Atsuko_Maeda
Atsuko Maeda
Japanese actress and singer (born 1991)
Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子, Maeda Atsuko, born July 10, 1991) is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB."[1] After graduating from AKB48 on August 27, 2012, Maeda has since then continued with a solo singing and acting career.[2][3][4]
Atsuko Maeda | |
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前田 敦子 | |
Maeda at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2023 | |
| Born | 前田 敦子 (1991-07-10) July 10, 1991 (age 32) Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | King |
| Website | www |
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AKB48
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Maeda was born in Ichikawa, Chiba. At age 14, she became a member of AKB48's first group, Team A,[5] which was composed of 24 girls and debuted on December 8, 2005.
In 2009, Maeda won the first edition of AKB48's annual general elections, which are described as a popularity contest. As a result, she was the headlined performer for the group's 13th single, "Iiwake Maybe".[6] The following year, she placed second overall, but still had a significant choreography position in the lineup for "Heavy Rotation".[7] Later that year, AKB48 employed a rock-paper-scissors tournament to determine the top spot of AKB48's 19th major single "Chance no Junban". Maeda placed 15th, which secured her a spot on title track.[8] Maeda also won the group's third general election held in 2011.[9]
Maeda was one of the members who sang on every AKB48 title track since the group's inception. Her streak of A-side appearances ended in 2011, when she lost to Team K captain Sayaka Akimoto at a rock-paper-scissors tournament which determined the featured members for the group's 24th single "Ue kara Mariko".[10]
On March 25, 2012, during an AKB48 Concert at the Saitama Super Arena, Maeda announced that she would leave the group.[11][12] This caused a large buzz in the Japanese news, and spawned a rumor (later proved false) that a student from University of Tokyo had committed suicide over the announcement.[13] AKB48 later announced that Maeda would leave after the Tokyo Dome concerts;[14] For her final performance, there were 229,096 requests filed for seat tickets.[4] Her farewell performance and ceremony occurred on August 27 at the AKB48 theater,[3] and was streamed live on YouTube.[5][15]
Solo career
On April 23, 2011, Maeda announced that she would make her solo debut with her debut single "Flower", released on June 22.[16] It was met with commercial success in Japan, debuting at number 1 on the Oricon Charts with first week sales of 176,967 copies.
The follow-up single "Kimi wa Boku Da", released in June 2012, was Maeda's last solo single while still a member of AKB48. It debuted at number two on the Oricon charts and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
On June 15, 2013, at AKB48's handshake event held at Makuhari Messe, AKB48 announced that Maeda would appear as a special guest at the group's summer concert series at the Sapporo Dome on July 31.[17] There, she performed her third single, "Time Machine Nante Iranai" (タイムマシンなんていらない, I don't need a time machine), which was later released on September 18.[18] It was selected to be the theme song for the live-action adaptation of Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (Yamada and the Seven Witches).[19] Maeda described the song as "cheerful and fun" and hoped it would liven up the show.[20][21] "Time Machine Nante Iranai" eventually peaked at number one on the Oricon Daily charts,[22] and number two on the Oricon Weekly chart.[23] On Billboard's Japan Hot 100, it debuted at number one and stayed there for just the week of September 30.[24]
Maeda's 4th single "Seventh Code" was released on March 5, 2014. It was used as the theme song of the movie "Seventh Code" in which Maeda herself starred. It debuted at number 4 on the Oricon charts and reached number three on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
On December 12, 2015, it was announced that Maeda's first album would be released later the next year. Eventually, the album was set to be released on June 22, 2016.
