Mao Inoue (井上 真央, Inoue Mao^?) (born January 9, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She was a popular U-15 idol from 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for her portrayal as Akane Imai (今井 茜, Imai Akane^?) in Kids War (キッズ・ウォー, Kizzu Uo^?) and Tsukushi Makino in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which she won Best Actress in the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards and received a newcomer award at the 16th Hashida Awards for her role as Tsukushi.^[1][2]

Career

In 2006 she co-starred in the movie Check It Out, Yo! with Hayato Ichihara, Yūta Hiraoka, and Tasuku Emoto. The film was in theaters April 22, 2006. Inoue also co-starred in the summer 2007 drama First Kiss with Check It Out, Yo! co-star Hiraoka.

After the success of the two Hana Yori Dango dramas, a film was announced in August 2007, just months after the end of the 2007 sequel. It was Inoue's first starring role in a movie.^[3]

My Darling is a Foreigner was released in theaters in Japan on April 10, 2010 with Inoue starring opposite Jonathan Sherr.

Personal life

At 19, Inoue enrolled in Meiji University, studying theater and literature, with her second major as Chinese. In March 2009, she graduated from Meiji University.

[edit] TV Dramas

• 1992: Gakkō ga Abunai!
• 1992: Itsumitemo Haran Banjō
• 1992: Tsubusareta Kao! Zankoku na Shashin
• 1993: Kokoro no Tabi Series
• 1994: Kagishi
• 1994: Mayonaka no Jōkyaku
• 1994: Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
• 1995: Tōryanse
• 1995: Kura
• 1996: Genki o Ageru
• 1996: Asahi ni Wakare no Seppun o
• 1997: Abarenbō Shōgun VII
• 1997: Mito Kōmon 25th Series
• 1997: Terakoya Yume Shinan
• 1997: Kin no Tamago #3
• 1997: Shin Hanshichi Torimonochō
• 1997: Gourmet Mystery Onna Shutchō Ryōrinin ga Iku!
• 1998: Hi no Ryōsen
• 1998: Tōyama no Kinsan vs Onna Nezumi
• 1999: Kai
• 1999: Kids War Zaken na yo
• 2000: Kids War 2 Zaken na yo
• 2000: 2000 FNS 1 Oku 2700 Mannin no 27 Jikan Television: Yume Rettō Kazoku-ai Love You Special Drama
• 2001: Kids War 3 Zaken na yo
• 2002: Kids War Special Zaken na yo
• 2002: Kids War 4 Zaken na yo
• 2002: Kids War Special Ai Koso Subete da! Zaken na yo
• 2003: Kids War 5 Zaken na yo
• 2003: Kids War Special Kore de Final! Zaken na yo
• 2004: Home Drama
• 2005: Kyūmei Byōtō 24 Ji
• 2005: Hana Yori Dango
• 2005: Hotaru no Haka
• 2007: Hana Yori Dango 2
• 2007: Ōsama no Shinzō
• 2007: First Kiss
• 2007: Hanaikusa
• 2008: Anmitsu Hime
• 2009: Anmitsu Hime 2
• 2009: Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara
• 2009: Karei naru Spy (Episode 1 guest)
• 2009: Kinkyu Special Kyumei Byoto 24-ji Kyumei Kusush (Episode 3 guest)

Stage

• Higuchi Ichiyō

Films

• 2006: Check It Out, Yo!
• 2007: GeGeGe no Kitaro
• 2007: Kaidan
• 2008: Hana Yori Dango Final
• 2009: Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu
• 2010: My Darling is a Foreigner

References

1. ^ "主演女優賞" (in Japanese). The Television. http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/2006/01/post_63.html. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
2. ^ "Oguri, Inoue win Hashida Awards". Tokyograph. 2008-05-11. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3167. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
3. ^ ""Hana Yori Dango" movie to open next summer". Tokyograph. 2007-08-17. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-1574. Retrieved 2010-04-19.

External links

• Official Site
• Mao Inoue at the Internet Movie Database
• Mao Inoue at TV.com
• Mao Inoue at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
  

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