Miako Tadano

Miako Tadano is the kind of creative person who makes you feel quietly embarrassed for ever thinking you had to pick just one thing. She came up as an actress — her breakout in the 1998 film French Dressing nabbed her a Mainichi Film Concours newcomer prize — and then, rather than ride that lane forever, she pivoted to writing novels, penning screenplays, and eventually stepping behind the camera to direct her own feature. Three Years Pregnant, which she both wrote and directed, won the Young Director Grand Prix at the Takasaki Film Festival in 2006, which is not a small deal for a first-time director. Tama Art University-trained and rooted in that Tokyo arts scene, she has this low-key but unmistakable authorial fingerprint across everything she touches. What I find genuinely interesting is how little noise she makes about it — no massive social media footprint, no tabloid drama — just a steady, serious body of work that spans acting, fiction, and film. Quietly formidable.

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Miako Tadano (born October 2, 1973, in Tokyo) is a Japanese actress, novelist, screenwriter, and film director. She graduated from Tama Art University. Her current agency affiliation and active period are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Miako Tadano

Name (Japanese)

唯野未歩子

Reading

ただの みあこ

Born

October 2, 1973 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Ox

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

161 cm

Agency

クォータートーン

Active years

1994 - present

Occupation

Actress / Novelist / Screenwriter / Film Director

University

Tama Art University

Spouse

古厩智之

Works summary

Appearances

56 (1998–2026)

By year

1998: 3, 1999: 2, 2000: 3, 2001: 1, 2002: 5, 2003: 3, 2004: 4, 2005: 2, 2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2010: 2, 2012: 1, 2013: 2, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Debut work

フレンチドレッシング

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%94%AF%E9%87%8E%E6%9C%AA%E6%AD%A9%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11418723

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actress
• Novelist
• Screenwriter

Last updated

2026-08-26

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