Acting career
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In 2007, Maeda played a supporting role in the film Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata, which was her debut as an actress.[25] She starred in the 2011 film Moshidora[26] and appeared in Nobuhiro Yamashita's 2012 film Kueki Ressha.[27] She also starred in Hideo Nakata's 2013 horror film The Complex.[28] It was announced that she would co-star with Tony Leung Chiu-wai in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film 1905.[29]
In 2013, Maeda starred in a series of 30-second station ID videos for Music On! TV where she played Tamako, a Tokyo University graduate who does not find a job and lives at home where she just eats and sleeps, over the course of the four seasons. This became a TV drama special, and was developed into a full-fledged film, Tamako in Moratorium, the last of which was planned for a theater release in November 2013.[30][31]
Maeda starred in the film Seventh Code, in which she plays a Japanese woman in Russia who is trying to track down a guy she previously met. The film was shown at the Rome Film Festival in November 2013, and was released for a short theater run in January 2014. She released a single of the same name on March 5.[32]
In May 2015, it was announced that Maeda had been cast in the role of Kyoko Yoshizawa, the female lead of the anime and manga series Dokonjō Gaeru (The Gutsy Frog), in a live-action version of the story set to air on Nippon TV in July.[33]
In 2016, she took the lead role of the drama "Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki" on TBS. The first episode is set to air on April 20, 2016.
In 2019, she appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's To the Ends of the Earth (旅のおわり世界のはじまり), playing Yoko, a television host and would-be singer who goes to Uzbekistan with a small crew to shoot a travel documentary. In the film, she twice sings the classic Édith Piaf anthem, Hymne à l'amour (with Japanese lyrics], including in the finale.
Maeda married actor Ryo Katsuji; they registered their marriage on July 30, 2018.[34] She gave birth to their first child, a son in 2019.[35] On April 23, 2021, she announced that they have amicably divorced.[36]
Solo singles
| Title | Release date | Chart positions | Oricon sales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 [37] |
RIAJ Digital Track Chart [38] |
TWN Combo |
First week |
Total | ||
| "Flower"[39] | June 22, 2011 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 176,967 | 213,787 |
| "Kimi wa Boku Da"[40] | June 20, 2012 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 136,212 | 170,944 |
| "Time Machine Nante Iranai"[23][41] | September 18, 2013 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 60,687 | 79,081 | |
| "Seventh Chord"[32][42][43] | March 5, 2014 | 4 | 3 | — | 42,784 | 53,286 | |
AKB48
| Year | No. | Title | Role[44] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ind-1 | "Sakura no Hanabiratachi" | A-side | |
| Ind-2 | "Skirt, Hirari" | A-side, Center | One of seven members who sang on the title track.[45] | |
| 1 | "Aitakatta" | A-side, Center | ||
| 2007 | 2 | "Seifuku ga Jama o Suru" | A-side, Center | |
| 3 | "Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō" | A-side, Center | ||
| 4 | "Bingo!" | A-side, Center | ||
| 5 | "Boku no Taiyō" | A-side, Center | ||
| 6 | "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?" | A-side, Center | ||
| 2008 | 7 | "Romance, Irane" | A-side, Center | |
| 8 | "Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008" | A-side, Center | ||
| 9 | "Baby! Baby! Baby!" | A-side, Center | ||
| 10 | "Ōgoe Diamond" | A-side. | ||
| 2009 | 11 | "10nen Sakura" | A-side, Center | also sang on "Sakurairo no Sora no Shita de", Shared center with Jurina Matsui of SKE48 |
| 12 | "Namida Surprise!" | A-side, Center | ||
| 13 | "Iiwake Maybe" | A-side, Center | Ranked 1st in 2009 General Election | |
| 14 | "River" | A-side, Center | ||
