
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.
Acted in 65
2020s
- 2026
4 Out — Play Ball Again
Movie
Moonlight in Golden Gai
Movie
富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”
TV
- 2025
Mary of Magdalene Restaurant
杏奈 · 2 episodes
- 2023
Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court
Matsuyama Chiemi · 2 episodes
The Day I'm Called Papa Again
TV
Omokage
Movie
- 2022
Mokuhihan
Movie
Home Appliance Samurai
Shizue | Ito Misa · 13 episodes
- 2021
Enzaihan
Akemi Koyama · 1 episode
- 2020
I Never Shot Anyone
Ami Nakamichi
Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita
Chiaki Morimoto · 1 episode
2010s
- 2019
The Return
Oaki
Motherhood
Mia Sakaguchi
When a Tree Falls
Movie
An Artist of the Floating World
Ono Noriko
- 2018
Life as a Girl
TV
- 2017
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
Movie
- 2016
Copyface
Chihiro Moriyama · 6 episodes
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
Oritsu
Case 17
Narumi Suzumura
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
The Last Hope
우타 토모코 · 11 episodes
Aokigahara
Movie
- 2011
Kasha
Kozue Kimura
Shinsengumi Keppūroku
TV
- 2010
Hissatsu shigotonin 2010
Movie
2000s
- 2009
Silver Rain
Kikue
Bocho Mania 09
TV
- 2008
Gonzo: The Legendary Detective
Monami Amano · 10 episodes
4 Shimai Tantei Dan
TV
- 2006
Romance Of Darkness
Rikka Nikaidou
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet
Chise
- 2005
Harami: White Fear
Movie
- 2004
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Movie
- 2003
The Armchair Detective and the Family of Flutists
Movie
- 2002
- 2001
High School Girl's Friend
Movie
- 2000
The Boy Who Saw the Wind
Maria (voice)
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
School Ghost Story G
Movie
Pride
Kimie Tojo
Shokuki
Ayumi
- 1997
Haunted School 3
Mayuko Fujii
- 1996
Haunted School 2
Movie
Appearances4
2000s
- 2003
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
- 2001
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
- 2000
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self