Ai Maeda (actress)

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For the seiyū (voice actress), see Ai Maeda (seiyū).

Ai Maeda (前田 愛 Maeda Ai?, born 4 October 1983 in Tokyo) is a Japanese model and actress.

Maeda is notable for performing Shiori Kitano in the 2003 film Battle Royale II: Requiem, as well as for voicing the title role in the anime series, Kino's Journey (she also performs a theme song to the series, Beautiful World). Her younger sister is Aki Maeda. Ai Maeda came into the spotlight when she was only 8 years old, appearing in a McDonald's commercial. From there her career started off. She modeled along with her sister Aki Maeda when they were young until she was 16/17 years old, when she starred in many movies and TV series.

Maeda has a height of 151 cm 4'11". Her blood type is B and she is right handed. Ai is skilled in the piano, Tate (fighting battles on the movie set) and the English language (Ai studied abroad in Canada for a year in 2000).

She is also a graduate of the Aoyama Gakuin University (Faculty of Economics, International Politics and Communications).

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[edit] Career

  • 1993 - Debuted in a McDonald's commercial together with her sister Aki. She was in her fourth year of primary school
  • 1994 - Ai and Aki joined the manager firm "Crayon"
  • 1994 April - Became a regular cast of the show "Appare-Sanma Sensei"
  • 1997 - Changed manager to "Granpapa"
  • 1997 - Formed the group "Pretty Chat" with Maya Hamaoka, Yuuka Nomura and Ayako Omura, releasing a single album "Wake up girls"
  • 2003 - On her 20th birthday she voiced her first anime "Kino no Tabi"

[edit] Filmography

  • Kami no hidarite akuma no migite, 2006
  • Kamyu nante shiranai, 2005
  • Gokudô no onna-tachi: Jôen, 2005

[edit] Voice roles

[edit] External links

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