:Maki Horikita
{{short description|Japanese former actress (born 1988)}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Maki Horikita
| image = Maki Horikita.jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| alt =
| caption = On presentation of Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, 2007
| native_name = {{Nihongo2|堀北 真希}}
| native_name_lang = jpn
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|06}}
| birth_place = Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
| birth_name = {{nihongo2|原 麻里奈}}
| othername = {{nihongo2|山本 麻里奈}} (married)
| spouse = {{marriage|Koji Yamamoto|2015}}
| children = 2
| family = Nanami Hara (sister)
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|voice actress}}
| yearsactive = {{Start date|2003}}–{{End date|2017}}
| agent = Sweet Power
}}
{{Nihongo|Maki Horikita|堀北 真希|Horikita Maki|born October 6, 1988}} is a Japanese former actress. During her career from 2003 until 2017, she starred in numerous Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies, including roles in Nobuta wo Produce, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and Doctor Ume.
Biography
Horikita was born on October 6, 1988, in Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/11/19/stage/joan-of-arc-takes-center-stage/ |title=Joan of Arc takes center stage |work=Japan Times |date=19 November 2010 |last=Otake |first=Tomoko |access-date=2 March 2017}} She is the eldest of three daughters. Considered a tomboy in her childhood, Horikita enjoyed playing basketball and baseball. She was the vice-captain of their basketball club in junior high. Despite her boyishness, Horikita looked up to her mother. This was revealed when she appeared in an episode of KAT-TUN's now-defunct variety show Cartoon KAT-TUN where she mentioned that she liked imitating her mother when she was younger.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/makihorikita/ |title=Maki Horikita - actress - jpop |access-date=2013-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803134526/http://www.jpopasia.com/celebrity/makihorikita/ |archive-date=2016-08-03 |url-status=dead }}
Career
=Print & TV endorsement=
Apart from modeling for photobooks, Horikita has appeared in magazines and television advertisements. She is best remembered for her television commercials for Fujifilm (where she appeared alongside Japanese idol Tomoya Nagase){{Cite web |date=1 April 2015 |title=FUJIFILM｜長瀬智也・樹木希林・堀北真希｜FUJICOLORデジカメプリント（富士フイルム CM 30秒）2004年 |url=https://www.wacoca.com/videos/656449/johnnys/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309085526/https://www.wacoca.com/videos/656449/johnnys/ |archive-date=9 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=Wacoca |language=Japanese}} and Lotte.{{Cite web |date=8 September 2009 |title=堀北真希、ロッテＣＭで和服披露 |url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20090908-OHT1T00013.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909203909/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20090908-OHT1T00013.htm |archive-date=9 September 2009 |access-date=9 March 2024}}{{Cite web |date=3 December 2009 |title=堀北真希 ロッテアイス CM |url=https://www.bb-navi.com/cm-douga/CMhorikitamaki.10156.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309091215/https://www.bb-navi.com/cm-douga/CMhorikitamaki.10156.html |archive-date=9 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=BB Navi |language=Japanese}} She is also a staple image endorser for Suntory{{Cite web |date=16 March 2009 |title=堀北真希、お酒のCMに初出演 自身のほろ酔いシーンに満足気 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/64153/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309092118/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/64153/full/ |archive-date=9 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}} and NTT DoCoMo.{{Cite web |date=10 June 2009 |title=堀北真希、可憐な浴衣姿で「戸惑う美女」を熱演 ～ドコモ新CM |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/66796/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309092635/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/66796/full/ |archive-date=9 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}} In 2008, Nihon Monitor recognized Horikita as one of Japan's top endorsers during its annual Most Popular Personality in TV CMs.{{Cite web |date=24 December 2008 |title=2008年のCMキング・女王はアノ人たち |url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/makoto/articles/0812/24/news034.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309090438/https://www.itmedia.co.jp/makoto/articles/0812/24/news034.html |archive-date=9 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=IT Media |language=Japanese}}
=Acting=
Horikita had been cast in several drama series and movies since 2003 but her roles in Densha Otoko and Nobuta wo Produce became her breakthrough performances. Her promising portrayal of the titular character in Nobuta wo Produce won her a Best Supporting Actress award from Japan's Television Academy Awards. It was also around this time that she won the Newcomer Award from Japan Academy Awards for her role as a student apprentice in Always: Sunset on Third Street.
