Atsuko Maeda (Actress and singer)

Atsuko Maeda

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

  • Initiation Love cast

    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
  • Kabukicho Love Hotel image 1

    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
  • Seventh Code image 1

    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 in Tamako in Moratorium

    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

    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 old profile photo

    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
  • The Suicide Song Japanese movie poster

    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

    “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

Photos

Atsuko Maeda old profile photo
Atsuko Maeda and Shota Sometani in Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014 Japanese movie)
Atsuko Maeda tied up in Seventh Code (2013 Japanese movie)
Seventh Code Japanese movie poster
Atsuko Maeda in Tamako in Moratorium (2013 Japanese movie)
Atsuko Maeda in Tamako in Moratorium (2013 Japanese movie)
Atsuko Maeda in Tamako in Moratorium (2013 Japanese movie)
Suon Kan and Atsuko Maeda in Tamako in Moratorium (2013 Japanese movie)
Atsuko Maeda in Tamako in Moratorium (2013 Japanese movie)
Yasuko Tomita and Atsuko Maeda in Tamako in Moratorium (2013 Japanese movie)

Comments

Last Updated 23 Feb 2014 at 04:56