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
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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