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Occupation
  
Actress

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Mao Inoue

Agent
  
Seventh Avenue

Years active
  
1992–present


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Born
  
January 9, 1987 (age 37) (
1987-01-09
)
Yokohama, Japan

Education
  
Meiji University (2005–2009)

Awards
  
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Movies and TV shows
  
Hana Yori Dango, Kids War: Zaken na yo, Ohisama, The Snow White Murder C, The Eternal Zero

Similar People
  
Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Satomi Ishihara, Maki Horikita, Masaki Okada

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Mao Inoue (井上 真央, Inoue Mao) (born January 9, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as Akane Imai (今井 茜, Imai Akane) in Kids War (キッズ・ウォー, Kid's War) and as Makino Tsukushi in the popular Hana Yori Dango series.

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Dramas and films

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Inoue Mao started her career as an actress at five years old. She has been in many dramas since then. The viewers took notice of her in the series Kids War which ran from 1999 to 2003. In 2005, Mao took the lead role in the drama adaptation of the popular manga Hana Yori Dango, with Arashi member Matsumoto Jun, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda and Tsuyoshi Abe. Mao was awarded Best Actress by Television Drama Academy in the same year that the drama was aired.

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In 2006, she co-starred in her first film: Check It Out, Yo! with Hayato Ichihara, Yūta Hiraoka, and Tasuku Emoto. The film was in theaters April 22, 2006.

In early 2007, Hana Yori Dango Returns aired and was better-received than the first season. In the same year, Inoue co-starred in the drama First Kiss with Check It Out, Yo! co-star Yūta Hiraoka. Her outstanding performance from her past dramas landed her the lead role in the drama special Hanaikusa as a maiko-turned-geisha.

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Come 2008, she played the lead role in a drama special Anmitsu Hime as a princess, followed by Anmitsu Hime 2 in the following year, where she sang the theme song with Shoko Nakagawa. After the success of the two Hana Yori Dango dramas, a film was announced in August 2007, just months after the end of the 2007 sequel. It was Inoue's first starring role in a film. The film was released on June 28, 2008. It topped the box office Japan for a few consecutive weeks and became the second fastest earning film in 2008. It also became a phenomenal success, not only in Japan, but in many parts of Asia, bringing the name "10 billion yen actress" to Inoue Mao.

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Mao stepped back from acting to concentrate on her studies. Right after her graduation from Meiji University in March 2009, she started filming for the film adaptation of the manga Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu, in which she shared the lead with Masaki Okada; it was released in theaters in October 2009. In April of the following year, My Darling is a Foreigner was released in theaters in with Inoue starring opposite Jonathan Sherr.

Three years since her last drama, she reunited with Hana Yori Dango co-star Shun Oguri for the drama Jūi Dolittle (獣医ドリトル, Veterinarian Dolittle), which began airing in October 2010. She also starred in the 84th asadora drama Ohisama (おひさま, The Sun), portraying a woman who lived through World War II. It was planned to air from March 28, 2011, to September 24, 2011, but it was delayed due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. It started to air on April 4, 2011. She won "Best Actress" in the 70th The Television Drama Academy Award.

In February 2011, a film was released in theaters with Mao, costarring known actor Yutaka Takenouchi, called Taiheiyou no kiseki ~Fox to yobareta otoko (Oba: Miracle in the Pacific), about World War II holdout Captain Sakae Oba. Filming took place in Thailand. It was also revealed in late September 2010 that Inoue Mao would star in the film Youkame no Semi which was released in April 2011. Both films were successful at the box office. But it is in Youkame no Semi that her excellent portrayal of a daughter with a difficult past earned her a few film awards, including her first "Best Starring Actress" Award in the 35th Japan Film Academy Awards. The film also won nine other awards that year.

Inoue Mao was chosen to chair the Red team in the New Year's Eve Singing Contest "Kōhaku Uta Gassen 2011". This team became the first female-led Red team to win the "Kōuhaku Uta Gassen" in seven years.

Because of her incredible performance in Oba: Miracle in the Pacific, she was chosen to star in the comedy Tsuna Hiichatta!, which will be released in 2012.

It was announced in May 2012 that Inoue Mao will play the lead role in a summer drama called Tokkan Tokubetsu Kokuzei Choushukan, reuniting her with director Tsuna Hiichatta. The drama will air in July 2012.

She appeared alongside V6's member Junichi Okada and Haruma Miura in a war film called Eien no Zero. Filming started June 2012 and released in December 2013. The film topped the Japan Box Office for 8 consecutive weeks and broke box office record. The film also won The Audience Award at the Udine Far East Film Festival.

