Ai Maeda (actress)

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Ai Maeda as Shiori Kitano in Battle Royale II: Requiem

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 McDonalds commercial. From there her career started off. She modeled along with her sister Aki Maeda when they where young until she was 16/17 years old, when she starred in many of 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).

She is not to be confused with the seiyū of the same name.

[edit] 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"