Makiko Kuno | |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1967 |
Birth Place: | Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Other Names: | Shōko Kuno |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years Active: | 1987–present |
is a Japanese actress. Her early stage name was ; she changed it to, and switched to writing her surname in katakana in 2005.
Kuno has been active as a model since senior high school, and as an actress made her debut in 1987. In 1986, she participated in the first Pocari Sweat Image Girl Contest, but lost to 17-year-old Chisato Moritaka in the finals.[1] Kuno was the image girl of the JR East kiosks from 1988 to 1994. In 1994, she released a collection of photographs, Mitsu, and appeared nude in an original video, XX: Utsukushiki Karyūdo. In 1998, Kuno played the part of Sunday in the Chunsoft sound novel Machi to a favorable reception. In addition, she qualified as a sommelier in 1998.