Kyoko Miyashita played Shinshii intelligence chief Han Linxin in VIVANT Season 2, a character killed four minutes into the finale. She is not featured in the announced VIVANT film, which opens December 4, 2026.
Kyoko Miyashita's work on VIVANT Season 2 is defined by choices she made for the character. She plays Han Linshin, listed in one story as head of the private intelligence organization Xinsi and in another as the Shinshii boss. She said she built the role to avoid a one-dimensional villain, proposed the character's long braid before the costume fitting, and described the difficulty of performing lines in Chinese.
The role extended off screen. When Rinrin, the actor playing Shinshii operative Zhou Haoran, posted on X after Episode 19 that his face was too well known to work as an operative, Miyashita quote-posted the reply in character as Han Linxin. She wrote that long-haired Zhou is already unrecognizable, so it does not matter, and asked him to continue public relations as before.
Han's run ended in the finale, where she is shot dead four minutes after the start. A private photo of Miyashita with actor Tomiei Drum drew social media comments on how different her calm, soft off-screen manner is from the cold, bewitching Han. A VIVANT film is set to open on December 4, 2026.
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Kyoko Miyashita played Han Linxin, the Shinshii intelligence chief, in Sunday Theater VIVANT Season 2. In the finale, Han is shot dead four minutes after the start. A private photo of Miyashita with actor Tomiei Drum drew comments on social media about how different her calm, soft off-screen manner is from the cold, bewitching Han. A VIVANT film is set to open on December 4, 2026.
Rinrin, the 43-year-old actor who plays Shinshii operative Zhou Haoran in TBS's Sunday Theater drama VIVANT, drew a wave of reactions with a series of X posts after Episode 19 of Season 2 aired on October 4. In that episode, Zhou stabs Bessatsu unit member Mitsugu Wada, played by Yusuke Hirayama, after Wada is abducted by the Chinese intelligence organization Shinshii and tortured. On October 6, Rinrin shared screenshots of abusive messages on Instagram and thanked viewers, calling the reaction the height of an actor's good fortune. On the afternoon of October 8, Rinrin quote-posted a news item on X and wrote that the face is too well known to work as a Shinshii operative anymore, then asked whether the boss is angry. Kyoko Miyashita, who plays Shinshii boss Han Linxin, quote-posted that reply and wrote that long-haired Zhou is already unrecognizable, so it does not matter, and asked Rinrin to continue public relations as before.
Kyoko Miyashita plays Han Linshin, head of the private intelligence organization Xinsi, in the second season of the TBS Sunday Theater drama VIVANT. She says she built the role to avoid a one-dimensional villain, and suggested the character's long braid herself before the costume fitting. She also describes the difficulty of performing lines in Chinese.