Maki Horikita (Actress)

Maki Horikita is a Japanese actress from Tokyo.

Horikita was recruited by Sweet Power in 2002 when she was still an 8th grader. She began her career as a junior idol the following year but quickly transitioned into television and film acting, winning lead roles in Cosmic Rescue: The Moonlight Generations and the TV drama “Cell Phone Detective Mai Zenigata” within months of her debut.

Horikita has a plethora of nicknames including: Maki-chan, MakiMaki, Homaki, and Makinpo.

Native name: 堀北真希 (HORIKITA Maki)
Occupation: Actress
Birthplace: Kiyose, Tokyo
Born: October 6, 1988 (age 27)
Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)
Debuted: 2003
Office: Sweet Power

Filmography as actor

Year	Movie	Role
2014	A Samurai Chronicle	Kaoru, Toda's daughter
2013	My Little Sweet Pea	Mugiko Koiwa
2013	ATARU - The First Love and the Last Kill	Alessandro Carolina Madoka
2013	Hospitality Department	Taki Miyojin
2012	Always: Sunset on Third Street 3	Mutsuko
2011	That’s the Way!!	Hatsumi
2011	Into the White Night	Yukiho Karasawa (Nishimoto)
2010	The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010	Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac	Naomi Sukuse
2007	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007	Argentine Hag	Mitsuko Wakui
2006	One Missed Call 3: Final	Asuka Matsuda
2006	Trick: The Movie 2	Misako Nishida
2005	Always: Sunset on Third Street	Mutsuko Hoshino
2005	Hinokio
2004	Premonition	Sayuri Wakakubo
2004	The Locker	Ayano Kubo
2003	Cosmic Rescue: The Moonlight Generations	Aya Mochizuki

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