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Atsuko Maeda

Acting Born Jul 10, 1991 Chiba, Japan 128 credits
128
Total Credits
2007–2026
20 Years Career Span
15
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese singer and actress born on July 10, 1991. She is known for her work in the Japanese idol group AKB48 and is recognized for acting, holding one hundred twenty-eight known credits. Her stage name is written in Japanese characters as 前田敦子, and she is also known by the variation 前田　敦子. She was born in Chiba, Japan. Her personal information lists her as female and her current age as thirty-five years old.

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Career

Career overview

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese singer and actress born on July 10, 1991, in Chiba, Japan. She is recognized for her work as part of the Japanese idol group AKB48. Her professional background includes acting, and she has established a significant presence in film and television over the course of her career.

Within the entertainment industry, her contributions are reflected by a substantial body of work, with known credits totaling 128. Her career spans multiple films and series, contributing to her recognition as an actress across various media platforms.

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Known for

First Cry

as Shinobu Narimiya

Baby Assassins Everyday!

as Iruka Minami
Film

Baby Assassins 3

as Minami Iruka

What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"?

2020
Film

Before We Vanish

as Asumi Kase
Film

Shin Godzilla

as Evacuees Aqua Tunnel
Film

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition

2015
Film

As the Gods Will

as Maneki-neko (voice)
Film

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Ryōmaden

as Sakamoto Harui

Majisuka Academy

as Maeda

AKBINGO!

2008

Frequent co-stars

Sakura 2 shared titles
Yui Yokoyama 2 shared titles
Haruka Shimazaki 2 shared titles
Minami Takahashi 2 shared titles
Mariko Shinoda 2 shared titles
Mayu Watanabe 2 shared titles
Yuko Oshima 2 shared titles
Haruna Kojima 2 shared titles
Yuki Kashiwagi 2 shared titles
Rino Sashihara 2 shared titles

Career timeline

First Cry
Scandal EveHR Hero秋元康 × AI秋元康AKB48 20th Year Live Tour 2025 in BudokanNo Matter What, I Love You
Baby Assassins Everyday!MONSTERAlice in Wonderful KitchenBaby Assassins 3Undead Lovers
OzuA Town Without SeasonsKashi Mashi MeshiThe Crimes of Those WomenUtsubora
Modern Love TokyoCommunication to be understoodCommunication to be understood · DirectorDuty and RevengePandora's Bell
Bittomo x Senshi Kirameki Powers!Caution, Hazardous Wife: The MovieMr. Grim ReaperThe Supporting Actors in ByplaywoodTokyo Houchi Shokudou
What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"?The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –Legendary MotherRemotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of MurderRemotely Killed
Masquerade HotelThe Confidence Man JP - The Movie -To the Ends of the EarthThe World of Machida-kunThe Master of Funerals
Dynamite Graffiti4.50 from PaddingtonEating WomenNomitori SamuraiUntil I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
Before We VanishThe Public EnemyInspector ZenigataMukokuA Family Goes Job Hunting
Shin GodzillaBusujima Yuriko no Sekirara NikkiHonto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2016The Mohican Comes Home
A Fading SummerDokonjō GaeruInitiation LoveTales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist CompetitionThe Earthbound
As the Gods WillNobunaga ConcertoKabukicho Love HotelGu Gu the CatLeaders
Ghostly GirlThe Complex: PrologueTamako in MoratoriumPokémon: Eevee & FriendsAsaki Yumemishi
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” TravelogueThe Drudgery TrainSaikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~Documentary of AKB48 Show Must Go OnAKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~
HANA-KIMI 2011Documentary of AKB48 To Be ContinuedDocumentary of AKB48 The Future 1mm AheadLetters from a Sakura TreeDrucker in the Dug-Out
RyōmadenMajisuka AcademyQ10AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jourei"
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009It's going to be a Kami-Concert
AKBINGO!Shiori and Shimiko's Bizarre Case FilesHomeroom on the BeachsideAKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008Nasu Shonenki
How to Become Myselfスワンの馬鹿 こづかい３万円の恋The Suicide SongTeam A 1st Stage "PARTY ga Hajimaru yo"Team A 4th Stage "Tadaima Renaichuu"

