Maiko Itō

Most people in Japan met Maiko Ito first as an idol, then as the lead of the drama Furyo Shojo to Yobarete. The second act interests me more. In her forties she enrolled at Waseda, studied human sciences, and moved into research on keeping older people mobile, robotics included. She could have coasted on a familiar face. She picked the harder room.

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Name (English)

Maiko Itō

Name (Japanese)

いとうまい子

Reading

いとう まいこ

Born

August 18, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Nakagawa-ku, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

155 cm

Occupation

actor / singer / tarento / businessperson / non-executive director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

Blood type

B

Agency

マイカンパニー

Active years

1982 -

High school

Kinjo Gakuin Junior & Senior High School

University

Waseda University

Works summary

Appearances

221 (1982–2025)

By year

1982: 2, 1983: 13, 1984: 9, 1985: 15, 1986: 5, 1987: 7, 1988: 4, 1989: 8, 1990: 5, 1991: 6, 1992: 6, 1993: 5, 1994: 2, 1995: 3, 1996: 4, 1997: 5, 1998: 1, 1999: 2, 2001: 3, 2002: 4, 2003: 2, 2004: 3, 2005: 1, 2006: 2, 2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 3, 2010: 2, 2011: 5, 2012: 7, 2013: 1, 2014: 2, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 2

Debut work

命みつめて

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://mai.co.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/maimai818/
• Xhttps://x.com/maimai818
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiko%20It%C5%8D
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%84%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%BE%E3%81%84%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3544844

Tags

• Aichi Prefecture
• actor
• singer
• tarento

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.