Mao Inoue

Profile

• Name: Mao Inoue
• Japanese: 井上真央
• Birthdate: January 09, 1987
• Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
• Height: 158cm
• Star Sign: Capricorn
• Blood Type: O

Mao Inoue (井上 真央, Inoue Mao?) (born January 9, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She was a popular U-15 idol from 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for her portrayal as Akane Imai (今井 茜, Imai Akane?) in Kids War (キッズ・ウォー, Kizzu Uo?) and Tsukushi Makino in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which she won Best Actress in the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards and received a newcomer award at the 16th Hashida Awards for her role as Tsukushi.

Career

In 2006 she co-starred in the movie Check It Out, Yo! with Hayato Ichihara, Yūta Hiraoka, and Tasuku Emoto. The film was in theaters April 22, 2006. Inoue also co-starred in the summer 2007 drama First Kiss with Check It Out, Yo! co-star Hiraoka.

After the success of the two Hana Yori Dango dramas, a film was announced in August 2007, just months after the end of the 2007 sequel. It was Inoue's first starring role in a movie.

My Darling is a Foreigner was released in theaters in Japan on April 10, 2010 with Inoue starring opposite Jonathan Sherr.