Full Filmography

128 titles
  • First Cry (2026) as Shinobu Narimiya
  • Scandal Eve (2025)
  • HR Hero (2025) as Mano Naomi
  • 秋元康 × AI秋元康 (2025)
  • AKB48 20th Year Live Tour 2025 in Budokan (2025)
  • No Matter What, I Love You (2025) as Toko Irumi
  • Baby Assassins Everyday! (2024) as Iruka Minami
  • MONSTER (2024)
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  • Alice in Wonderful Kitchen (2024) as Mitsuzawa Kazusa
  • Baby Assassins 3 (2024) as Minami Iruka
  • Undead Lovers (2024) as Hanamori Yemei
  • Documentary of Baby Assassins (2024) as Self
  • Voice (2024) as Reiko
  • Ozu (2023)
  • A Town Without Seasons (2023) as Sawagami Misao
  • Kashi Mashi Meshi (2023) as Chiharu Oda
  • The Crimes of Those Women (2023) as Yukari Junno
  • Utsubora (2023) as Aki/Sakura
  • Maternity Leave Detective (2023) as Yoshino Ryoko
  • Maeda Atsuko Yappari Tsuri ga Suki! (2023) as self
  • And so I'm at a Loss (2023)
  • Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023) as Kaori Yasukawa
  • The Lump in my Heart (2023) as Hanauchi Toko
  • Modern Love Tokyo (2022) as Sayaka Kono
  • Communication to be understood (2022)
  • Communication to be understood (2022) Director
  • Duty and Revenge (2022) as Karasuma Kyoko [Taeko's friend]
  • Pandora's Bell (2022)
  • I Am What I Am (2022) as Maho Yonaga
  • Song of Aliens (2022) as Shimada Masami
  • THE 事業承継　その灯を消すな！ (2022)
  • Convenience Story (2022)
  • To the Supreme! (2022) as Machiko Okazaki
  • アクターズ・ショート・フィルム2　ドキュメンタリー (2022)
  • Women of the Night (2022)
  • Bittomo x Senshi Kirameki Powers! (2021) as Narrator
  • Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021) as Reiko Saegusa
  • Mr. Grim Reaper (2021) as Kawamei Minami
  • The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)
  • Tokyo Houchi Shokudou (2021) as Misaki Tsurumi
  • DIVOC-12 (2021)
  • Remain In Twilight (2021) as Mikie
  • Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~ (2021)
  • What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"? (2020)
  • The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess – (2020) as Suzuki
  • Legendary Mother (2020) as Mei
  • Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder (2020) as Matsuzono Kayoko
  • Remotely Killed (2020) as Matsuzono Kayoko
  • Masquerade Hotel (2019) as Keiko Takayama
  • The Confidence Man JP - The Movie - (2019) as Suzuki
  • To the Ends of the Earth (2019) as Yoko
  • The World of Machida-kun (2019) as Sakae Kirei Rira
  • The Master of Funerals (2019) as Yukiko Watanabe
  • Dynamite Graffiti (2018) as Makiko
  • 4.50 from Paddington (2018) as Aya Nakamura
  • Eating Women (2018) as Tamiko Shirako
  • Nomitori Samurai (2018) as Ochie
  • Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart" (2018) as Akiko Sakata
  • Before We Vanish (2017) as Asumi Kase
  • The Public Enemy (2017) as Mia Koide
  • Inspector Zenigata (2017) as Natsuki Sakuraba
  • Mukoku (2017) as Kazuno
  • A Family Goes Job Hunting (2017)
  • 銭形警部 漆黒の犯罪ファイル (2017) as 사쿠라바 나츠키
  • The Last Shot in the Bar (2017) as Reiko
  • 片想いの敵 (2017)
  • Shin Godzilla (2016) as Evacuees Aqua Tunnel
  • Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki (2016) as Yuriko Busujima
  • Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2016 (2016)
  • The Mohican Comes Home (2016) as Yuka
  • A Fading Summer (2015) as Yu Kahara
  • Dokonjō Gaeru (2015) as Kyouko-chan
  • Initiation Love (2015) as Mayuko Naruoka
  • Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition (2015)
  • The Earthbound (2015)
  • Decade - AKB48's 10 Year Trajectory (2015) as Self
  • AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015 (2015)
  • As the Gods Will (2014) as Maneki-neko (voice)
