Yōko Maki (actress)

Yōko Maki (真木 よう子 Maki Yōko, born October 15, 1982) is a Japanese actress signed to Flying Box. Maki has appeared in several films including the 2004 film Infection and the 2004 American horror film The Grudge.

Yōko Maki
真木 よう子
Born
Yōko Kanamori
(金森 陽子)

(1982-10-15) October 15, 1982
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present
AgentFlying Box
Websitewww.flyingbox.co.jp/maki/

Biography

Maki made her film debut at the age of 19 in the 2001 film Drug. Her film career sprung when she received a role as Aya in the highly modernized remake of the Japanese vengeance film Lady Snowblood (later re-titled as The Princess Blade). Maki later began performing on stage in the 2002 play Cross. In November 2008, Maki announced that she had married a 26-year-old man not in the Japanese entertainment industry. She also announced that she is pregnant.[1]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRole
2001DrugMiki Kondō
The Princess BladeAya
2003Battle Royale II: RequiemMaki Sōda
2004Kamikaze GirlsBTSSB Staff
Ren'ai Shōsetsu (恋愛小説)Mami Suzuki
A Perfect Day for Love LettersRino Katasé
Infection[2]Yūko Kirino
Break Through!Gang-ja Chun
The GrudgeYoko
Do Androids Dream of Electric Santa? (short film)
2005In the PoolYoko Maki
Summer Time Machine BluesYui Itō
Veronika Decides to Die#AdaptationsTowa
2006In the PoolYoko Maki
The Vanished (雨の町, Ame no Machi)Fumio Kōsaka
SwayChieko Kawabata
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo DriftBoswell Father's Girlfriend
UdonYui Itō
A Delicious Way to Kill (おいしい殺し方, Oishii Koroshikata)Marii Tōdaiji
Tokyo Friends: The MovieRyōko Fujiki
2008Flying Rabbits (フライング☆ラビッツ)Chinatsu Kakiuchi
2009SPEri Sasamoto
2011Hard Romantic-er
Looking for a True Fiancee
Genji Monogatari: Sennen no NazoFujitsubo
2013Like Father, Like Son
The Ravine of Goodbye
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl ShipMaiko Okamura
2015The Lion Standing in the Wind
Nōnai Poison BerryIchiko Sakurai
2016After the StormKyoko
2018The Blood of WolvesRikako
Yakiniku DragonShizuka
2021A Day with No Name

TV dramas

YearTitleRoleFormAppearance
2003Hakoiri Musume! (ハコイリムスメ!, Shurayukihime)NatsukoseriesEp.2,4
Mōdōken Kuīru no Isshō (盲導犬クイールの一生)seriesEp.1,2,4-7
Kao ()Sae TakeuchiseriesEp.9
2004Kurokawa no Techō (黒革の手帖)seriesEp.5-7
Toride naki Mono (砦なき者)Meiko Furuyaone-episode-
2006Jikō Keisatsu (時効警察)Ritsuko TachibanaseriesEp.8
2007Fūrin KazanPrincess MiruTaiga dramaEp.26-??
Watashitachi no KyōkashoSaki Ōshiroseriesregular
SPEri Sasamotoseriesregular
2008Weekly Maki Yoko (週刊真木よう子, Shūkan Maki Yōko)-omnibusregular
Loss:Time:Life (ロス:タイム:ライフ)Kiyomi HoriikeomnibusEp.8
Walkin' Butterfly (ウォーキン☆バタフライ)Chinatsu KakiuchiseriesEp.9
6jikango ni Kimi wa shinu (6時間後に君は死ぬ)Mio Haradaone-episode-
2010RyōmadenNarasaki Ryō (aka Oryō)Taiga dramarecurring
2019 Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room Hikari Tachibana series regular

Direct-to-video films

YearTitleRole
2001Pelican Road (ペリカンロード)Emiko Sakura
2005Tokyo FriendsRyōko Fujiki

Commercials

Other works

Music

  • "Hoshikage no Komichi" (星影の小径, "Starry Path") (2011) (Tokyo No. 1 Soul Set collaboration, on their album Subete Hikari)
  • "Saisakizaka" (2013) (single, produced by Ringo Sheena)

Photobooks

  • LIP (2003)
  • Gekkan Maki Yoko (2007)
  • Gekkan Maki Yoko Special (2008)

Anime

Video game

References

  1. "Maki Yoko Married". Japan Zone. November 17, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  2. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.


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