In the following year, she won her second Best Supporting Actress award for her role in Kurosagi. Months later, she was given the lead role for Teppan Shoujo Akane!! and the role of a bully who is behind a class rebellion in Seito Shokun! where she co-starred with her agency senior Rina Uchiyama. She was also cast in the horror movie, One Missed Call: Final, the last installment of the One Missed Call franchise with agency colleague and best friend Meisa Kuroki and South Korean actor Jang Keun-suk.
Soon after, Horikita was awarded her first Best Actress award for her role as Mizuki Ashiya in the Japanese drama adaptation of the gender-bender manga Hana-Kimi, or Hanazakari no Kimitachi e. In the same year that Hana Kimi was filmed, Horikita also starred in the Taiga drama Atsuhime with Aoi Miyazaki. In the same year, she played the lead character who has multiple personality disorder in the suspense movie Tokyo Shōnen and reprised her role as a student apprentice in Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi, the sequel to her breakthrough movie. Horikita's exceptional work was recognized by Vogue Nippon which identified her as one of the eleven Women of the Year in 2007.[http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2135 Vogue names Women of the Year – Tokyograph]
On October of the following year, she was once again seen on television opposite Yuzu's lead vocalist Yujin Kitagawa, leading the cast of Fuji TV's golden time slot in the drama Innocent Love.[http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/08/20/02.html 堀北真希 不幸な生い立ち負けずに純愛] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013141540/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/08/20/02.html |date=2008-10-13 }} (in Japanese), 2008-08-20. Towards the end of the year, she had been cast as Naomi, the female protagonist of Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shite or DareKiss (based on Gabrielle Zevin's popular novel, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac) a Hollywood-Japan collaboration film directed by internationally acclaimed director and self-confessed Japanese culture fanatic Hans Canosa.[http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20081125-OHT1T00024.htm よし来た！！堀北真希ハリウッド進出！共演に松ケン、英語セリフも挑戦] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730042355/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20081125-OHT1T00024.htm |date=2009-07-30 }} Tokyograph, 2008-11-30. It was revealed that one-third of her lines in the movie were in English.{{cite web|title=Maki Horikita learning English for role of amnesiac in new film|date=26 November 2008 |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/maki-horikita-to-play-high-school-girl-with-amnesia-in-new-movie|publisher=GPlusMedia Co., Ltd.|access-date=2 May 2013}}
As soon as the filming for DareKiss ended, Horikita had gone on to appear in two television dramas: Atashinchi no Danshi in 2009 as an adoptive mother of six young men (played by Jun Kaname and Mukai Osamu among others) and Tokujo Kabachi!! in 2010 as an administrative scrivener opposite Arashi's Sho Sakurai.{{Cite web |date=17 January 2010 |title=特上カバチ!! |url=https://thetv.jp/program/0000005252/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309093700/https://thetv.jp/program/0000005252/ |archive-date=9 March 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=The Television |language=Japanese}}
In January 2011, Horikita starred in the movie adaptation of Into the White Night, a widely read novel that was adapted into a television drama in 2006 starring Haruka Ayase and Takayuki Yamada. Produced by Wowow Films, the movie was screened at the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama category.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2011 |title="Byakuyakou," "Heaven's Story" to show at 61st Berlin International Film Festival |url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/byakuyakou-heavens-story-to-show-at-61st-berlin-international-film-festival/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927215144/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/byakuyakou-heavens-story-to-show-at-61st-berlin-international-film-festival/ |archive-date=27 September 2012 |access-date=9 March 2024 |website=Tokyograph |language=Japanese}}
In 2012, Horikita was offered to lead the cast of an NHK asadora named Doctor Ume .{{cite web |url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/horikita-maki-confirmed-to-star-in-nhk-morning-drama-umechan-sensei/ |title = Facing Slow PC}} The morning drama featured Horikita as Umeko Shimomura in her carefree teenage years until she blossomed into a dependable town doctor during the Showa era. For the first time in nine years, NHK recorded an average audience rating past 20% for an asadora time slot when Doctor Ume garnered an average audience rating of 20.7%.{{cite web |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/maki-horikita-plays-pilot-in-new-drama |title = Maki Horikita plays pilot in new drama - Japan Today| date=14 August 2013 }} At the end of 2012, Horikita made her stage debut in a performance of Joan of Arc.
