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.
Known For
The Cat Returns
(2002)
Yuki (voice)
Battle Royale
(2000)
Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
(2001)
Twin Girl
Battle Royale II: Requiem
(2003)
Noriko Nakagawa
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
(1996)
Girl in Sendai
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
(1999)
Young Ayana Hirasaka
Linda Linda Linda
(2005)
Kyoko Yamada
Full Filmography
Acting
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
(1996)
Girl in Sendai
Haunted School 2
(1996)
Haunted School 3
(1997)
Mayuko Fujii
School Ghost Story G
(1998)
Pride
(1998)
Kimie Tojo
Shokuki
(1998)
Ayumi
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
(1999)
Young Ayana Hirasaka
Battle Royale
(2000)
Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
The Boy Who Saw the Wind
(2000)
Maria (voice)
Making of 'Battle Royale'
(2000)
Self
High School Girl's Friend
(2001)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
(2001)
Twin Girl
Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE
(2001)
Self
The Cat Returns
(2002)
Yuki (voice)
Battle Royale II: Requiem
(2003)
Noriko Nakagawa
The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II
(2003)
Self
Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem
(2003)
Self
安楽椅子探偵と笛吹家の一族
(2003)
Out of This World
(2004)
Ryoko Yoda
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
(2004)
Linda Linda Linda
(2005)
Kyoko Yamada
Harami: White Fear
(2005)
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet
(2006)
Chise
Romance Of Darkness
(2006)
Rikka Nikaidou
Silver Rain
(2009)
Kikue
必殺仕事人2010
(2010)
Kasha
(2011)
Kozue Kimura
Aokigahara
(2013)
Case 17
(2016)
Narumi Suzumura
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
(2016)
Oritsu
ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
(2017)
When a Tree Falls
(2019)
Motherhood
(2019)
Mia Sakaguchi
The Return
(2019)
An Artist of the Floating World
(2019)
Ono Noriko
I Never Shot Anyone
(2020)
Ami Nakamichi
A Madder Red
(2021)
Sachiko
Mokuhihan
(2022)