Akiko Monō
# Akiko Monō

Akiko Monō (桃生 亜希子, Monō Akiko, born 2 April 1976 in Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actress and model.

Monō did spots for, amongst others, Nike, before Hiroyuki Nakano caught sight of her in a video clip and cast her in Samurai Fiction, her film debut. She has since worked with Nakano in his Stereo Future and the short film Slow is Beautiful.

## Filmography

* Samurai Fiction (1998)
* Stereo Future (2001)
* Kakuto (2003)
* Lost in Translation (2005)
* Colors (2006)
* Youkai Kidan (2007)
* Baumkuchen (2007)
* Konna Otonano Onnanoko (2007)
* United Red Army (2007)
* Anna No Monogatari (2007)
* After School (2008)
* Heaven's Door (2009)
* The Code/Angou (2009)
* Yatterman (2009)
* Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2010)
* Ugly (2011)