  • Nobunaga Concerto (2014) as Oharu
  • Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014) as Saya Iijima
  • Gu Gu the Cat (2014) as Iida
  • Leaders (2014)
  • Seventh Code (2014) as Akiko
  • Eight Ranger 2 (2014) as Jun Saigo
  • Ghostly Girl (2013) as Chiho Kawai
  • The Complex: Prologue (2013) as Asuka Ninomiya
  • Tamako in Moratorium (2013) as Tamako Sakai
  • Pokémon: Eevee & Friends (2013) as Narrator (voice)
  • Asaki Yumemishi (2013)
  • The Complex (2013) as Asuka Ninomiya
  • Documentary of AKB48 No Flower Without Rain (2013) as Herself
  • Team A 6th Stage "Mokugekisha" (2013)
  • Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue (2012) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • The Drudgery Train (2012) as Yasuko Sakurai
  • Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~ (2012) as Haruka Ihara
  • Documentary of AKB48 Show Must Go On (2012) as Herself
  • AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~ (2012) as Herself
  • Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super Arena (2012)
  • HANA-KIMI 2011 (2011) as Ashiya Mizuki
  • Documentary of AKB48 To Be Continued (2011)
  • Documentary of AKB48 The Future 1mm Ahead (2011)
  • Letters from a Sakura Tree (2011) as Atsuko
  • Drucker in the Dug-Out (2011) as Minami Kawashima
  • 「見逃した君たちへ」チームA 1st Stage「PARTYが始まるよ」公演 (2011) as Herself
  • 「見逃した君たちへ」チームA 4th Stage「ただいま恋愛中」公演 (2011) as Herself
  • 「見逃した君たちへ」チームA 5th Stage「恋愛禁止条例」公演 (2011) as Herself
  • 「見逃した君たちへ」チームA 6th Stage「目撃者」公演 (2011) as Herself
  • Ryōmaden (2010) as Sakamoto Harui
  • Majisuka Academy (2010) as Maeda
  • Q10 (2010) as Q10/Kuto
  • AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010 (2010)
  • Team A 5th Stage "Renai Kinshi Jourei" (2010)
  • AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009 (2009)
  • It's going to be a Kami-Concert (2009)
  • AKBINGO! (2008)
  • Shiori and Shimiko's Bizarre Case Files (2008) as Shimiko
  • Homeroom on the Beachside (2008) as Mayu Hunaki
  • AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008 (2008)
  • Nasu Shonenki (2008) as Megumi Sasahara
  • Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no Taiyou (2008)
  • Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai (2008)
  • How to Become Myself (2007) as Hinako Hanada
  • スワンの馬鹿 こづかい３万円の恋 (2007) as 쿠로다 히나코
  • The Suicide Song (2007) as Kana
  • Team A 1st Stage "PARTY ga Hajimaru yo" (2007)
  • Team A 4th Stage "Tadaima Renaichuu" (2007)
  • Team A 3rd Stage "Dareka no Tame ni" (2007)
  • Team A 2nd Stage "Aitakatta" (2007)

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Atsuko Maeda best known for?

Atsuko Maeda is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including First Cry (2026), Baby Assassins Everyday! (2024), Baby Assassins 3 (2024), What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"? (2020).

When and where was Atsuko Maeda born?

Atsuko Maeda was born on July 10, 1991 in Chiba, Japan.

How many credits does Atsuko Maeda have?

Atsuko Maeda has accumulated over 128 film and television credits across a career spanning from 2007 to 2026.

What is Atsuko Maeda's background in cinema and television?

Atsuko Maeda is a Japanese singer and actress born on July 10, 1991. She is known for her work in the Japanese idol group AKB48 and is recognized for acting, holding one hundred twenty-eight known credits. Her stage name is written in Japanese characters as 前田敦子, and she is also known by the variation 前田　敦子. She was bo...

Atsuko Maeda by the numbers

128credits
79films
49TV series
2007–2026active years

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Full filmography (128) Born on July 10

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