅寺先生物怪講義録 先生が謎を解いてしまうから。
other title: The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei - He Just Solves All the Mysteries / 中禅寺先生物怪講義録 先生が謎を解いてしまうから。
In 1948 Tokyo, just right after the war, Kanna Kusakabe had just become a second-year at a high school when she meets the new language teacher, Akihiko Chuzenji. Mysterious supernatural things keep happening around Kanna. Once again today, Kanna is going to open the doors to the library prep room to seek help from the surly Chuzenji-sensei who is waiting inside.
Secrets of the Silent Witch (2025) [TV] TMDB IMDb
サイレント・ウィッチ 沈黙の魔女の隠しごと
7.0 (6 ratings) actor: Saya Aizawa / Hitomi Nabatame
other title: サイレント・ウィッチ 沈黙の魔女の隠しごと
Monica Everett, the Silent Witch, is the world's only practitioner of Voiceless Magic, a veritable heroine who single-handedly fended off the Black Dragon of legend. However, the young prodigy is actually…super-duper shy! Yup, turns out she only learned Voiceless Magic to avoid speaking in public. Ignorant of this, the Seven Sages have placed her on a top-secret mission to guard the Second Prince. Can Monica keep it together as she contends with both social interaction and the evils targeting the young royal?
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 1 (2023) [TV] NeoDB TMDB Douban
自動販売機に生まれ変わった俺は迷宮を彷徨う Season 1 part of TV Series: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
director: Noriaki Akitaya actor: Jun Fukuyama / Kaede Hondo
A middle-aged man with only one passion in his life meets a fitting end in a traffic accident. That's where most stories would end, but instead, this is when his story begins when he's reborn as what he admired the most in life--a vending machine! But his new lease on life happens in the worst place possible--what can a vending machine do in a monster-infested dungeon when he can't speak or even move on his own?
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion (2019) [Movie]
劇場版 ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか -オリオンの矢-
director: Katsushi Sakurabi actor: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka / Inori Minase
other title: DanMachi - La freccia di Orione / DanMachi: Será Errado Tentar Galantear Garotas numa Masmorra?: Flecha de Órion
In the city of Orario, beneath an impossibly tall tower, lies the dungeon. Only adventurers who form partnerships with the gods themselves have any hope of defeating the monsters that lie within. But the dungeon is not the only place where monsters exist. Far from Orario, in the ruins of an ancient city, a new threat arises. To counter this threat, the goddess Artemis has come to Orario in search of a champion—but it’s not Ais Wallenstein (the legendary Sword Princess) nor Ottar (the strongest warrior to ever enter the dungeon) that she chooses. Rather it is Bell Cranel, a newbie adventurer partnered with a low-tier goddess.
Servant x Service (2013) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
サーバント×サービス
other title: Servant X Service / SERVANT X SERVICE
Imagine if three people suddenly found themselves as civil servants of the city Mitsuba. What sort of personalities and drives would they have to push them to seek out such careers? Lucy Yamagami, a serious young woman assigned to the Welfare Administrative Section, intends to use the job as a means of settling a vendetta against another civil servant. Yutaka Hasebe, a flirtatious young man assigned to the First Section of the Welfare Department, intends to slack off whenever he can and have a good time. And Saya Miyoshi, a college graduate assigned to the Second Section of the Welfare Department, intends to simply get through the first job she's had in her life as best she can.

Servant x Service follows these three newcomers starting their jobs as government employees under their supervisor, Taishi Ichimiya, who is utterly clueless about how to direct them—despite having worked there for the last eight years. Nevertheless, he welcomes them as fellow civil servants and encourages them to work themselves like dogs for the sake of the citizens. We follow their day-to-day lives as they experience the rigors of government employment, including dealing with regulations, office romances, paperwork, and being the nearest punching bags when citizens need something to complain about.
Say "I Love You." (2012) [TV] TMDB IMDb
好きっていいなよ。
other title: Say "I love you" / Say, “I Love You”
Friends suck, and trusting someone is just setting yourself up. That's the lesson Mei Tachibana learned after her heart was ripped out and only a shell was left where a girl used to be. But unlike so many, she found an easy solution: she'll never make another friend. Ever. Okay, maybe that's not as easy as it sounds, but it's worked for Mei. Or at least it did. Until handsome, charming and annoyingly popular Yamato Kurosawa came along. Because for some freakish reason, he seems to like Mei. He even gave her his phone number! As if she would ever call him. Except she did. But only because she needed help. Still, he came. He actually came. And now things are getting way too complicated. Mei's no princess in a tower. She's not waiting for a knight in shining armor to rescue her. So why did he have to kiss her and confuse everything? And why are those three little words so hard to say? Between heartbeats, behind trembling lips, and unspoken with every breath, the specter of betrayals past, future and present now haunt them both in SAY "I LOVE YOU."
Sweetness & Lightning (2016) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
甘々と稲妻
actor: Rina Endou / Saori Hayami
other title: Sweetness and Lightning / 甘々と稲妻
Kohei is a single father and high school teacher who lives with his only daughter. A chance encounter brings him together with Kotori, one of his students. The three of them start to meet together to make meals. None of them know how to cook, but they all love delicious food!
Rainbow Days (2016) [TV] TMDB IMDb WikiData
虹色デイズ
director: Tetsuro Amino actor: Shizuka Ishigami / Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
other title: Nijiiro Days / 虹色デイズ
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.

