Native name 市道 真央 Name Mao Ichimichi Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | Years active 2006–present Other names Rio Minami, M·A·O Role Actress | |
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Born February 1, 1992 (age 32) ( 1992-02-01 ) Osaka, Japan Movies and TV shows Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Gokaiger Goseiger Super Se, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, 009‑1: The End of the Beginning, Tokumei Sentai Go‑Buste Similar People Yui Koike, Inori Minase, Ari Ozawa, Ibuki Kido, Rie Takahashi | ||
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Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央, Ichimichi Mao, born February 1, 1992 in Osaka) is a Japanese actress who made her major acting debut as Luka Millfy a.k.a. Gokai Yellow in the Super Sentai series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. She started her career as a Japanese idol member of Horipro's "HOP Club" under the stage name Rio Minami (南 梨央, Minami Rio). After Gokaiger, she got involved in some solo gravure idol videos and voice acting, the latter of which has been performed under her moniker M·A·O.
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Ichimichi made her debut under the stage name Rio Minami (南 梨央 (みなみ りお), Minami Rio) in October 2006 as a seventh-generation member of Horipro Osaka's idol group, "HOP Club". In 2007, she appeared in the variety show Enter! 371. After the release of the idol DVD Ike Ike Go! Go! HOP Club in 2010, she parted ways with Horipro Osaka. Moving to Tokyo to restart her career, she abandoned her stage name and signed with Yellow Cab Next. Ichimichi became a co-host in the Weekly Shōnen Jump variety show Sakiyomi Jan Bang!.
In 2011, Ichimichi landed the role of Luka Millfy/Gokai Yellow in the Super Sentai series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, following the footsteps of her former HOP Club batch mate Suzuka Morita. In June of that year, she released her first solo gravure idol DVD A Distant Shore, along with a companion photo book of the same title. She then promoted her second idol video Apartment and photo book Afternoon Tea on December. She has released modeling calendars through Try-X.