Aki Maeda
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Series
Absolute Zero
Kaori Fujii
2010
Film
The Cat Returns
Yuki (voice)
2002
Film
Battle Royale
Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
2000
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
Series
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Natsuko Kawashima
2014
Series
Gochisousan
Horinohata Sakurako
2013
Series
Good Doctor
Ichikawa Shiori
2018
富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”
2026
Film
Linda Linda Linda
Kyoko Yamada
2005
Film
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Twin Girl
2001
Film
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Noriko Nakagawa
2003
Series
モナリザの微笑
2000
Series
Princess Comet
(voice)
2001
Film
The Specials
2026
Film
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Young Ayana Hirasaka
1999
Film
Aokigahara
2013
Series
Life as a Girl
2018
Series
Gonzo: The Legendary Detective
Monami Amano
2008
Series
Shinsengumi Keppūroku
2011
Series
Mary of Magdalene Restaurant
杏奈
2025
Film
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
2003
Series
4 Shimai Tantei Dan
2008
Series
The Last Hope
우타 토모코
2013
Film
High School Girl's Friend
2001
Series
Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court
Matsuyama Chiemi
2023
P.P.O.I.
Ichinose Hinaki
1999
Film
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Girl in Sendai
1996
Series
Bocho Mania 09
2009
Series
Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata
2015
Film
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Series
Home Appliance Samurai
Shizue | Ito Misa
2022
Series
Woman of Rumor
Hiromi Hiratsuka
2018
Film
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet
Chise
2006
Film
A Madder Red
Sachiko
2021
Series
The Day I'm Called Papa Again
2023
Film
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
2017
Film
School Ghost Story G
1998
Series
Copyface
Chihiro Moriyama
2016
Series
Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita
Chiaki Morimoto
2020
Film
Haunted School 3
Mayuko Fujii
1997
Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni
1998
Film
An Artist of the Floating World
Ono Noriko
2019
Film
Haunted School 2
1996
Film
Kasha
Kozue Kimura
2011
白虎隊～敗れざる者たち
Film
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Film
The Boy Who Saw the Wind
Maria (voice)
2000
Film
Hissatsu shigotonin 2010
2010
Series
富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”
2026
Film
Pride
Kimie Tojo
1998
Film
When a Tree Falls
2019
Film
Harami: White Fear
2005
Film
I Never Shot Anyone
Ami Nakamichi
2020
Film
Out of This World
Ryoko Yoda
2004
Film
Romance Of Darkness
Rikka Nikaidou
2006
Film
Samurai Gangsters
2008
Film
Case 17
Narumi Suzumura
2016
Film
Silver Rain
Kikue
2009
Film
The Armchair Detective and the Family of Flutists
2003
Film
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
Oritsu
2016
Series
Enzaihan
Akemi Koyama
2021
Film
The Return
2019
Film
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
2001
Film
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010
2010
Film
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Self
2003
Film
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
2000
Film
Mokuhihan
2022
Film
Omokage
2023
Film
Motherhood
Mia Sakaguchi
2019
Film
Shokuki
Ayumi
1998
農業女子“はらぺ娘”
2015