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. 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.

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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 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

Origin

Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

162 cm

Agency

フリー

Active years

2017 -

Occupation

Actress

Works summary

Appearances

58 (2016–2025)

By year

2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 18, 2019: 13, 2020: 7, 2021: 6, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 2

Debut work

ウルトラマンオーブ

Filmography / notable works

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9C%9F%E9%AD%9A%20(%E5%A5%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56150446

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Actress

Last updated

2026-08-26

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