Ai Maeda (actress)
Ai Maeda is a Japanese actress, singer and model.Biography
Maeda is notable for performing Shiori Kitano in the 2003 film , as well as for voicing the title role in the anime series Kino's Journey. 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 is skilled in the piano, Tate and the English language. She starred in the 3-D Ghost horror film Shock Labyrinth 3D, which was directed by Takashi Shimizu.
She is a graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University.
On October 28, 2009, Maeda married Kabuki actor Nakamura Kankurō VI and they have two sons.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.
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Mini-albums
The title track was used in Kino's Journey ending theme
