Ai Takabe Explained

Ai Takabe
Native Name:高部 あい
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Name:中山 あい (Ai Nakayama)[1]
Birth Date:16 August 1988
Birth Place:Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:2004–2015

is a former Japanese actress and voice actress. She is best known for starring as Fumiyo Nabekura in television series Guren Onna and voicing Agiri Goshiki in anime television series Kill Me Baby.

Career

Ai Takabe won the Gravure Award at the 10th Japan Bishōjo Contest in August 2004. The following month, she joined, an idol group composed of Japan Bishōjo Contest winners (8th through 10th). In May 2005, she won the Grand Prix award at the 1st Miss WPB Contest.[2]

Takabe's first acting role was in the 2006 P&G Pantene Drama Special: True Love. She played a lacrosse player and acted alongside Yui Aragaki. She also played various minor roles in Gachi Baka, Teru Teru Ashita, Shimokita Sundays, and Kosodate no Tensai.

In October 2007, she played a supporting character in the television series Flight Panic. In 2008, Takabe played the leading role in Guren Onna, as a high school teacher who dresses up as the ghost of a murder victim.[3]

Takabe was also affiliated with Oscar Promotion, until 2015.[4]

Personal life

Takabe graduated from Horikoshi High School in 2007.[5] In 2017, Takabe married a well-respected attorney.[6]

Arrest

On October 15, 2015, Ai Takabe was arrested for alleged cocaine possession,[7] effectively ending her acting career.[4]

On March 30, 2016, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (PPO) dropped the charges against her. The PPO reported that the exoneration was not "due to a lack of evidence or condolence," but to a "comprehensive consideration of the very small amount of narcotics in her possession, as well as the social sanctions she has already received."[8] [9]

Filmography

Bold denotes leading roles.

Film

Television

Anime

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 現役人気アイドル・高部あい「麻薬逮捕」されていた. Tokyo Sports. 2015-10-27. 2015-11-22. 2018-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516174802/https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/entertainment/464775/. dead.
  2. Web site: 高部あい『いい女になって帰ってきた』. 2013-08-13. 2018-07-01. Shueisha. ja. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225231/http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2013/08/18/21230/. dead.
  3. Web site: 特殊メイクに初挑戦の"コスプレ幽霊"高部あい「街中でもやってみたい」. 2008-01-09. 2018-07-01. Oricon News. Oricon. ja.
  4. Web site: 2016-03-31. Voice Actress Ai Takabe Will Not Face Prosecution For Cocaine Use. 2020-07-23. Otaku USA Magazine. en-US.
  5. Web site: 高部あい、渋谷飛鳥、森田彩華…堀越高校、涙の卒業式. 2007-02-16. 2018-07-01. Zakzak. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20070218072247/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2007_02/g2007021601.html. 2007-02-18. dead.
  6. Web site: Kill Me Baby, Sweet Blue Flowers Voice Actress Ai Takabe Marries. Sherman. Jennifer. 2017-10-24. Anime News Network. 2018-07-01.
  7. Web site: 'Kill Me Baby Actress/Idol Ai Takabe Arrested for Alleged Drug Possession . Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Anime News Network . 2015-10-27 . 2015-10-27.
  8. Web site: Actress Ai Takabe not prosecuted for cocaine use . Tokyo Reporter . 2016-03-30 . 2016-05-24.
  9. Web site: Anime voice actress arrested for cocaine possession in Tokyo won't be prosecuted. Baseel. Casey. 2016-03-30. 2018-07-01. SoraNews24.
  10. Web site: Looking for Anne (2009). IMDB.
  11. Web site: 高部あい「マイペースだと思われています(笑)」. 2015-04-30. 2018-07-01. The Television. Kadokawa Corporation. ja.
  12. Web site: 見どころは「"女"を使って事件を解決するシーン」. 2015-04-30. 2018-07-01. The Television. Kadokawa Corporation. ja.

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