It was announced that she will reunite with few of her former costars like Abe Sadao, Okada Masaki,Yutaka Takenouchi and Yasuko Matsuyuki,and Tokkan /Tsuna Hiichatta! director in a comedy film "King of Apology" which will be released in September 2013.

In March 2014, Mao Inoue appeared in a leading role in the mystery suspense film The Snow White Murder Case, directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura.

June 2014, it was announced that Inoue Mao will star her first taiga which will be on air from January to December, 2015.

On August 23, 2017, after a year and a half hiatus, it has been announced that Mao Inoue will make a drama comeback in a Fuji TV drama in fall titled " Ashita no Yakusoku" . Broadcast will start Oct 17, 2017. http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/13512620/

Aside from acting in films, Inoue has been chosen to represent Mizuho Bank and Chocola BB Eisai series, NTT fleet West and Asahi Breweries's Asahi Direct Shot. Regarding Asahi Beer Direct shot, Inoue Mao is collaborating with Tomohisa Yamashita. She also appears on the covers of various magazines, such as Bomb, Steady, Weekly Shonen, among others.

Voice acting

After many years of working as an actress, Inoue has finally decided to expand her career and debuted as voice actress. She was chosen to provide the voice of Apple Boy in one of the Anpanman films. The anime film was released in July, 2014.

A new animation film is said to be her next voice project titled 3DCG Rudolph and Ippaiattena. It was announced on 31 July 2015. This film was released on August 6, 2016.

Stage

Inoue Mao was cast in a butai( stage play) called MIWA in 2013.

A new stage play was announced called "Anger" with great cast as Inoue Mao, Eita, Abe, and Matsu Takako. It will run from January to April, 2016.

Personal life

Inoue Mao revealed in one show that her mother encouraged her to join performing acts to learn when she was at the age of 4. She was also learning music and arts. Acting wasn't her priority then but when she received her first fan letter, she decided to continue acting. Despite joining the show business at an early age, she also put priority to her school. In 2004, despite the rise of her popularity from the Kid's War series, she decided to put her acting on hold as she concentrated on graduating from University of Japan and enrolling at Meiji University. In 2005, at 18, Inoue enrolled in Meiji University, majoring in theater and literature; she chose Chinese as her second language elective. In her last year of college, she concentrated solely on her studies. In March 2009, she graduated from Meiji University.

Documentaries

  • 2011: "The message of life 100 years old Shigeaki Hinohara"- Narration
  • 2012: "Nadeshiko Japan-30 years of Japanese Women's Football"- Narration
  • 2012: "Bright Woman"- Featured in the documentary- Inoue Mao
  • 2012: "The Passion Continent"- Interview with Oda Kazumasa
  • 2013: “Goal of a 13 year old. Even kids have dreams”- Narration
  • 2014: “NHK Special "- Takashi Yanase" Anpanman life”- Narration
  • Variety

  • 2011- Kouhaku Uta Gassen- MC
  • 2013- 36th Japanese Film Academy Awards- MC
  • 2014- "JAPAN project Ikegami Akira"- Guide
  • 2014- Kouhaku Uta Gassen- Judge
  • Stage

  • 2002: Higuchi Ichiyō
  • 2013: MIWA
  • 2016: Anger
  • PV appearances

  • 2007: Kazumasa Oda- "Kokoro"
  • 2008-09: Amnitsu Hime PV-Inoue Mao "Diamonds"
  • Endorsements

  • Asahi Cream Brown Rice Bran
  • Lipovitan
  • PUMA Playtime
  • Asahi Breweries Asahi Direct Shot (2012 ~ present)
  • Sega Saturn Segata Sanshiro Christmas commercial (1996)
  • Glico Ice [real] (2010 ~ present)
  • NTT West FLET (2010 ~ present)
  • Mizuho Bank (2006 ~ present)
  • Eisai's Chocola BB [Series]
  • Panky (2007 ~ present)
  • KAGOME (2007 ~ present)
  • Dralion (2006 ~ present)
  • Kateikyoushi no Try (2006 ~ 2007)
  • Shirakabe Gura Mio Sparkling (2016 ~ )
  • Other awards

  • 2007 Nail Queen Actress Category
  • 2009 22nd Japan Best Dressed Eyes Awards
  • 2011 Fountain Pen Award
  • 2011 Elan D'or Awards
  • Filmography

