Maeda Atsuko

Maeda Atsuko
Maeda Atsuko Ohta Pro Profile Photo (2018)
Name
Kanji	前田敦子
Kana	まえだ あつこ
Romaji	Maeda Atsuko
Nickname	Acchan (あっちゃん)
Birth Info
Birthdate	July 10, 1991
Birthplace	Chiba, Japan
Blood type	A
Current Age	33 Years Old
Sizes
Height	161cm
B	76cm
W	60cm
H	83cm
Professional Info
Agency	Ohta Pro
Social Networks	Instagram / Official Site / Twitter
Idol Career Info
Former Group	AKB48
Former Team	Team A
Debuted	October, 2005 / 1st Generation
Graduated	August, 2012

Maeda Atsuko was a member of AKB48's Team A. She is now on a solo career, affiliated with Ohta Pro.

Catchphrase

こんばんは。前田敦子です

Konbanwa. Maeda Atsuko desu

(Good evening. I'm Maeda Atsuko)

Trivia

• Favorite kind of sushi: Shellfish
• Favorite member: Takahashi Minami
• Good friends with: Takahashi Minami (AtsuMina), Minegishi Minami, Shinoda Mariko
• Future ambition: Actress
• Former member of MINT, the winner unit of the AmebaPigg Unit Battle
• Former member of Cooking Club and Driving Club
• She was the center for most of AKB48 singles until her graduation (22 out of 27 single A-sides she participated in)
• She was considered by many fans as the most popular member and the face/ace of AKB48
• Since the beginning of AKB48, she, along with Team A captain Takahashi Minami, have been in the forefront of the group
• Her younger sister's name is Miyuki
• Describes herself as having no talents
• Greatly admires Shibasaki Kou
• The first CD she ever bought was Love Machine by Morning Musume
• Has a Guinea Pig named Shokora, and a dog named Cocoa
• Wears glasses, "but only when I'm at home"
• Says she's bad at enunciation, so practices by just saying vowels
• As seen on AKB 1ji 59fun!, she, along with Takahashi Minami, can't skip properly
• Is left-handed
• She is a fan of Yomiuri Giants
• Donated 1.25 million yen for charity to Green Cross International in 2009
• In April 2015, she released a book called "Maeda Atsuko no Shicho Shitsu"

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

• 1st Senbatsu Election - #1 (Center) (Kami 7)
• 2nd Senbatsu Election - #2 (Media Senbatsu) (Kami 7)
• 3rd Senbatsu Election - #1 (Center) (Kami 7)
• 4th Senbatsu Election - Didn't Participate
• 5th Senbatsu Election - Didn't Participate

AKB48 Janken Tournaments

• 1st Janken Taikai - #15 (Lost to Kobayashi Kana)
• 2nd Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Akimoto Sayaka)

Solo Singles

#	Cover	Title	Release date
01		Flower	2011.06.22
02		Kimi wa Boku da (君は僕だ)	2012.06.20
03		Time Machine Nante Iranai (タイムマシンなんていらない)	2013.09.18
04		Seventh Chord (セブンスコード)	2014.03.05

Solo Albums

#	Cover	Title	Release date
01		Selfish	2016.06.22

Team History

Team A → Graduation

Joined AKB48 as a Team A member in October, 2005

Graduated from AKB48 on August 27, 2012 (Announcement: March 25, 2012 at Saitama Super Arena | Graduation Ceremony: August 26, 2012 at Tokyo Dome)

Singles Participation

AKB48 A-Sides

Sakura no Hanabiratachi Skirt, Hirari (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Aitakatta (Center) Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou BINGO! (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Boku no Taiyou (Center) Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka? (WCenter with Kojima Haruna) Romance, Irane (WCenter with Kojima Haruna) Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008 (WCenter with Kojima Haruna)

Baby! Baby! Baby! (Center) Oogoe Diamond 10nen Zakura (WCenter with Matsui Jurina) Namida Surprise! (Center) Iiwake Maybe (Center) RIVER (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Sakura no Shiori (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Ponytail to Shushu (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Heavy Rotation (Media Senbatsu) Beginner (Center)

Chance no Junban Sakura no Ki ni Narou (Center) Everyday, Kachuusha (Center) Flying Get (Center) Kaze wa Fuiteiru (WCenter with Oshima Yuko) GIVE ME FIVE! (Center) Manatsu no Sounds Good! (Center) Kimi wa Melody

AKB48 B-Sides

Dear my teacher (Sakura no Hanabiratachi) Aozora no Soba ni Ite (Skirt, Hirari) Dakedo... (Aitakatta) Virgin love (Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru) Namida Uri no Shoujo (Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou) Only Today (BINGO!) Mirai no Kajitsu (Boku no Taiyou) Viva! Hurricane (Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?) Ai no Moufu (Romance, Irane) Saigo no Seifuku (Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008) Yume wo shinaseru wake ni ikanai (Baby! Baby! Baby!) 109 (Marukyuu) (Oogoe Diamond) (Center) Sakurairo no Sora no Shita de (10nen Zakura) Majisuka Rock'n'Roll (Sakura no Shiori) (Center) Majijo Teppen Blues (Ponytail to Shushu) (Center) Yasai Sisters (Heavy Rotation) (Center)

Lucky Seven (Heavy Rotation) (Center) Kimi ni Tsuite (Beginner) (Center) Yoyaku Shita Christmas (Chance no Junban) (Center) Kurumi to Dialogue (Chance no Junban) (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Kiss Made 100 Mile (Sakura no Ki ni Narou) (Center) Korekara Wonderland (Everyday, Kachuusha) (Center) Yankee Soul (Everyday, Kachuusha) (Center) Seishun to Kizukanai Mama (Flying Get) (Center) Ice no Kuchizuke (Flying Get) Yasai Uranai (Flying Get) (Center) Noel no Yoru (Ue Kara Mariko) (WCenter with Oshima Yuko) Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai (Ue Kara Mariko) (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Sweet & Bitter (GIVE ME FIVE!) (WCenter with Takahashi Minami) Choudai, Darling! (Manatsu no Sounds Good!) (Center) Yume no Kawa (Gingham Check) (Center)

Albums Participation

AKB48 Albums

• Seventeen (SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban)
• Anata ga Ite Kureta kara (SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban)
• Baby! Baby! Baby! 2010 (Kamikyokutachi)
• Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to (Kamikyokutachi) (Center)
• Shoujotachi yo (Koko ni Ita koto) (WCenter with Takahashi Minami)
• Overtake (Koko ni Ita koto) (WCenter with Takahashi Minami)
• Kimi to Boku no Kankei (Koko ni Ita koto) (Duet with Itano Tomomi)
• Koko ni Ita koto (Koko ni Ita koto)
• First Rabbit (1830m) (WCenter with Oshima Yuko)
• Hate (1830m)
• Omoide no Hotondo (1830m) (Duet with Takahashi Minami)
• Daiji na Jikan (1830m) (Center)
• Guu Guu Onaka (1830m) (Center)
• Itterasshai (1830m)
• Aozora yo Sabishikunai ka? (1830m)
• Sakura no Hanabira ~Maeda Atsuko solo ver.~ (1830m) (Solo)

Units

AKBIdoling!!!

• Chuu Shiyouze!

Team Dragon from AKB48

• Kokoro no Hane

Stage Units

A1 (PARTY ga Hajimaru yo)

Skirt, Hirari

Hoshi no Ondo (2nd Unit)

A2 (Aitakatta)

Nageki no Figure

Nagisa no CHERRY

Senaka Kara Dakishimete

Rio no Kakumei

A3 (Dareka no Tame ni)

Nage Kiss de Uchi Otose!

Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru

A4 (Tadaima Renaichuu)

7ji 12fun no Hatsukoi

Himawarigumi 1 (Boku no Taiyou)

Idol Nante Yobanaide

Himawarigumi 2 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)

Hajimete no Jelly Beans

A5 (Renai Kinshi Jourei)

Kuroi Tenshi

A6 (Mokugekisha)

Ude wo Kunde

Team Surprise 1st Stage (Juuryoku Sympathy)

Omoidasu Tabi ni Tsuraku Naru

Kinmokusei

Heart no Vector

Concert Units

AKB48 First Concert "Aitakatta ~Hashira wa Naize!~"

• Classmate
• Blue rose

AKB48 Haru no Chotto dake Zenkoku Tour ~Madamada Daze AKB48!~

• 7ji 12fun no Hatsukoi

Live DVD wa Derudaroukedo, Yappari Iki ni Kagiruze! AKB48 Natsu Matsuri

• Nage Kiss de Uchi Otose!

AKB48 Masaka, Kono Concert no Ongen wa Ryuushutsushinai yo ne?

• Pajama Drive

Nenwasure Kanshasai Shuffle Sumaze, AKB! SKE mo Yoroshiku ne

• Skirt, Hirari
• Kimi wa Pegasus
• Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou

"Kami Kouen Yotei" AKB48 NHK Hall Concert 2009

• Honehone Waltz
• Kuroi Tenshi
• Skirt, Hirari
• Nagisa no CHERRY
• Glass no I LOVE YOU
• Heart Gata Virus

AKB104 Senbatsu Members Sokaku Matsuri

• Ame no Doubutsuen
• Zannen Shoujo
• Nagisa no CHERRY
• Kuroi Tenshi
• Skirt, Hirari

Yokohama Arena 2010 'AKB48 Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpi Ryouron'

• Dakishimeraretara

Surprise wa Arimasen

• Nagisa no CHERRY
• Yokaze no Shiwaza
• Skirt, Hirari

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2011

• Kareha no Station

Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! in Saitama Super Arena

• Flower
• Kinjirareta Futari

AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~

• 7ji 12fun no Hatsukoi
• Hajimete no Jelly Beans
• Nagisa no CHERRY
• Kuroi Tenshi
• Idol Nante Yobanaide
• Kimi wa Boku da

Kojimatsuri ～Kojima Haruna Kanshasai～

• Skirt, Hirari
• Sakura no Ki ni Narou
• Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?

Solo Songs

• Sakura no Hanabira ~Maeda Atsuko solo ver.~ (1830m)

Photobooks

• [2009.01.23] Hai. (はいっ。)
• [2010.02.25] Acchan (あっちゃん)
• [2010.04.26] Maeda Atsuko (前田敦子)
• [2010.06.07] ATSUKO
• [2012.03.16] Bukiyou (不器用)
• [2012.08.24] Acchan (Memorial Photobook) (あっちゃん)

Solo DVDs

• [2009.02.14] Muboubi (無防備)

Media Appearances

Awards

• 2011: Voce Beauty Awards 2011 Best Cosmetics Grand Prix - The Best Beauty of the Year
• 2012: 35th Japan Academy Awards - Popularity Award - Actor/Actress for "Moshidora"
• 2012: 21st Japan Movie Critics Circle - Best Newcomer for "Moshidora"
• 2012: Japan's Foreign Film Importers and Distributers Association - Foreign Cinema’s Best Supporter
• 2012: 4th Tama Film Awards - Best New and Upcoming Actress for "Kueki Ressha"
• 2012: Vogue Japan Women of the Year
• 2013: 22nd Japanese Film Professional Awards - Best Actress for "Kueki Ressha"

Movies

• Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata (あしたの私のつくり方) (2007) - Hanada Hinako
• Densen Uta (伝染歌) (2007)
• Nasu Shounenki (那須少年記) (2008)
• Moshidora (もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら) (2011) - Kawashima Minami
• Kueki Ressha (苦役列車) (2012) - Sakurai Yasuko
• Kuroyuri Danchi (The Complex) (2013) - Ninomiya Asuka
• Tamako in Moratorium (もらとりあむタマ子 Moratoriamu Tamako) (2013) - Sakai Tamako
• Pikachu and Eevee Friends (2013) - Narrator
• Seventh Code (2014) - Akiko
• Eight Ranger 2 (2014) - Saigo Jun (weekly magazine reporter)
• Kabukicho Love Hotel (さよなら歌舞伎町) (2015) - Saya
• Initiation Love (イニシエーション・ラブ) (2015) - Mayu

Dramas

• Swan no Baka! (スワンの馬鹿!) (2007)
• Shiori to Shimiko no Kaiki Jikenbo (栞と紙魚子の怪奇事件簿) (2008)
• Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu (太陽と海の教室) (2008)
• Majisuka Gakuen (マジスカ学園) (2010)
• Ryomaden (2010)
• Q10 (2010)
• Sakura Kara no Tegami (桜からの手紙) (2011)
• Hanazakari no Kimitachi e〜 Ikemen☆ Paradise〜 (花ざかりの君たちへ〜イケメン☆パラダイス〜) (2011)
• Majisuka Gakuen 2 (マジスカ学園2) (2011)
• Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~ (2012)
• Kasuka na Kanojo (2013)
• Asakiyumemishi (2013)
• Kageri Yuku Natsu (翳りゆく夏) (2015)
• Dokonjo Gaeru (ど根性ガエル) (2015)
• Majisuka Gakuen 5 (マジスカ学園 5) (2015)
• Yuriko's Barenaked Diary (毒島ゆり子のせきらら日記) (2016)
• Gou Gou, the Cat 2: Good Good The Fortune (グーグーだって猫である2 -good good the fortune cat-) (2016)
• Shuukatsu Kazoku: ~Kitto, Umaku Iku~ (就活家族～きっと、うまくいく～) (2017)
• Inspector Zenigata: Crimson Investigation Files ( 銭形警部 真紅の捜査ファイル) (2017)
• Izakaya Fuji (居酒屋ふじ) (2017)
• The Public Enemy (民衆の敵) (2017)
• Bye Bye Blackbird (バイバイ、ブラックバード) (2018)
• The Confidence Man JP (2018)
• Densetsu no Okaasan (伝説のお母さん) (2020)

Variety Shows

• AKB 1ji 59fun!
• AKB 0ji 59fun!
• AKBINGO!
• Shukan AKB
• AKB MOTOR CLUB
• AKB48 Nemousu Terebi (Season 3/4)

Gallery

Maeda Atsuko after her graduation (2013)

Maeda Atsuko's graduation in Tokyo Dome (2012)

Maeda Atsuko (2012)

Maeda Atsuko (2011)

Maeda Atsuko, winner of the 3rd Senbatsu Election (2011)

Maeda Atsuko (Late 2010)

Maeda Atsuko (Early 2010)

Maeda Atsuko (2009)

Maeda Atsuko, winner of the 1st Senbatsu Election (2009)

Maeda Atsuko (Late 2008)

Maeda Atsuko (Early 2008)

Maeda Atsuko (Late 2007)

Maeda Atsuko (Early 2007)

Maeda Atsuko (Late 2006)

Maeda Atsuko (Early 2006)