Dan became known for her role in the
BDSM-themed erotic
thriller movie
Be My Slave (2012), a performance that Giovanni Fazio of
The Japan Times summarized as "a starlet is born." The next year she played a lead role in the 2013 erotic thriller , which was directed by
Takashi Ishii. At the
37th Japan Academy Prize ceremony Dan was recognized as a Newcomer of the Year for her performance in
Amai Muchi. Over the next few years Dan appeared in numerous television dramas, variety programs, movies, and advertising campaigns, including the
kaiju parody , the 90th
NHK asadora Hanako to Anne, a 2015 recruiting commercial for the
Japan Self-Defense Forces, the 2016
Hulu Japan drama ''
Crow's Blood, and the 2017 film Sekigahara
. In 2018 Dan became a weekly host of the radio program Makoto Ōtake Golden Radio!
The next year she appeared in the 99th NHK asadora Manpuku''. In July 2017 Dan starred in an official tourism promotion video for
Miyagi Prefecture that was created using
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami reconstruction funds and published online. Female members of the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly, along with members of the public, claimed that the video was sexually suggestive and demanded that it be taken down. Miyagi governor
Yoshihiro Murai initially defended the video on the grounds that it successfully brought attention to the prefecture, but after receiving hundreds of complaints in a month he ordered the video withdrawn. Dan has written books in multiple genres, including the autobiographical book '
, advice books ' and '
, and the food essay collection '. She made her fiction debut in 2016 with a story in the
Bungeishunjū literary magazine ''
. Since April 2017 she has written a monthly advice column for Otokemachi
, an online publication of Yomiuri Shimbun. In March 2018 her story was published in the literary magazine Bungakukai''. == Personal life ==