Mao

The name alone stops you — Mao, written with the characters for "true" and "fish," which is the kind of name that feels less like a label and more like a piece of quiet poetry. Born in 1991 in Toyohashi, Aichi, she's at that sweet spot in an actor's life where the early hustle has settled into something steadier and more intentional. At 162cm she's not towering, but there's something about that eye-level presence that makes you feel like you're actually in the scene with her rather than watching from a distance. She keeps her personal life genuinely private — not the performative mystery some celebrities put on, but the real kind — which honestly makes me more curious about the work. Leo with a Sheep year in the Chinese zodiac is a combination I find quietly interesting: fire underneath, softness on the surface. Whatever she's been building in the years before the spotlight fully finds her, I get the feeling it's going to land hard when it does.

Mao (real name: Mao, born August 5, 1991) is a Japanese actress from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. Standing 162 cm tall, she was born under the sign of Leo in the Year of the Sheep. Details about her career history, agency affiliation, and body of work remain largely private or undisclosed as of 2024.

Name (English)

Mao

Name (Japanese)

真魚

Reading

まお

Born

August 5, 1991 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Year of the Sheep (未)

Origin

Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

162 cm

Occupation

Actress

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9C%9F%E9%AD%9A%20(%E5%A5%B3%E5%84%AA)

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Actress

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.