[2] The next year, she played the character Chiharu Tanaka in the live action film version of the manga Love Com, which was released to theaters in July 2006.
[4] She also had a leading role in the November 2006 film Love Letter So-renka (ラブレター 蒼恋歌, Rabu retā: Sō-renka) which also starred Yuma Ishigaki and Yuika Motokariya.
[5] Kudō also appeared in television dramas in 2006, first in the TV movie The School of Water Business (都立水商!, Toritsu Mizusho!)
In 2007 Kudō appeared in an episode of the NTV comedy Haken no hinkaku (ハケンの品格)[9] as well as continuing her career as a gravure model.
[12] In August 2008, Kudō performed in the NTV war drama Kiri no Hi (霧の火) based on an event which occurred late in World War II[13] and in May 2009, she appeared in the two part TBS TV movie Kimi no Sei (君のせい) playing Rino Kinoshita.