    Actress
    2023
    Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? (TV Mini Series) as
    Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.10 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.9 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.8 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.7 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.6 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.5 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.4 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.3 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.2 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    - Episode #1.1 (2023) - Yui Sôma
    2022
    Remember to Breathe as
    Yuko
    2021
    2gatsu no shosha: Zettai Goukaku no Kyoushitsu (TV Series)
    2021
    Angry Rice Wives as
    Ito Matsuura
    2020
    Ichido mo Uttemasen
    2019
    Talking the Pictures as
    Kotoe Tachibana
    2019
    Boy Torajiro (TV Mini Series)
    2018
    When a Tree Falls (TV Movie)
    2018
    Yakiniku Dragon as
    Rika
    2017
    Ashita no yakusoku (TV Mini Series) as
    Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.10 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.9 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.8 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.7 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.6 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.5 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.4 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.3 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.2 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    - Episode #1.1 (2017) - Hinata Aizawa
    2016
    Rudolf the Black Cat as
    Rudolf (voice)
    2015
    Ardent Flower (TV Series) as
    Fumi
    - Iza, Rokumeikan e (2015) - Fumi
    - Futari no saikon (2015) - Fumi
    - Tomioka seishijou no kiki (2015) - Fumi
    - Shimai no yakusoku (2015) - Fumi
    - Mirai e no kizuna (2015) - Fumi
    - Futari no yoru (2015) - Fumi
    - Unmei no ito tsunagete (2015) - Fumi
    - Hagi no ran ni chikau (2015) - Fumi
    - Sekai ni kakeru ito (2015) - Fumi
    - Iza, Gunma e (2015) - Fumi
    - Futari no haha (2015) - Fumi
    - Atarashii Nipponjin (2015) - Fumi
    - Todokanu kotoba (2015) - Fumi
    - Otto no wasuregatami (2015) - Fumi
    - Takasugi Shinsaku no igon (2015) - Fumi
    - Kokou no tatakai (2015) - Fumi
    - Sacchou doumei! (2015) - Fumi
    - Hana to narutame ni (2015) - Fumi
    - Daigyakuten! (2015) - Fumi
    - Inochigake no dengon (2015) - Fumi
    - Oyotsugi soudou! (2015) - Fumi
    - Onnatachi no sono (2015) - Fumi
    - Nakanai onna (2015) - Fumi
    - Tsuma no tatakai (2015) - Fumi
    - Otto no yakusoku (2015) - Fumi
    - Kaze ni naru tomo (2015) - Fumi
    - Haha ni narutameni (2015) - Fumi
    - Otto no kokuhaku (2015) - Fumi
    - Tsuma to kiheitai (2015) - Fumi
    - Kekkou no hi (2015) - Fumi
    - Shouin, fukkatsu! (2015) - Fumi
    - Onnatachi, te o kumu (2015) - Fumi
    - Ryuuma! Toujou (2015) - Fumi
    - Shouin, saigo no kotoba (2015) - Fumi
    - Saigo no shokutaku (2015) - Fumi
    - Juku o mamore (2015) - Fumi
    - Saraba seishun (2015) - Fumi
    - Korera to bakudan (2015) - Fumi
    - Modorenai futari (2015) - Fumi
    - Totsuzen no koi (2015) - Fumi
    - Yakudou! Matsushitasonjuku (2015) - Fumi
    - Takasugi Shinsaku, sanjou (2015) - Fumi
    - Nekketsu sensei, tanjou! (2015) - Fumi
    - Hanatareru tora (2015) - Fumi
    - Joshuu no himitsu (2015) - Fumi
    - Kokorozashi no hate (2015) - Fumi
    - Ikite tsukaasai (2015) - Fumi
    - Tsuitenai otoko (2015) - Fumi
    - Haran no koibumi (2015) - Fumi
    - Hitomusubu imouto (2015) - Fumi
    2014
    The Snow White Murder Case as
    Miki Shirono
    2013
    The Fighter Pilot as
    Matsuno
    2013
    The Apology King as
    Noriko Kuramochi
    2013
    Paji (TV Movie) as
    Adult Momo
    2012
    Tug of War! as
    Chiaki Nishikawa
    2012
    Tokkan: tokubetsu kokuzei chôshûkan (TV Series) as
    Miki Suzumiya
    - Episode #1.1 (2012) - Miki Suzumiya
    2011
    Sunshine (TV Series) as
    Yoko Sudo / Yoko sudo
    2011
    Rebirth as
    Erina Akiyama
    2011
    Oba: The Last Samurai as
    Chieko Aono
    2010
    Dolittle the Veterinary Physician (TV Series) as
    Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.9 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.8 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.7 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.6 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.5 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.4 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.3 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.2 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    - Episode #1.1 (2010) - Asuka Tajima