| 2010 | 15 | "Sakura no Shiori" | A-side, Center | also sang on "Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll" |
| 16 | "Ponytail to Shushu" | A-side, Center | also sang on "Majijo Teppen Blues" | |
| 17 | "Heavy Rotation" | A-side | Ranked 2nd in 2010 General Election, also sang on "Yasai Sisters" and "Lucky Seven" | |
| 18 | "Beginner" | A-side, Center, Mint | Also sang on "Kimi ni Tsuite" as subgroup Mint. | |
| 19 | "Chance no Junban" | A-side | Placed 15th in rock-paper-scissors tournament.,[46] also sang on "Yoyakushita Christmas" and "Kurumi to Dialougue" | |
| 2011 | 20 | "Sakura no Ki ni Narō" | A-side, Center, Mint | Also sang on "Kiss Made 100 Mile" as Mint. |
| – | "Dareka no Tame ni – What can I do for someone?" | – | charity single | |
| 21 | "Everyday, Katyusha" | A-side, Center | also sang on "Korekara Wonderland" and "Yankee Soul" | |
| 22 | "Flying Get" | A-side, Center | Ranked 1st in 2011 General Election, also sang on "Seishun to Kizukanai Mama", "Ice no Kuchizuke", "Yasai Uranai" | |
| 23 | "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" | A-side, Center | ||
| 24 | "Ue kara Mariko" | B-side | Did not participate in title song; lineup was determined by rock-paper-scissors tournament;[47][48] She sang on "Noël no Yoru", and on "Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai" as Team A[citation needed] | |
| 2012 | 25 | "Give Me Five!" | A-side (Baby Blossom), Center, Selection 6 | Played rhythm guitar in Baby Blossom; she also sang on "Sweet & Bitter" as Selection 6 |
| 26 | "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" | A-side, Center | Did not participate in 2012 General Election. | |
| 27 | "Gingham Check" | B-side | Did not participate in title song. Participated in "Yume no Kawa" which was also her graduation song | |
| 2016 | 43 | "Kimi wa Melody" | A-side | Marked as the 10th Anniversary Single. Participated as graduated member. |
| 2021 | 58 | "Nemohamo Rumor" | B-side | Did not participate in the title song. Participated in "Hanarete Ite mo" as graduated member. |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | How to Become Myself | Hinako Hanada | Jun Ichikawa | ||
| The Suicide Song | Kana Takahashi | Masato Harada | |||
| 2008 | Nasu Shōnenki | Megumi Sasahara | Yasuhiro Hatsuyama | ||
| 2011 | Drucker in the Dug-Out | Minami Kawashima | Makoto Tanaka | Lead role | [49] |
| 2012 | The Drudgery Train | Yasuko Sakurai | Nobuhiro Yamashita | [50] | |
| 2013 | 1905 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Production cancelled | [51] | |
| The Complex | Asuka Ninomiya | Hideo Nakata | Lead role | [52][53] | |
| Tamako in Moratorium | Tamako Sakai | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Lead role | [30][31][54] | |
| Pokémon: Eevee and Friends | Narrator | Kunihiko Yuyama | [55] | ||
| Seventh Code | Akiko | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Lead role | [32] | |
| 2014 | Eight Ranger 2 | Saigo Jun | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | [56] | |
| As the Gods Will | Maneki-neko (voice) | Takashi Miike | |||
| 2015 | Kabukicho Love Hotel | Saya Iijima | Ryūichi Hiroki | Lead role | [57][58] |
| Initiation Love | Mayuko "Mayu" Naruoka | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Lead role | [59][60] | |
| 2016 | The Mohican Comes Home | Yuka | Shuichi Okita | ||
| Shin Godzilla | Refugee | Shinji Higuchi | Cameo | ||
| 2017 | Mukoku | Kazuno | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | ||
| Before We Vanish | Asumi Kase | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | |||
| The Last Shot in the Bar | Reiko Suwa | Teruyuki Yoshida | |||
| 2018 | Dynamite Graffiti | Makiko | Masanori Tominaga | ||
| Flea-picking Samurai | Ochie | Yasuo Tsuruhashi | |||
| Eating Women | Tamiko Shirako | Jiro Shono | |||
| 2019 | To the Ends of the Earth | Yōko | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Lead role | |
| Masquerade Hotel | Keiko Takayama | Masayuki Suzuki | |||
| The Master of Funerals | Yukiko Watanabe | Naofumi Higuchi | Lead role | ||