After the success of her asadora, Horikita has continued accepting lead roles in more television and movie projects like in the evening dramas Miss Pilot in 2013 and Masshiro in 2015 as well as in the film Mugiko-san to in 2013.
=Radio and voice acting=
Horikita was one of the six female celebrities taking turns to host Girls Locks!, a segment of the Japanese radio program School of Locks from the radio network Tokyo FM. When she was the host, Horikita provided book recommendations to her listeners and called selected letter-senders to discuss the questions they wrote in their letters. Her stint was at ten in the evening, every third or fourth week of the month. She took turns with Erika Toda, Yui Aragaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Nana Eikura, and Kii Kitano until she left the program in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.tfm.co.jp/lock/girls |title = SCHOOL OF LOCK! {{!}} GIRLS LOCKS! {{!}}}}
Horikita had also ventured into voice acting, debuting as an anime voice actress for one of the characters in Nobita and the Green Giant Legend 2008.[http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2031 Horikita to make anime voice acting debut in "Doraemon" movie - Tokyograph] Her highly featured project as a voice actress was for Professor Layton in which she provided the voice of the main character Luke.{{cite web|url=http://www.sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/game/080121/gam0801211241001-n1.htm |script-title=ja:のび太君がタイプです！"王女"堀北真希がアニメ声優初挑戦 |publisher=Sankei Shinbun |access-date=2008-01-21 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128152806/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/game/080121/gam0801211241001-n1.htm |archive-date=2008-01-28 |url-status=dead }}
In early 2009, she also dubbed a character from the Belgian 3D animated movie Nat's Space Adventure 3D/Fly Me to the Moon. She dubbed the voice of the protagonist who is a young male fly who was determined to explore outer space.[http://www.47news.jp/CN/200901/CN2009011901000826.html 堀北真希がハエ役に初挑戦 3Dアニメ映画で吹き替え] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729051815/http://www.47news.jp/CN/200901/CN2009011901000826.html |date=2009-07-29 }} {{in lang|ja}}, 2009-01-19
Personal life
On 22 August 2015 Horikita's management agency announced that she had married actor Koji Yamamoto earlier that day.{{cite web|url=http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20150822-OHT1T50155.html|script-title=ja:堀北真希、山本耕史と電撃結婚！交際2か月スピード婚|trans-title=Maki Horikita, Koji Yamamoto's surprise wedding! Speedy wedding after 2 months of dating|language=ja|date=22 August 2015|publisher=Hochi Shinbunsha|access-date=22 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823214116/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20150822-OHT1T50155.html|archive-date=23 August 2015}} The couple became close in May 2015 when playing the role of lovers in the theatrical production Arashi ga Oka (Wuthering Heights) and had commenced dating in June.{{cite web|url=http://sp.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2015/08/22/0008328142.shtml|script-title=ja:堀北真希&山本耕史が結婚 8月から同居|trans-title=Maki Horikita & Koji Yamamoto Married: Commenced Living Together in August|language=ja|date=22 August 2015|publisher=Daily Sports|access-date=22 August 2015}} On June 20, 2016, she announced her pregnancy. She gave birth to her first child in December 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/03/01/entertainment-news/actress-maki-horikita-retires-show-business/ |title=Actress Maki Horikita retires from show business |work=Japan Times |date=1 March 2017 |access-date=2 March 2017}} On February 28, 2017, she announced her retirement from the entertainment industry.{{cite news|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170301/p2a/00m/0na/004000c |title=Actress Maki Horikita announces retirement |work=The Mainichi |date=1 March 2017 |access-date=2 March 2017}}