When his girlfriend unceremoniously dumps him on Christmas Eve, Natsuki breaks down in tears in the middle of the street and is offered tissues by a girl in a Santa Claus suit. He instantly falls in love with this girl, Anna Kobayakawa, who fortunately attends the same school as him. Natsuki's pursuit of Anna should have been simple and uneventful; however, much to his dismay, his nosy friends constantly meddle in his relationship, as they strive to succeed in their own endeavors of love.
Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town? (2021) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
たとえばラストダンジョン前の村の少年が序盤の街で暮らすような物語
other title: Ein Landei aus dem Dorf vor dem letzten Dungeon sucht das Abenteuer in der Stadt / Imagine un Cambrousard du Dernier Donjon dans la Ville de Départ !
Lloyd is a novice adventurer whose dream is to discover “true strength” in the capital he’s always admired, despite growing up with neighbors who always considered him weak. The story starts with him departing from his hometown, which just so happens to be located right next to…one of the most dangerous dungeons in the world?!
Darwin's Game (2020) [TV] IMDb TMDB
ダーウィンズゲーム
other title: Darwin’s Game / ダーウィンズゲーム
Sudou Kaname, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called "Darwin's Game." Kaname, upon launching the app, is drawn into a game where players fight one another using superpowers called Sigils. Without knowing the reason for all this, can Kaname survive furious battles against the powerful players who attack him?
Oreshura (2013) [TV] IMDb TMDB
俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる
other title: OreShura / Mi novia y mi amiga de la infancia se pelean
A young boy called Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce and his goal, he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair, who's just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight.
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (2021) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
弱キャラ友崎くん
actor: Gen Sato / Hisako Kanemoto
other title: Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun / Jaku-chara Tomozaki-kun
Tomozaki is one of the best gamers in Japan, and in his opinion, the game of real life is one of the worst. No clear-cut rules for success, horribly balanced, and nothing makes sense. But then he meets a gamer who’s just as good as him, and she offers to teach him a few exploits…
Wolf Girl & Black Prince (2014) [TV] WikiData IMDb TMDB
オオカミ少女と黒王子
other title: Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji / オオカミ少女と黒王子
Erika Shinohara has taken to lying about her romantic exploits to earn the respect of her new friends. So when they ask for a picture of her "boyfriend," she hastily snaps a photo of a handsome stranger, whom her friends recognize as the popular and kind-hearted Kyouya Sata.

Trapped in her own web of lies and desperately trying to avoid humiliation, Erika explains her predicament to Kyouya, hoping he will pretend to be her boyfriend. But Kyouya is not the angel he appears to be: he is actually a mean-spirited sadist who forces Erika to become his "dog" in exchange for keeping her secret.

Begrudgingly accepting his deal, Erika soon begins to see glimpses of the real Kyouya beneath the multiple layers of his outer persona. As she finds herself falling for him, she can't help but question if he will ever feel the same way about her. Will Kyouya finally make an honest woman out of Erika, or is she destined to be a "wolf girl" forever?
Waiting in the Summer (2012) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
あの夏で待ってる
other title: Ano natsu de matteru / Ano Natsu de Matteru
While testing out his camera on a bridge one summer night, Kaito sees a blue light streaking across the sky, only to be blown off the railing seconds later. Just before succumbing to unconsciousness, a hand reaches down to grab ahold of his own. He woke up the next morning wondering how he ended up back in his own room with no injuries or any recollection of the night before. As he proceeds with his normal school life, Kaito and his friends discuss what to do with his camera, finally deciding to make a film with it over the summer break. Noticing that Kaito has an interest in the new upperclassmen Ichika Takatsuki, his friend Tetsurou decides to invite her, as well as her friend Remon Yamano, to join them in their project.

In what becomes one of the most entertaining and exciting summers of their lives, Kaito and his friends find that their time spent together is not just about creating a film, but something much more meaningful that will force them to confront their true feelings.
Noblesse (2020) [TV] TMDB IMDb WikiData
NOBLESSE -ノブレス-
actor: Akihisa Wakayama / Hiroki Yamada
other title: NOBLESSE -ノブレス-
Rai wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts his new life as a student in a high school founded by his loyal servant, Frankenstein. But his peaceful days with other human students are soon interrupted by mysterious attackers known as the "Unions".
Ushio and Tora (2015) [TV] IMDb TMDB
うしおととら
other title: Ushio e Tora / Ushio und Tora
Ushio thinks that his father's talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! (2021) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
ジャヒー様はくじけない!
actor: Naomi Ohzora / Ai Kayano
other title: La Grande Jahy non si lascerà scoraggiare! / Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!
The Great Jahy, the Dark Realm's second-in-command, cuts a frightening figure, feared and revered by all. But when a run-in with a magical girl results in the destruction of the precious mana crystal, the Dark Realm falls, transporting the newly tiny and powerless Jahy to the human world! Unfortunately, plotting the revival of the Dark Realm from a cramped, crumbling one-room apartment is no easy feat when you have rent to pay and a job to keep!
Isekai Quartet the Movie: Another World (2022) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
劇場版 異世界かるてっと ~あなざーわーるど~
director: Minoru Ashina actor: Satoshi Hino / Yumi Hara
other title: Isekai Quartet the Movie - Another World / Isekai Quartet, Another World, Le Film !
The class arrives in another world and they encounter a desolate environment dominated by a rampaging magical automaton.
Platinum End (2021) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
プラチナエンド
actor: Miyu Irino / Yui Ogura
other title: プラチナエンド
As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle in which the winner becomes the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive.