Maiko (actress)

Maiko (マイコ) is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency GR Promotion.

Early life
Maiko was born on March 15, 1985, in Seattle, USA to an American father and Japanese mother.

Career beginnings
Maiko was a subject to a longing scout and auditioned in the entertainment industry when she was a teenager. She received a corporate advertising audition for Shiseido and debuted in an advertisement in 2006.

Maiko's first starring role was in the film, Yama no Anata: Tokuichi no Koi, with Tsuyoshi Kusanagi in 2008. In 2010, she appeared in the NHK Taiga drama, Ryōmaden. Maiko later become the third-generation member of Choya Umeshu's Sarari to Shita Umeshu. In 2011, she appeared in the NHK Asadora, Ohisama, and in December of the same year, her debut in stage is 8 Women.

In 2014, Maiko played Ayumi Himekawa in Glass Mask, and later appeared in many films, television series, stage shows, and advertisements.

Personal life
Maiko married actor Satoshi Tsumabuki on August 4, 2016, after being in a relationship for four years. They met in 2012 when they co-starred in the Fuji TV drama "Keigo Higashino Mysteries."

Maiko and her husband have two children together. Their first child was born on December 11, 2019, and their second child on September 13, 2022.