Filmography
=TV dramas=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes ! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| rowspan="3" | 2003
|Tamako Anzai | | |
| Keitai Deka Zenigata Mai
|Mai Zenigata |Lead role |
| Koi Suru Nichiyōbi
|Chikako Imamoto |Lead role; episode 16 | |
| rowspan="4" | 2004
|Ningen no Shōmei |Sayaka Koori | |
| Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro
|Misuzu Inamine |Lead role | |
| Division 1 Houkago
|Mayuko Michida |Lead role | |
| Honkowa: True Horror Stories
|Yuka Tamura |Lead role | |
| rowspan="3" | 2005
|Nobuko Kotani | |
| Densha Otoko
|Aoi Yamada | |
| Akechi Kogoro VS Kindaichi Kosuke
|Marina Saegusa |Television film | |
| rowspan="5" | 2006
|Teppan Shoujo Akane!! |Akane Kagura |Lead role | |
| Densha Otoko Deluxe
|Aoi Yamada |Television film |
| Kurosagi
|Tsurara Yoshikawa | |
| Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi
|Yuna |Lead role; television film | |
| Honkowa: True Horror Stories: Summer 2006
|Arisa Kubo |Lead role | |
| rowspan="5" | 2007
|Koi no Kara Sawagi Drama Special: Love Stories IV | |Lead role; short drama | |
| Galileo
|Remi Morisaki |Episode 6 | |
| Deru Toko Demasho!
|Shizuka Kamei |Lead role; television film | |
| Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
|Mizuki Ashiya |Lead role | |
| Seito Shokun!
|Juria Kimura | | |
| rowspan="5" | 2008
|Danso no Reijin |Television film | |
| Innocent Love
|Kanon Akiyama |Lead role |
| Hanazakari no Kimitachi e SP
|Mizuki Ashiya |Lead role; television film | |
| Tokyo Air Raid
|Haruko Sakuragi |Lead role; miniseries | |
| Atsuhime |
| rowspan="2" | 2009
|My Boys: More Than Family But Less Than Lovers |Chisato Mineta |Lead role | |
| Chance!
|Tamaki Kawamura |Lead role; miniseries | |
| rowspan="3" | 2010
|Kikoku |Youko Kasai |Television film | |
| Wagaya no Rekishi
|Namiko Yame |Miniseries | |
| Legal Eagle, First Class
|Misuzu Sumiyoshi |Lead role | |
| 2011
|Umareru |Manami Hayashida |Lead role | |
| 2012
|Umeko Shimomura |Lead role; Asadora |
| 2013
|Tezuka Haru |Lead role |
| rowspan="2"|2014
|Fathers | Mifuyu Marui |Lead role; episode 5 |
| Matsumoto Seichō Drama Special: Kiri no Hata
| Kiriko Yanagida |Lead role; television film |
| 2015
| Akari Arimura |Lead role |
| 2016
|Higanbana | Kurumiya Nagisa |Lead role |
= Films =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes ! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2003
| Cosmic Rescue | Aya Mochizuki | |
| Seventh Anniversary
| Natsuki | | |
| rowspan="5"|2004
| Ayano Kubo | | |
| The Locker 2
| Ayano Kubo | Lead role | |
| Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
| | Photo only | |
| Hirakata
| Yui Asakawa | | |
| Premonition
| Sayuri Wakakubo | | |
| rowspan="4"|2005
| Gyakkyou Nine | Akiko Tsukita | | |
| Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
| Eriko Akishima | | |
| The Deep Red
| Young Kanako | | |
| Always: Sunset on Third Street
| Mutsuko Hoshino | |
| rowspan="4"|2006
| Haru no Ibasho | Meiko | Lead role | |
| Trick: The Movie 2
| Misako Nishida | | |
| Mobile Detective: The Movie
| Mai Zenigata | | |
| One Missed Call: Final
| Asuka Matsuda | Lead role | |
| rowspan="3"|2007
| Argentine Hag | Mitsuko | Lead role |
| Last Words
| Nagisa Ninomiya | Lead role | |
| Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
| Mutsuko Hoshino | | |
| rowspan="3"|2008
| Kurosagi | Tsurara Yoshikawa | | |
| Tokyo Boy
| Minato / Night | Lead role | |
| Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
| Princess Lire (voice) | | |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac | Naomi Sukuse | Lead role | |
| Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
| Luke Triton (voice) | |
| 2010
| The Lady Shogun and Her Men | Onobu | |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| Yukiho Karasawa | Lead role |
| That's the Way!!
