Maki Mizuno
Maki Mizuno | |
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水野 真紀 | |
| Born | 28 March 1970 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | |
Maki Mizuno (水野 真紀, Mizuno Maki; real name Yuki Gotoda (後藤田 由紀, Gotōda Yuki), born as Yuki Enowaki (江野脇 由紀, Enowaki Yuki) on 28 March 1970) is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in jidaigeki and contemporary dramas. She has also appeared in the 2004 Godzilla movie Godzilla: Final Wars.
Biography
Born in Tokyo . After attending the Junior and Senior High School attached to the Faculty of Education at the University of Tokyo , she graduated from Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin Junior College in 1990. After transferring to the University of the Sacred Heart , she graduated from the Department of Education , Faculty of Contemporary Liberal Arts , at the University of the Sacred Heart in 2021. She also studied abroad at Le Cordon Bleu London for a short period and graduated from Hattori Nutrition College . She holds a kindergarten teacher's license, a childcare worker qualification, and a chef's license .
In 1987, while in her second year of high school, she won the judges' special award at the 2nd Toho Cinderella Contest. She was feeling down after being treated coldly by a boy she liked at the time, when her older sister found the contest's application information in the newspaper . She impulsively applied. In 1990, she made her entertainment debut in the NHK morning drama series Rinrinto . While attending junior college in 1989, she played the heroine in the film Winter Story . The following year, in 1990, she graduated from junior college and in 1992 played the heroine in the morning drama series Papakko-chan (Yomiuri TV).
She is known for being the first "Beautiful Older Sister "character in a commercial for Matsushita Electric Works (now Panasonic Electric Works ), and was chosen as the top actress among potential brides in 1996, the year she appeared in the commercial .
She also has her own TV show, "Maki Mizuno's Magical Restaurant" (MBS) , which has been airing since 2001. She said that it was only after she started hosting the show that she tried okonomiyaki ( a flour-based dish) for the first time. She has also appeared in a commercial for Osaka Gas , so although she is originally from Tokyo, she has a connection to the Kansai region.
In March 2004, she married her friend from university, Gotoda, and gave birth to her first son at Aiiku Hospital in April 2005 .
In June 2023, she was appointed as an outside director of JP Holdings , which operates nursery schools . [ 8 ]
Filmography
Films
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), Anna Otonashi[1]
- The Setting Sun (2022)[2]
- Even If This Love Disappears From the World Tonight (2022)[3]
- Aoike Haruka no Jiken Channel (2026)[4]
Television
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998), Tami[5]
- The Great White Tower (2003), Michiyo Satomi[6]
References
- ^ "ゴジラ FINAL WARS". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "太宰の「斜陽」映画化、ロケの舞台に山梨 地元出身俳優ら作品支える". Asahi Shimbun. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "古川琴音＆松本穂香ら新キャスト、道枝駿佑＆福本莉子のサンセットビジュアル公開『今夜、世界からこの恋が消えても』". Cinema Cafe. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "テレビショッピングの女王 青池春香の事件チャンネル". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ^ "徳川慶喜(各回の出演者)". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ "白い巨塔". Fuji TV. Retrieved 10 March 2022.