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Mei Kurokawa

Japanese actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ1059711 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mei Kurokawa (黒川芽以, Kurokawa Mei; born on 13 May 1987 in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress and singer. Her given name Mei originates from her birth month (May) in English. She has been frequently featured in many Japanese dramas and Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yūrei Mansion films.

Filmography

Film

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yūrei Mansion The Haunted Apartments (怪談新耳袋劇場版 幽霊マンション) (2005)

Keitai Deka The Movie (ケータイ刑事 THE MOVIE バベルの塔の秘密〜銭形姉妹への挑戦状) (2006)

Nekonade (ネコナデ) (2008)

Boys on the Run (2010)

Sweet Little Lies (2010)

Yakuza Weapon (2011)

Killers (2014)

Our Family (2014)

Riding the Breeze (2014) 南風 (電影)

Ninja Hunter (2015)

Nijūrokuya machi (2017)

21st Century Girl (2019)

Ito (2021)

To the Supreme!

Editorial summary

“Mei Kurokawa” enters the record as japanese actress. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kurokawa, Japanese and actress can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2005, 2006, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987-05-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kurokawa, Japanese and actress.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Mei Kurokawa” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kurokawa, Japanese and actress provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1059711. VIAF identifies the subject as 250789660. The Library of Congress control number is no2014085288. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987, 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Critical limits

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Mei Kurokawa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.