Midori Utsumi

Honestly, Midori Utsumi is one of those faces that just feels like she's always been on Japanese TV, beaming away with this bottomless energy that makes you forget she was born back in 1943. A Tokyo girl from Setagaya, a Jissen Joshi grad who built a long, busy career as an actress and tarento, and somehow she never reads as "elderly" to me at all. Her voice and her expressions bounce around the screen, and the whole frame brightens when she shows up. I love that even her Instagram handle leans on her old nickname Keronpa, because that playful, affectionate ring is exactly her whole vibe. Watching someone with decades behind her still posting in her own upbeat words genuinely makes me sit up a little straighter. Aging while keeping that charm intact? She really lucked into the good kind of cute.

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Midori Utsumi is a Japanese actress and television personality born on October 1, 1943, in Setagaya, Tokyo. She attended Jissen Girls' Senior High School and graduated from Jissen Women's University. Known affectionately by the nickname "Keronpa," she built a long career in Japanese entertainment as both an actress and a wide-ranging talent. She remains active and maintains a presence on Instagram under that nickname.

Name (English)

Midori Utsumi

Name (Japanese)

うつみ宮土理

Reading

うつみ みどり

Born

October 1, 1943 (age 82)

Origin

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Height

156 cm

Occupation

Actress / Talent

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Goat

Blood type

A

Agency

株式会社愛川企画室

Active years

1966 - 2015 / 2016 -

High school

Jissen Girls' Senior High School

University

Jissen Women's University

Spouse

愛川欽也

Works summary

Appearances

167 (1968–2025)

By year

1968: 1, 1969: 7, 1970: 5, 1971: 4, 1972: 5, 1973: 3, 1974: 3, 1975: 5, 1977: 5, 1978: 4, 1979: 2, 1980: 5, 1981: 2, 1982: 2, 1983: 4, 1984: 1, 1985: 2, 1987: 1, 1988: 2, 1989: 2, 1991: 1, 1994: 3, 1996: 3, 1997: 3, 1998: 2, 1999: 5, 2000: 6, 2001: 6, 2002: 2, 2003: 1, 2004: 2, 2005: 2, 2006: 3, 2007: 2, 2008: 3, 2009: 4, 2010: 2, 2011: 2, 2012: 3, 2013: 2, 2014: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Debut work

お笑い頭の体操

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/keronpa1242/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%86%E3%81%A4%E3%81%BF%E5%AE%AE%E5%9C%9F%E7%90%86
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11260603

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actress
• Talent

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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