Long Meng Rou

Long Mengrou , also known by her Japanese name (born 31 July 1995), is a Chinese actress and singer based in Japan.

Early life Ron was born on 31 July 1995 in Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan, China, to an ordinary peasant family. She is of Tujia ethnicity, one of the 55 ethnic minorities in China. At young age, she helped her father in the fields and then homeschooled her younger brother. She attended Guzhang Middle School for junior high school and Baojing County National Middle School for high school. After graduating from high school in 2013, she was admitted to the undergraduate class of accounting at Shanghai Ocean University.

Career In March 2015, Ron won the first place in the CCTV-6 reality show Come On! Cinderella, which was held in Los Angeles, United States.

In April 2018, she appeared in a local TV commercial in Hokkaido and in May, made her acting debut in episode 7 of the drama Love Rerun. This was her first acting role, as she had no prior acting experience in China. On 20 June 2018, Ron made her Japanese music debut with the digital single PLANET under Avex Entertainment, which topped the J-Pop rankings on China's major music video platform YinYueTai. After graduating from university in June 2018, she moved to Japan and has since based her career there.

In 2019, Ron expanded her career by becoming a regular on NHK’s language program Learning Chinese by Watching TV and contributing voice work for the anime film One Piece: Stampede. Despite reduced work and limited travel between China and Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic, she remained in Japan and steadily continued her career. In 2021, she appeared in the anthology film DIVOC-12. In 2022, she portrayed Princess Mei Chang in the live-action film trilogy adaptation Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter.

Personal life Her handle name "Kuriko" comes from her being a fan of Japanese actor Shun Oguri. She also gained attention due to her resemblance to Japanese actress Yui Aragaki. In regard to her career, Ron stated that she wants to "become a bridge between China and Japan, and do work to show the current landscape in China, as well as help as many people in China as I can to learn about Japan today."

Web Hoshikuzu Revengers (Abema TV, 2018) Baraste (Abema TV, 2018)

Commercials Tokyu Stay (2018) Oyatsu Company (2018) Otsuka Furniture (2019)

Discography PLANET (20 June 2018) TOKYO Walking tour (TOKYO漫步) (21 November 2018) Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase (10 December 2018)