Aki Maeda

Aki Maeda

Known for
Acting
Born
July 11, 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Aki Maeda (前田亜季 Maeda Aki, born 11 July 1985 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress and singer. She has an older sister named Ai Maeda. She is perhaps best known in the west for her role as Noriko Nakagawa in the controversial 2000 film "Battle Royale", which she reprised for its sequel "Battle Royale II: Requiem". She graduated from Hosei University in 2008.

Known For

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Filmography

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白虎隊~敗れざる者たち

白虎隊~敗れざる者たち

TV · 1 ep

2026
The Specials poster

The Specials

Movie

2026
4 OUTS: Back to the Ballgame poster

4 OUTS: Back to the Ballgame

Movie

2026
Moonlight in Golden Gai poster

Moonlight in Golden Gai

Movie

2026
富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢” poster

富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”

TV · 2 eps

2026
富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”

富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”

TV · 2 eps

2025
Mary of Magdalene Restaurant poster

Mary of Magdalene Restaurant

TV · as 杏奈 · 2 eps

2025
おもかげ poster

おもかげ

TV · as 大野茜 · 3 eps

2023
Omokage poster

Omokage

Movie

2023
The Day I'm Called Papa Again poster

The Day I'm Called Papa Again

TV · 4 eps

2023
Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court poster

Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court

TV · as Matsuyama Chiemi · 2 eps

2022
Mokuhihan poster

Mokuhihan

Movie

2022
Home Appliance Samurai poster

Home Appliance Samurai

TV · as Shizue | Ito Misa · 13 eps

2021
A Madder Red poster

A Madder Red

Movie · as Sachiko

2021
Enzaihan poster

Enzaihan

TV · as Akemi Koyama · 1 ep

2020
I Never Shot Anyone poster

I Never Shot Anyone

Movie · as Ami Nakamichi

2020
Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita poster

Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita

TV · as Chiaki Morimoto · 1 ep

2019
When a Tree Falls poster

When a Tree Falls

Movie

2019
Motherhood poster

Motherhood

Movie · as Mia Sakaguchi

2019
The Return poster

The Return

Movie · as Oaki

2019
An Artist of the Floating World poster

An Artist of the Floating World

Movie · as Ono Noriko

2018
Life as a Girl poster

Life as a Girl

TV · 1 ep

2018
Woman of Rumor poster

Woman of Rumor

TV · as Hiromi Hiratsuka · 2 eps

2018
Good Doctor poster

Good Doctor

TV · as Ichikawa Shiori · 1 ep

2017
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜 poster

ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜

Movie

2016
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife poster

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife

Movie · as Oritsu

2016
Case 17 poster

Case 17

Movie · as Narumi Suzumura

2016
Copyface poster

Copyface

TV · as Chihiro Moriyama · 6 eps

2015
農業女子“はらぺ娘”

農業女子“はらぺ娘”

Movie

2015
Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata poster

Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata

TV · 1 ep

2014
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out poster

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

TV · as Natsuko Kawashima · 1 ep

2013
Aokigahara poster

Aokigahara

Movie

2013
The Last Hope poster

The Last Hope

TV · as 우타 토모코 · 11 eps

2013
Gochisousan poster

Gochisousan

TV · as Horinohata Sakurako · 150 eps

2011
Kasha poster

Kasha

Movie · as Kozue Kimura

2011
Shinsengumi Keppūroku poster

Shinsengumi Keppūroku

TV · 12 eps

2011
CSI: Crime Scene Talks poster

CSI: Crime Scene Talks

TV · 2 eps

2010
Hissatsu shigotonin 2010 poster

Hissatsu shigotonin 2010

Movie

2010
Absolute Zero poster

Absolute Zero

TV · as Kaori Fujii · 2 eps

2009
Silver Rain poster

Silver Rain

Movie · as Kikue

2009
Bocho Mania 09 poster

Bocho Mania 09

TV · 10 eps

2009
Midnight Diner poster

Midnight Diner

TV · as Noriko · 1 ep

2008
Samurai Gangsters poster

Samurai Gangsters

Movie

2008
4 Shimai Tantei Dan poster

4 Shimai Tantei Dan

TV · 9 eps

2008
Gonzo: The Legendary Detective poster

Gonzo: The Legendary Detective

TV · as Monami Amano · 10 eps

2006
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet poster

Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet

Movie · as Chise

2006
Romance Of Darkness poster

Romance Of Darkness

Movie · as Rikka Nikaidou

2005
Linda Linda Linda poster

Linda Linda Linda

Movie · as Kyoko Yamada

2005
Harami: White Fear poster

Harami: White Fear

Movie

2004
Out of This World poster

Out of This World

Movie · as Ryoko Yoda

2004
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari poster

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

Movie

2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem poster

Battle Royale II: Requiem

Movie · as Noriko Nakagawa

2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II poster

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

Movie · as Self

2003
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem poster

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

Movie · as Self

2003
The Armchair Detective and the Family of Flutists poster

The Armchair Detective and the Family of Flutists

Movie

2002
The Cat Returns poster

The Cat Returns

Movie · as Yuki (voice)

2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo poster

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

TV · 1 ep

2001
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE poster

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

Movie · as Self

2001
High School Girl's Friend poster

High School Girl's Friend

Movie

2001
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack poster

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Movie · as Twin Girl

2001
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji poster

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Movie

2001
Princess Comet poster

Princess Comet

TV · as (voice) · 43 eps

2000
Battle Royale poster

Battle Royale

Movie · as Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)

2000
Making of 'Battle Royale' poster

Making of 'Battle Royale'

Movie · as Self

2000
The Boy Who Saw the Wind poster

The Boy Who Saw the Wind

Movie · as Maria (voice)

2000
モナリザの微笑 poster

モナリザの微笑

TV · 11 eps

1999
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris poster

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Movie · as Young Ayana Hirasaka

1999
P.P.O.I.

P.P.O.I.

TV · as Ichinose Hinaki · 8 eps

1998
Shokuki poster

Shokuki

Movie · as Ayumi

1998
School Ghost Story G poster

School Ghost Story G

Movie

1998
Pride poster

Pride

Movie · as Kimie Tojo

1998
Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni

Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni

TV · 12 eps

1997
Haunted School 3 poster

Haunted School 3

Movie · as Mayuko Fujii

1996
Haunted School 2 poster

Haunted School 2

Movie

1996
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion poster

Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

Movie · as Girl in Sendai