| Almost a Miracle | Rira Sakae | Yuya Ishii | |||
| The Confidence Man JP: The Movie | Suzuki-san | Akira Tanaka | |||
| 2020 | The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess | Suzuki-san | Akira Tanaka | ||
| 2021 | Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie | Reiko Saegusa | Tōya Satō | [61] | |
| Remain in Twilight | Mikie | Daigo Matsui | [62] | ||
| DIVOC-12 | Toko | Takuto Katō | Lead role; anthology film | [63] | |
| 2022 | Convenience Story | Keiko | Satoshi Miki | [64] | |
| To the Supreme! | Machiko Okazaki | Santa Yamagishi | Lead role | [65] | |
| I Am What I Am | Maho Yonaga | Shin'ya Tamada | [66] | ||
| 2023 | And So I'm at a Loss | Satomi Suzuki | Daisuke Miura | [67] | |
| The Lump In My Heart | Tōko | Shingo Matsumura | [68] | ||
| Love Will Tear Us Apart | Kaori Yasukawa | Ken'ichi Ugana | [69] | ||
| 2024 | Voice | Yukiko Mishima | Lead role | [70] | |
| Undead Lovers | Daigo Matsui | [71] | |||
Television dramas
- Swan no Baka!: Sanmanen no Koi (2007)
- Shiori to Shimiko no Kaiki Jikenbo (2008)
- Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu (2008)
- Majisuka Gakuen (2010)
- Ryōmaden (2010)
- Q10 (2010)
- Sakura Kara no Tegami (2011)
- Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2011)
- Majisuka Gakuen 2 (2011)
- Saikou no Jinsei (2012)
- Kasuka na Kanojo (2013)
- Nobunaga Concerto Episode 3 (2014)
- Leaders (2014) - Misuzu Shimabara
- Kageri Yuku Natsu (2015) – Yu Kahara (witness of infant kidnapping case)
- Dokonjō Gaeru (2015)
- Majisuka Gakuen 5 (2015)
- Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki (2016) - Yuriko Busujima
- Gou Gou, The Cat 2 - Iida (2016)
- Shuukatsu Kazoku(2017)[72]
- Inspector Zenigata - Detective Natsuki Sakuraba (2017)
- Leaders 2 (2017) - Misuzu Shimabara
- The Legendary Mother (2020)
- Modern Love Tokyo (2022) - Aya[73]
- Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist (2023) - Aki Fujino / Sakura Miki[74]
- Kashimashi Meshi (2023) - Chiharu Oda[75]
- The Crimes of Those Women (2023) - Yukari Jinno[76]
Television shows
- AKBingo! (2008–2012)
- Shukan AKB (2009–2012)
- AKB48 Nemōsu TV (2008–2012)
- Gachi Gase (2012)
Documentaries
- Documentary of AKB48: The Future 1 mm Ahead (2011)
- Documentary of AKB48: To Be Continued (2011)
- Documentary of AKB48: Show Must Go On (2012)
- Documentary of AKB48: No Flower Without Rain (2013)
Radio shows
- Atsuko Maeda's Heart Songs (2010–2013)
- Hai (2009)
- Acchan in Hawaii (2010)
- Maeda Atsuko in Tokyo (2010)
- Atsuko in NY (2010)
- Bukiyō (2012)
- AKB48 Sotsugyo Kinen Photobook "Acchan" (2012)
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | BLOG of the year | female section | Won[77] | |
| 2011 | 35th Japan Academy Prize | Popularity Award (Actor Category) | Moshidora | Won |
| Japanese Movie Critics Awards | new artist award | Won[78] | ||
| International Jewellery Tokyo | teenage department | Won[79] | ||
| VOCE BEAUTY AWARDS | THE BEST BEAUTY OF THE YEAR (special award) | Won[80] | ||
| 2012 | 4th TAMA Film Award | Best Emerging Actress Award | Kueki Ressha | Won[81] |
| 22nd Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actress | Kueki Ressha | Won | |
| Foreign Movie Import and Distribution Association | Foreign Movie Best Supporter Award | Won[82] | ||
| 2013 | 23rd Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actress | Tamako in Moratorium | Won |
| 2014 | Selfish theater award | Actress award | Sun 2068 | Won[83] |
| 2016 | 11th Asian Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Mohican Comes Home Japan | Nominated |
| 3rd Inter Pet Best Pet Smile Award | Won[84] | |||
| 2017 | Best Formerist Award | female section | Won[85] | |
| 2019 | TAMA Film Awards[86][87] | Best Actress | Won | |
| Fumiko Yamaji Film Award[88] | Best Actress | To the Ends of the Earth Almost a Miracle |
Won |
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- Official agency profile at Ohta Pro (in Japanese)
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