| Yōko Maki | |
| Native Name: | 真木 よう子 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Inzai, Chiba, Japan |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1999–present |
| Agent: | Soyokaze (LesPros Entertainment) |
Yōko Maki (真木 よう子 Maki Yōko, born Yōko Kanamori on October 15, 1982) is a Japanese actress signed to Soyokaze. Maki has appeared in several films including the 2004 film Infection and the 2004 American horror film The Grudge.
Maki made her film debut at the age of 19 in the 2001 film Drug. Her film career took off when she received the role of Aya in The Princess Blade, a 2001 reimagining of the manga Lady Snowblood. Maki later began performing on stage in the 2002 play Cross. In November 2008, Maki announced that she had married a 26-year-old man not in the Japanese entertainment industry. She also announced that she was pregnant.[1]
| nowrap | Year! | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Drug | Miki Kondō | ||
| The Princess Blade | Aya | |||
| 2003 | Maki Sōda | |||
| 2004 | Kamikaze Girls | BTSSB Staff | ||
| Mami Suzuki | ||||
| A Perfect Day for Love Letters | Rino Katasé | |||
| Infection | Yūko Kirino | [2] | ||
| Break Through! | Gang-ja Chun | |||
| The Grudge | Yoko | |||
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Santa? (short film) | ||||
| 2005 | In the Pool | Yoko Maki | ||
| Summer Time Machine Blues | Yui Itō | |||
| Veronika Decides to Die | Towa | |||
| 2006 | In the Pool | Yoko Maki | ||
| Fumio Kōsaka | ||||
| Sway | Chieko Kawabata | |||
| Major Boswell's Girlfriend | ||||
| Udon | Yui Itō | |||
| Marii Tōdaiji | ||||
| Ryōko Fujiki | ||||
| 2008 | Chinatsu Kakiuchi | |||
| 2009 | SP | Eri Sasamoto | ||
| 2011 | Hard Romantic-er | |||
| Looking for a True Fiancee | ||||
| Fujitsubo | ||||
| 2013 | Like Father, Like Son | |||
| The Ravine of Goodbye | ||||
| Maiko Okamura | ||||
| 2015 | The Lion Standing in the Wind | |||
| Nōnai Poison Berry | Ichiko Sakurai | |||
| 2016 | After the Storm | Kyoko | ||
| 2018 | The Blood of Wolves | Rikako | ||
| Yakiniku Dragon | Shizuka | |||
| 2020 | The Grudge: The Untold Chapter | Yoko | Voice role; uncredited | |
| 2021 | A Day with No Name | |||
| Ride or Die | [3] | |||
| The Cursed Sanctuary X | Hoshino | [4] | ||
| 2022 | A Man | [5] | ||
| The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero | [6] | |||
| 2023 | Nemesis: The Movie | Nagisa Kanda | [7] | |
| Undercurrent | Kanae | [8] | ||
| Jigen Daisuke | Adele | [9] | ||
| 2024 | Great Absence | [10] | ||
| nowrap | Year! | Title | Role | Form | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Natsuko | series | Ep.2,4 | ||
| series | Ep.1,2,4-7 | ||||
| Sae Takeuchi | series | Ep.9 | |||
| 2004 | series | Ep.5-7 | |||
| Meiko Furuya | one-episode | - | |||
| 2006 | Ritsuko Tachibana | series | Ep.8 | ||
| 2007 | Fūrin Kazan | Princess Miru | Taiga drama | Ep.26-?? | |
| Watashitachi no Kyōkasho | Saki Ōshiro | series | regular | ||
| SP | Eri Sasamoto | series | regular | ||
| 2008 | - | omnibus | regular | ||
| Kiyomi Horiike | omnibus | Ep.8 | |||
| Chinatsu Kakiuchi | series | Ep.9 | |||
| Mio Harada | one-episode | - | |||
| 2010 | Ryōmaden | Narasaki Ryō (aka Oryō) | Taiga drama | recurring | |
| 2019 | Hikari Tachibana | series | regular | ||
| 2021 | Nemesis | Mizuho Kanda / Nagisa Kanda | series | recurring[11] | |
| 2022 | Lost Man Found | Herself | series | Cameo; ep. 5[12] | |
| nowrap | Year! | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Emiko Sakura | ||
| 2005 | Tokyo Friends | Ryōko Fujiki |