| Hatsumi Takeda | Lead role | |
| 2012
| Always: Sunset on Third Street 3 | Mutsuko Hoshino | |
| rowspan="3"|2013
| Hospitality Department | Taki Myojin | Lead role |
| SPEC: Close
| | Cameo | |
| My Little Sweet Pea
| Mugiko | Lead role |
| 2014
| Toda Kaoru | |
= Video games =
= Dubbing =
Accolades
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width=85%
!Year !Award !Category !Notable Works !Result !{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| 2005
| Best New Talent | rowspan=2|Always: Sunset on Third Street | {{won}} |
| rowspan=4|2006
| 29th Japan Academy Film Prize | Rookie of the Year | {{won}} |
| 15th TV Life Drama Awards
| Best Supporting Actress | {{won}} |
| 30th Elan d'or Awards
| rowspan=4|Herself | {{won}} |
| MTV Student Voice Awards
| Best Teen Actress | {{won}} |
| rowspan=2|2007
| 4th Beauty Week Award | The Best of Beauty | {{won}} |
| Vogue Nippon Awards
| Women of the Year | {{won}} |
| rowspan=5|2008
| 17th TV Life Drama Awards | Best Actress | rowspan=2|Hanazakari no Kimitachi E | {{won}} |
| 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix
| Best Actress | {{won}} | {{cite web | url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/award/ns-dramagp/ns-dgp-result.html| title=歴代の受賞者・受賞作品 | publisher=Nikkan Sports | access-date=2011-01-18}} |
| 31st Japan Academy Film Prize
| Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 | {{nom}} | {{cite web |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=31 |title = 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト}} |
| 5th Cotton USA Awards
| Miss Cotton USA | rowspan=5|Herself | {{won}} | {{cite web | url=http://beauty.oricon.co.jp/trend-culture/trend/news/54584/full/ | title=堀北真希、披露宴間近の小池栄子に「とっても憧れます！」｜最新ニュース｜eltha（エルザ） }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/horikita-awarded-miss-cotton/ |title = Loading...}} |
| 19th Japan Best Jewellery Wearer Awards
| Best Jewellery Wearer | {{nom}} |
| 2009
| Vogue Nippon Awards | Best Leathernist | {{won}} |
| rowspan=2|2010
| 9th Ms. Lily Awards | Miss Lily 2010 | {{won}} |
| Gold Dream Awards
| Culture & Entertainment Category | {{won}} |
| rowspan=2|2012
| 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix | Best Actress | {{won}} |
| Fountain Pen Best Coordinate Award 2012
| Fountain Pen Best Coordinate Award | rowspan=2|Herself | {{won}} |
| 2013
| 2nd Best Beautist Awards | Actress Category | {{won}} |
References
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External links
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- [http://www.nipponcinema.com/tag/maki-horikita/ Maki Horikita] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301002927/http://www.nipponcinema.com/tag/maki-horikita |date=2012-03-01 }} at Nippon Cinema
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