Non
Actor
Biography
Rena Nounen is a Japanese actress and fashion model from Kamikawa, Hyogo Prefecture. She is best known for her lead roles on the NHK drama series Amachan (2013).
She debuted as a fashion model in 2006 and was selected as the eleventh image character for Calpis in 2012. In 2012 she was chosen in an audition of 1953 women to play the heroine in the 2013 NHK Asadora Amachan, in which she plays a high school girl who decides to become an ama, or female shell diver, as well as an idol. Amachan was a rating success, earning an average 20.6% rating over the span of the series, second amongst Asadora only to Umechan Sensei (at 20.7%) in the last decade. Nounen served as the "PR Ambassador" for the 2013 Kohaku Uta Gassen and was a featured performer on the show, singing and leading the band.
In July 2016, it was announced that she changed her stage name to "Non". In August 2017, she started up the music label “KAIWA(RE)CORD” and will begin producing full-fledged music.
As Director
Filmography
Confessions
as Shuka Kiritani 2010
In This Corner of the World
as Suzu Hojo (voice) 2016
Bullet Train Explosion
as Chika Matsumoto 2025
Hold Me Back
as Mitsuko Kuroda 2020
Avatar
as Rin Okubo 2011
Princess Jellyfish
as Tsukimi Kurashita 2014
The Fish Tale
as Meebo 2022
Hot Road
as Kazuki Miyaichi 2014
By Rule of Crow's Thumb
as Mahiro 2012
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8
2020
The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn
as Ogawa Tamae 2022
Ribbon
as Itsuka 2022
After the Quake
as (voice) 2025
Get to the Punchline
as Rumi Hayachine 2019
Stardust Over The Town
as Ai Kumabe 2020
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Spring Special
as Kaoru Asahina 2014
The Hotel of my Dream
as Aida Taiju 2024