Atsuko Maeda

Name: Atsuko Maeda
Japanese name: 前田 敦子, まえだ あつこ
Born July 10, 1991
Current age: 20




Birthplace: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Occupation: actress(a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48), singer(lead singer in all of the singles to date).
Genres J-pop
Active years: 2005- present

Atsuko Maeda is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She is in Team A and is one of the most prominent members of the group, appearing as lead singer in all of the singles to date. She is part of the "Senbatsu" group in the most recent singles.

Major Debut
AKB48 released Aitakatta under the major label DefSTAR Records. (Before this release, two disks were released as indies disks.) For this song, 20 members were selected from the 36 members of TeamA & TeamK. Maeda is one of these selected members, and she performed a leading role in the promotional video of this song.

Movie Debut
In 2007, Maeda played the sub-leading role in the movie "Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata" (「あしたの私のつくり方」?) This was her first performance as an actress. She started shooting this film August 20, 2006 and finished it in the end of September.