Cast & creator
Aki Maeda
Best known for AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo, Absolute Zero, CSI: Crime Scene Talks
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.
Also known as: 前田 亜季, 마에다 아키, Maeda Aki, 前田亚季, 前田亞季
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film credits
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television credits
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1996–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (73)
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Absolute Zero
Kaori Fujii
2010
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
Gochisousan
Horinohata Sakurako
2013
The Cat Returns
Yuki (voice)
2002
Battle Royale
Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
2000
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Natsuko Kawashima
2014
Good Doctor
Ichikawa Shiori
2018
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Twin Girl
2001
Princess Comet
(voice)
2001
Taikomochi no tatsujin: Tadashii XX no homekata
2015
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Noriko Nakagawa
2003
4 Shimai Tantei Dan
2008
Linda Linda Linda
Kyoko Yamada
2005
モナリザの微笑
2000
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Young Ayana Hirasaka
1999
The Last Hope
우타 토모코
2013
Woman of Rumor
Hiromi Hiratsuka
2018
Life as a Girl
2018
Home Appliance Samurai
Shizue | Ito Misa
2022
Shinsengumi Keppūroku
2011
Gonzo: The Legendary Detective
Monami Amano
2008
Mary of Magdalene Restaurant
杏奈
2025
The Specials
2026
Bocho Mania 09
2009
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
Girl in Sendai
1996P.P.O.I.
Ichinose Hinaki
1999
Copyface
Chihiro Moriyama
2016
Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court
Matsuyama Chiemi
2023
Haunted School 3
Mayuko Fujii
1997Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni
1998
Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita
Chiaki Morimoto
2020
Enzaihan
Akemi Koyama
2021
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
2017
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
The Day I'm Called Papa Again
2023
The Boy Who Saw the Wind
Maria (voice)
2000
Out of This World
Ryoko Yoda
2004富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”
2026白虎隊～敗れざる者たち
富士山大噴火 迫る“灰色の悪夢”
2026
4 Out
2026
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010
2010
Kasha
Kozue Kimura
2011
Samurai Gangsters
2008
The Return
Oaki
2019
School Ghost Story G
1998
A Madder Red
Sachiko
2021
I Never Shot Anyone
Ami Nakamichi
2020
Silver Rain
Kikue
2009
An Artist of the Floating World
Ono Noriko
2019
Haunted School 2
1996
Aokigahara
2013
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet
Chise
2006
When a Tree Falls
2019
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Pride
Kimie Tojo
1998
Harami: White Fear
2005
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
Self
2003
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
Self
2001
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
Oritsu
2016
Omokage
2023
Hissatsu shigotonin 2010
2010
Case 17
Narumi Suzumura
2016
Mokuhihan
2022
Making of 'Battle Royale'
Self
2000
High School Girl's Friend
2001
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
Self
2003農業女子“はらぺ娘”
2015
Shokuki
Ayumi
1998
The Armchair Detective and the Family of Flutists
2003
Motherhood
Mia Sakaguchi
2019
Romance Of Darkness
Rikka Nikaidou
2006