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Yōko Maki (真木 よう子 Maki Yōko, born Yōko Kanamori on October 15, 1982) is a Japanese actress signed to Soyokaze. 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 (age 40) Inzai, Chiba, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Agent	Soyokaze (LesPros Entertainment)
Website	www.lespros.co.jp/artists/yoko-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

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2001	Drug	Miki Kondō
	The Princess Blade	Aya
2003	Battle Royale II: Requiem	Maki Sōda
2004	Kamikaze Girls	BTSSB Staff
	Ren'ai Shōsetsu (恋愛小説)	Mami Suzuki
	A Perfect Day for Love Letters	Rino Katasé
	Infection	Yūko Kirino	[2]
	Break Through!	Gang-ja Chun
	The Grudge	Yoko
	Do Androids Dream of Electric Santa? (short film)
2005	In the Pool	Yoko Maki
	Summer Time Machine Blues	Yui Itō
	Veronika Decides to Die	Towa
2006	In the Pool	Yoko Maki
	The Vanished (雨の町, Ame no Machi)	Fumio Kōsaka
	Sway	Chieko Kawabata
	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Major Boswell's Girlfriend
	Udon	Yui Itō
	A Delicious Way to Kill (おいしい殺し方, Oishii Koroshikata)	Marii Tōdaiji
	Tokyo Friends: The Movie	Ryōko Fujiki
2008	Flying Rabbits (フライング☆ラビッツ)	Chinatsu Kakiuchi
2009	SP	Eri Sasamoto
2011	Hard Romantic-er
	Looking for a True Fiancee
	Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo	Fujitsubo
2013	Like Father, Like Son
	The Ravine of Goodbye
	Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship	Maiko Okamura
2015	The Lion Standing in the Wind
	Nōnai Poison Berry	Ichiko Sakurai
2016	After the Storm	Kyoko
2018	The Blood of Wolves	Rikako
	Yakiniku Dragon	Shizuka
2021	A Day with No Name
	Ride or Die		[3]
	The Cursed Sanctuary X	Hoshino	[4]
2022	A Man		[5]
	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero		[6]
2023	Nemesis: The Movie	Nagisa Kanda	[7]

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Form	Appearance
2003	Hakoiri Musume! (ハコイリムスメ!, Shurayukihime)	Natsuko	series	Ep.2,4
	Mōdōken Kuīru no Isshō (盲導犬クイールの一生)		series	Ep.1,2,4-7
	Kao (顔)	Sae Takeuchi	series	Ep.9
2004	Kurokawa no Techō (黒革の手帖)		series	Ep.5-7
	Toride naki Mono (砦なき者)	Meiko Furuya	one-episode	-
2006	Jikō Keisatsu (時効警察)	Ritsuko Tachibana	series	Ep.8
2007	Fūrin Kazan	Princess Miru	Taiga drama	Ep.26-??
	Watashitachi no Kyōkasho	Saki Ōshiro	series	regular
	SP	Eri Sasamoto	series	regular
2008	Weekly Maki Yoko (週刊真木よう子, Shūkan Maki Yōko)	-	omnibus	regular
	Loss:Time:Life (ロス:タイム:ライフ)	Kiyomi Horiike	omnibus	Ep.8
	Walkin' Butterfly (ウォーキン☆バタフライ)	Chinatsu Kakiuchi	series	Ep.9
	6jikango ni Kimi wa shinu (6時間後に君は死ぬ)	Mio Harada	one-episode	-
2010	Ryōmaden	Narasaki Ryō (aka Oryō)	Taiga drama	recurring
2019	Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room	Hikari Tachibana	series	regular
2021	Nemesis	Mizuho Kanda / Nagisa Kanda	series	recurring[8]
2022	Lost Man Found	Herself	series	Cameo; ep. 5[9]

Direct-to-video films

Year	Title	Role
2001	Pelican Road (ペリカンロード)	Emiko Sakura
2005	Tokyo Friends	Ryōko Fujiki

Commercials

• Lotte - Ao Toppo (2000)
• JR East - Omiya Station version (2005)
• Meiji Seika - Xylish (2005)
• TBS and Dentsu - Green Film Project: everyday (2008)
• Shiseido - Integrate (2008)
• Lipton - The Royal (2008)

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

• Michiko to Hatchin (2008–2009) – Michiko Malandro

Video game

• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016) – Kiyomi Kasahara

References

External links

• Flying Box official profile (in English)
• Yoko Maki at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Yōko Maki (Schauspielerin)

Yōko Maki (jap. 真木 よう子, Maki Yōko, geborene Yōko Kanamori (.mw-parser-output .Hani{font-size:110%}金森陽子), * 15. Oktober 1982 in Inzai, Präfektur Chiba) ist eine japanische Schauspielerin. Bekannt ist sie vor allem aus den beiden Horrorfilmen der Reihe Ju-on, die als The Grudge – Der Fluch neuverfilmt wurden.

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- [en] Yōko Maki (actress)

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