Atsuko Maeda (Actress and singer)

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese actress, singer, and former member of the idol group AKB48.

Native name: 前田敦子 (MAEDA Atsuko)
Occupation: Actress and singer
Nicknames: Acchan, Maeatsu
Birthplace: Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture
Born: July 9, 1991 (age 24)
Height: 5' 3" (161 cm)
Blood type: A
Debuted: 2005
Genres: Films, TV dramas, variety shows
Office: Ohta Production

Personal

As noted in the April 2008 issue of Nikkei Entertainment!, it's often said that she has an "old-fashioned" face.
Is able to make an origami crane out of a piece of paper only 1cm x 1cm in size, a skill she is very proud of.
Is very bad at sports, as well as most physical activities in general
Is left-handed.
Has very bad vision. She wears contacts while working, but can usually be spotted wearing black-rimmed glasses during her off-time.
Is a big Yomiuri Giants fan, thanks in part to her father's influence.
In addition to her personal admiration of fellow singer/actress Kou Shibasaki, she is also a noted fan of both TVXQ and Masaharu Fukuyama.

Filmography as actor

Year	Movie	Role
2015	Initiation Love	Mayuko Naruoka
2014	As the Gods Will	Beckoning cat (voice)
2014	Kabukicho Love Hotel	Saya
2014	Eight Rangers 2	Jun Saigo, investigative magazine reporter
2013	Seventh Code	Akiko
2013	Tamako in Moratorium	Tamako Sakai
2013	The Complex	Asuka Ninomiya
2012	The Drudgery Train	Yasuko Sakurai
2011	Drucker in the Dugout: A Japanese Baseball Girl Meets Peter Drucker	Minami Kawashima
2007	The Suicide Song	Kana Takahashi
2007	How to Become Myself	Hinako Hanada

Latest news

Shota Matsuda and Atsuko Maeda to star in Yukihiko Tsutsumi's "Initiation Love"

Yukihiko Tsutsumi is directing a film adaptation of Kurumi Inui's popular novel Initiation Love which will star Shota Matsuda and Atsuko Maeda.The film will mark the first time...

2 years ago
Shota Sometani and Atsuko Maeda to star in Ryuichi Hiroki's "Sayonara Kabukicho"

Today it was announced that actor Shota Sometani and former AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda will co-star together for the first time in Ryuichi Hiroki's next film Sayonara Kabukicho,...

2 years ago
Atsuko Maeda and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s "Seventh Code" to premiere in Rome

On Tuesday it was announced that Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s next film Seventh Code, starring former AKB48 member turned actress Atsuko Maeda, will get its world premiere at the 8th Rome Film Festival...

3 years ago
Atsuko Maeda reteams with Nobuhiro Yamashita for “Tamako in Moratorium”

Today it was announced that Atsuko Maeda will star in Nobuhiro Yamashita’s upcoming film Tamako in Moratorium (Moratorium Tamako), which is slated to premiere at the Busan International Film...

3 years ago
Atsuko Maeda wins Japanese Professional Movie Award for Best Actress

Winners of the 22nd Annual Japanese Professional Movie Awards, aka Nichi Pro Taishō, were recently announced and it was revealed that former AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda has won the Best Actress prize...

3 years ago
Atsuko Maeda to star in baseball management themed movie

AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda will get her first starring film role in an upcoming adaptation of Natsumi Iwasaki’s best-selling book Moshi Koukou Yakyuu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no “Management”...

6 years ago
Review: The Suicide Song

We could be buried in Yasukuni. Um, what’s Yasukuni? A supermarket? The Suicide Song, written by One Missed Call author Yasushi Akimoto and directed by Masato Harada, is a movie...

8 years ago
“Shiori to Shimiko no Kaiki Jikenbo” - the coolest show you’ll never see

With the recent release of The Machine Girl and the fact that the name Noboru Iguchi is being thrown around on mainstream sites like Cinematical, I think it’s a good time to write about one of...

8 years ago