    2010
    Dârin wa gaikokujin as
    Saori Oguri
    2010
    Shuarî samudei
    2010
    Momi no ki wa nokotta (TV Movie) as
    Uno
    2009
    I Give My First Love to You as
    Mayu Taneda
    2009
    Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: Aki no tokubetsu hen (TV Movie) as
    Kanako Okazaki (segment "Kensaku suru onna")
    2009
    Tengoku de kimi ni aetara (TV Movie)
    2009
    Anmitsu hime 2 (TV Movie) as
    Anmitsu hime
    2008
    Hana yori dango: Fainaru as
    Tsukushi Makino
    2008
    Anmitsu hime (TV Movie)
    2007
    Flower Battle (TV Movie) as
    Iwasaki Mineko
    2007
    First Kiss (TV Series) as
    Mio Fukunaga
    2007
    Kaidan as
    Ohisa
    2007
    Gegege no Kitarô as
    Mika Miura
    2007
    Boys Over Flowers 2 (TV Series) as
    Makino Tsukushi
    - Shijô saikô no puropôzu (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Kieta omoide (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Setsu nai ame no wakare (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Shikaku kankei no kettyaku (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Ichigo ichie no hatsukoi (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Kokuhaku wa daiharan!! (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Omae ga suki da (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Inochi gake no shuraba (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Bai bai baka otoko (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Saikyo no raibaru (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    - Arekara 1-nen- Kon'ya tsui ni fukkatsu!! Kondo no butai wa Nyûyôku!! Daihanran no koi to yuujou no shintenkai tûka happîendo ja nakattano!? (2007) - Makino Tsukushi
    2006
    Chekeraccho!! as
    Yui Haebaru
    2005
    Boys Over Flowers (TV Series) as
    Tsukushi Makino
    - The Greatest Last Present (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    - Now the Female High School Student's 'Top of Japan' Decision War (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    - Battle F4 Dissolution! (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    - A Love Triangle of a Roller-coaster Ride Hair-trigger Crisis (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    - Confession of Life-threatening Love (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    - First Time Coming Home in the Morning (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    - Tears! Good-bye to the Person I Like (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    - The Worst First Kiss! (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    - Declaration of War! The Thing Which Is Absolutely More Important Than Money (2005) - Tsukushi Makino
    2005
    Grave of the Fireflies (TV Movie) as
    Keiko Mitsumura (Natsu's granddaughter)
    2005
    Emergency Room 24 Hours (TV Series)
    - Episode #3.9 (2005)
    - Episode #3.1 (2005)
    2003
    Kids War 5 (TV Series) as
    Akane Imai
    2002
    Inoue Mao: Jugo no natsu ni (Video)
    2002
    Kids War 4 (TV Series) as
    Akane Imai
    2001
    Kids War 3 (TV Series) as
    Akane Imai
    2000
    Kids War 2 (TV Series) as
    Akane Imai
    - Episode #1.45 (2000) - Akane Imai
    1999
    Kids War (TV Series) as
    Akane Nakanishi aka Akane Imai
    1997
    Shin Hanshichi torimono chô (TV Series)
    1995
    Kura (TV Mini Series)
    1994
    Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (TV Series) as
    Tsuruhime (Child)
    - 31 Mita ka!! Shin Shôgun (1994) - Tsuruhime (Child)
    - Saikai Uragiri no Chichi (1994) - Tsuruhime (Child)
    Self
    2009
    Sanma no manma (TV Series) as
    Self
    - 30th Anniversary Special (2016) - Self
    - Episode dated 2 January 2015 (2015) - Self
    - Episode dated 2 January 2009 (2009)
    2015
    The 38th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2014
    The 65th Annual NHK kôhaku uta gassen (TV Special) as
    Self
    2014
    It's Okay to Laugh! (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Mao Inoue (2014) - Self
    2012
    Pon! (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 26 October 2012 (2012) - Self
    2012
    Jônetsu tairiku (TV Series documentary) as
    Self - Interviewer
    - Mao Inoue on Kazumasa Oda 2/2 (2012) - Self - Interviewer
    - Mao Inoue on Kazumasa Oda 1/2 (2012) - Self - Interviewer
    2012
    The 35th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    2011
    Dai-62-kai NHK kôhaku uta gassen (TV Special) as
    Self
    2010
    Cinemaholic (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 7 February 2011 (2011) - Self
    - Episode dated 12 April 2010 (2010) - Self
    2008
    5LDK (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest

    References

    Mao Inoue Wikipedia


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