Mao Inoue

Inoue was a household face as a child actor, then again as Tsukushi Makino in Boys Over Flowers. So there is something moving about her newcomer awards arriving in 2011 and 2012, well into adulthood. That was audiences realising they had never watched her act. Rebirth, The Snow White Murder Case, a taiga lead: she argues through work, not noise.

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Name (English)

Mao Inoue

Name (Japanese)

井上真央

Reading

いのうえ まお

Born

January 9, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

158 cm

Occupation

actor / child actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

Blood type

O

Agency

アン・ヌフ

Active years

1992 -

University

Meiji University

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
• 2011 Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer

Works summary

Appearances

122 (1992–2026)

By year

1992: 4, 1993: 1, 1994: 3, 1995: 1, 1996: 2, 1997: 7, 1998: 2, 1999: 2, 2000: 3, 2001: 1, 2002: 4, 2003: 2, 2004: 1, 2005: 3, 2006: 3, 2007: 10, 2008: 5, 2009: 6, 2010: 6, 2011: 5, 2012: 9, 2013: 6, 2014: 7, 2015: 1, 2016: 3, 2017: 1, 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 2

Debut work

真夏の刑事

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao%20Inoue
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%8A%E7%9C%9F%E5%A4%AE
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1323467

Tags

• Kanagawa Prefecture
• actor
• child actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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