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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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"
Filmography
- Kami no hidarite akuma no migite , 2006
- Kamyu nante shiranai, 2005
- , 2005
- Azumi 2: Death or Love, 2005
- Guuzen nimo saiaku na shounen , 2003
- Battle Royale II: Requiem, 2003
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, 2001
- Battle Royale, 2000 (voice)
- Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys, 1999
- Toire no Hanako-san, 1995
Voice roles
- Kino no Tabi, as Kino 2003
- , 2005
External links
- Official Website (In Japanese) http://www.granpapa.com/production/maeda-ai/
- Ai Maeda at the Internet Movie Database
- Ai Maeda at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
