Aki Maeda

Known for: Acting
Born: July 11, 1985, Tokyo, Japan
Movies: 44

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.

Upcoming Aki Maeda Movies

4 Out

2026

November 6, 2026

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Battle Royale

2000

7.1

The Cat Returns

2002

5.0

Battle Royale II: Requiem

2003

7.5

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

2001

7.6

Linda Linda Linda

2005

7.4

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

1999

7.5

Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

1996

4.2

Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet

2006

6.6

School Ghost Story G

1998

7.2

A Madder Red

2021

Filmography

2026	4 Out
2026	The Specials
2023	Omokage
2022	Mokuhihan
2021	A Madder Red	Sachiko
2020	I Never Shot Anyone	Ami Nakamichi
2019	The Return	Oaki
2019	Motherhood	Mia Sakaguchi
2019	When a Tree Falls
2019	An Artist of the Floating World	Ono Noriko
2017	ドラマスペシャル松本清張鬼畜
2016	Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife	Oritsu
2016	Case 17	Narumi Suzumura
2015	農業女子“はらぺ娘”
2013	Aokigahara
2011	Kasha	Kozue Kimura
2010	Hissatsu shigotonin 2010
2009	Silver Rain	Kikue
2008	Samurai Gangsters
2006	Romance Of Darkness	Rikka Nikaidou
2006	Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet	Chise
2005	Harami: White Fear
2005	Linda Linda Linda	Kyoko Yamada
2004	Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004	Out of This World	Ryoko Yoda
2003	The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II	Self
2003	Battle Royale II: Requiem	Noriko Nakagawa
2003	Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem	Self
2003	The Armchair Detective and the Family of Flutists
2002	The Cat Returns	Yuki (voice)
2001	Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack	Twin Girl
2001	Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001	High School Girl's Friend
2001	Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE	Self
2000	Battle Royale	Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
2000	Making of 'Battle Royale'	Self
2000	The Boy Who Saw the Wind	Maria (voice)
1999	Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris	Young Ayana Hirasaka
1998	School Ghost Story G
1998	Pride	Kimie Tojo
1998	Shokuki	Ayumi
1997	Haunted School 3	Mayuko Fujii
1996	Haunted School 2
1996	Gamera 2: Advent of Legion	Girl in Sendai

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