Actor profile

Aki Maeda

11th July 1985 Tokyo, Japan Acting

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.

44 Movies 27 TV Shows 71 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Specials poster

The Specials 6th March 2026

Omokage poster

Omokage 27th March 2023

Mokuhihan poster

Mokuhihan 8th August 2022

A Madder Red poster

A Madder Red 21st May 2021 as Sachiko

I Never Shot Anyone poster

I Never Shot Anyone 3rd July 2020 as Ami Nakamichi

The Return poster

The Return 4th November 2019

Motherhood poster

Motherhood 3rd November 2019 as Mia Sakaguchi

When a Tree Falls poster

When a Tree Falls 21st September 2019

An Artist of the Floating World poster

An Artist of the Floating World 30th March 2019 as Ono Noriko

ドラマスペシャル松本清張鬼畜 poster

ドラマスペシャル松本清張鬼畜 24th December 2017

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife poster

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife 9th October 2016 as Oritsu

Case 17 poster

Case 17 4th June 2016 as Narumi Suzumura

農業女子“はらぺ娘” 16th December 2015

Aokigahara poster

Aokigahara 12th January 2013

Kasha poster

Kasha 5th November 2011 as Kozue Kimura

Hissatsu shigotonin 2010 poster

Hissatsu shigotonin 2010 10th July 2010

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010 poster

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010 10th July 2010

Silver Rain poster

Silver Rain 28th November 2009 as Kikue

Samurai Gangsters poster

Samurai Gangsters 20th September 2008

Romance Of Darkness poster

Romance Of Darkness 27th May 2006 as Rikka Nikaidou

Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet poster

Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet 28th January 2006 as Chise

Harami: White Fear poster

Harami: White Fear 19th November 2005

Linda Linda Linda poster

Linda Linda Linda 23rd July 2005 as Kyoko Yamada

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari poster

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari 1st November 2004

Out of This World poster

Out of This World 7th February 2004 as Ryoko Yoda

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II poster

The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II 10th July 2003 as Self

Battle Royale II: Requiem poster

Battle Royale II: Requiem 5th July 2003 as Noriko Nakagawa

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem poster

Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem 5th July 2003 as Self

安楽椅子探偵と笛吹家の一族 poster

安楽椅子探偵と笛吹家の一族 13th June 2003

The Cat Returns poster

The Cat Returns 19th July 2002 as Yuki (voice)

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack poster

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 15th December 2001 as Twin Girl

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji poster

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji 15th December 2001

High School Girl's Friend poster

High School Girl's Friend 14th July 2001

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE poster

Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE 13th January 2001 as Self

Battle Royale poster

Battle Royale 16th December 2000 as Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)

Making of 'Battle Royale' poster

Making of 'Battle Royale' 1st December 2000 as Self

The Boy Who Saw the Wind poster

The Boy Who Saw the Wind 22nd July 2000 as Maria (voice)

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris poster

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris 6th March 1999 as Young Ayana Hirasaka

School Ghost Story G poster

School Ghost Story G 27th September 1998

Pride poster

Pride 23rd May 1998 as Kimie Tojo

Shokuki poster

Shokuki 1st January 1998 as Ayumi

Haunted School 3 poster

Haunted School 3 19th July 1997 as Mayuko Fujii

Haunted School 2 poster

Haunted School 2 20th July 1996

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion poster

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion 12th July 1996 as Girl in Sendai

富士山大噴火 poster

富士山大噴火 5th April 2026

まぐだら屋のマリア poster

まぐだら屋のマリア 29th March 2025 as 杏奈

Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court poster

Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court 16th December 2023 as Matsuyama Chiemi

The Day I'm Called Papa Again poster

The Day I'm Called Papa Again 6th June 2023

Home Appliance Samurai poster

Home Appliance Samurai 2nd April 2022 as Shizue | Ito Misa

Enzaihan poster

Enzaihan 30th August 2021 as 香山朱美

Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita poster

Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita 4th May 2020 as Chiaki Morimoto

Good Doctor poster

Good Doctor 12th July 2018 as Ichikawa Shiori

Woman of Rumor poster

Woman of Rumor 14th April 2018 as Hiromi Hiratsuka

Life as a Girl poster

Life as a Girl 5th January 2018

Copyface poster

Copyface 18th November 2016

Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata poster

Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata 12th January 2015

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out poster

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out 16th April 2014 as Natsuko Kawashima

Gochisousan poster

Gochisousan 30th September 2013 as Horinohata Sakurako

The Last Hope poster

The Last Hope 15th January 2013 as 우타 토모코

CSI: Crime Scene Talks poster

CSI: Crime Scene Talks 13th April 2011

Shinsengumi Keppūroku poster

Shinsengumi Keppūroku 3rd April 2011

Absolute Zero poster

Absolute Zero 13th April 2010 as Kaori Fujii

Bocho Mania 09 poster

Bocho Mania 09 23rd October 2009

Gonzo: The Legendary Detective poster

Gonzo: The Legendary Detective 2nd July 2008 as Monami Amano

4 Shimai Tantei Dan poster

4 Shimai Tantei Dan 18th January 2008

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo poster

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo 9th October 2002

Princess Comet poster

Princess Comet 1st April 2001 as (voice)

モナリザの微笑 poster

モナリザの微笑 12th January 2000

P.P.O.I. 9th May 1999 as Ichinose Hinaki

Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni 2nd July 1998

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