Maria Takagi

Maria Takagi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan on October 25, 1978. Using the name Yukiko Hara ({{nihongo2|原由紀子}}), she released a "gravure" (non-nude) photo album Nishi-Shinjuku Love Story ({{nihongo2|西新宿恋物語}}) in June 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.tisen.jp/pukiwiki/?%B9%E2%BC%F9%A5%DE%A5%EA%A5%A2|script-title=ja:高樹マリア|accessdate=2013-01-13|publisher= www.tisen.jp |language=Japanese}} She made an early movie appearance in the August 1998 mainstream film {{nihongo|Yoi Yume Yakei|酔夢夜景}}, a love story directed by pink film director Shuji Kataoka.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=153656|script-title=ja:酔夢夜景（よいゆめやけい） (1998)|accessdate=2013-01-13|publisher= AllCinema|language=Japanese}} In November 1998, under the name Rika Inoue ({{nihongo2|いのうえ梨花}}), she posed for the men's magazine Urecco{{cite web|url=http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?tkgmra00|title=高樹 マリア - Takagi Maria (Profile)|date=2004-08-13|accessdate=2007-11-14|work=Web I-dic|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103175519/http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?tkgmra00|archive-date=2008-01-03|url-status=dead}} and as Maria Takagi, issued a photobook of nude pictures titled Blue in December 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.urabon-navigator.com/books/4543|title=Photobook Maria Takagi: Blue|publisher= Urabon Navigator}} The next year, Takagi starred in the erotic fantasy {{nihongo|Mermaid Girl|マーメイド ～海から来た少女～}} written and directed by Kei Marimura which reached theaters in July 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=234873|script-title=ja:マーメイド ～海から来た少女～|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= AllCinema|language=Japanese}} Takagi also had a small part in the Kyoto Broadcasting System TV show {{nihongo|HATU Vampire Syndrome|ＨＡＴＵ ～ヴァンパイア・シンドローム～}} directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu and broadcast on January 5, 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=240741|script-title=ja:ＨＡＴＵ ～ヴァンパイア・シンドローム～ (2002)|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= AllCinema|language=Japanese}} Later in 2002, she had a role in the erotic drama {{nihongo|Yūrakuchō yakei|有楽町夜景}} which premiered in Ikebukuro in September 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/2002/dz002770.htm|script-title=ja:有楽町夜景|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= JMDB|language=Japanese}}

Takagi made her début as an adult video actress with the December 2002 release Super-Star for the Max-A Calen label.{{cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_2002.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714182132/http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_2002.htm|archivedate=2011-07-14|title=2002|accessdate=2007-11-14|publisher= AV 研究所 (AV Research Laboratory)|language=Japanese}} At the time of her début, AllAbout columnist Hiroshi Asuka commented on her reputation as an actress and her star quality.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625093726/http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20030114A/|archivedate=2004-06-25|url=http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20030114A/|script-title=ja:2003年は間違い無くマリアちゃんの年に　高樹マリア、満点のデビュー！|date=January 14, 2003|publisher= AllAbout|accessdate=2013-01-14|first=Hiroshi|last=Asuka|language=Japanese}} Six months later, the same writer described her as one of the top actresses in the adult field.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207175430/http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/201858/|archivedate=2011-02-07|url=http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/201858/|title=2003年上半期新人王＆MVPも満場一致 高樹マリア当然の大ブレイク！|date=June 22, 2003|publisher= AllAbout |accessdate=2013-01-14|first=Hiroshi|last=Asuka|language=Japanese}} It was announced in October 2003 that Takagi would play the "other woman" of a married man in the Fuji TV drama series {{nihongo|Someone is next to you|あなたの隣に誰かいる|Anata no tonari ni dare ka iru}} but that she would be continuing in her AV career.{{cite web|title=Porn to be an Actress|url=http://www.japan-zone.com/news/archives/2003_10.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204102103/http://www.japan-zone.com/news/archives/2003_10.shtml|publisher= japan-zone.com|date=October 18, 2003|archivedate=2003-12-04|accessdate=2007-11-13}}{{cite web |url=http://news.goo.ne.jp/entertainment/talent/W05-0171.html|script-title=ja:高樹マリア|accessdate=2009-01-27|publisher= news.goo.ne.jp|language=Japanese}} The Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported in 2003 that she was the highest paid AV actress in Japan.{{cite news |title=Porno world spreads its legs and shoots out a few secrets|url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/archive/news/2003/09/20030914p2g00m0dm999000c.html|publisher=Mainichi Shimbun|date=September 14, 2003|accessdate=2007-11-13}}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In late 2003 Takagi was the winner of five awards at the Kuki Inc.-owned XCity's Adult Video Grand Prix Awards. The biggest adult site in Japan at that time, XCity conferred upon Takagi both the Best New Actress and Best Actress awards, and the Best Video Title, Best Conversation, and Prettiest Face awards of 2003.{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031221095612/http://xcity.jp/CITY_ORG/grandprix2003/takagi/top.html|archivedate=2003-12-21|url=http://xcity.jp/CITY_ORG/grandprix2003/takagi/top.html|title=X City AVGP 2003: Maria Takagi|accessdate=2009-01-18|publisher= X City |language=Japanese}} In December 2003, Takagi celebrated her first anniversary with the Max-A studio with the video Maria Perfect One Year!!. Her last adult video, Fin...Maria Takagi, was released in February 2004 completing the 15 videos that she had originally contracted for with Max-A.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050424101514/http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20031026A/|archivedate=2005-04-24|url=http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20031026A|script-title=ja:快進撃はまだまだ続く 高樹マリア連ドラレギュラー！|date=October 26, 2003|publisher= AllAbout|accessdate=2013-01-14|first=Hiroshi|last=Asuka|language=Japanese}}

Takagi's first feature film after her retirement from adult videos was the romantic horror comedy {{nihongo|Ghost Shout|ゴーストシャウト|Gōsuto shauto}} with Saori Takizawa which was first shown in Tokyo theaters in December 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=321427|script-title=ja:ゴーストシャウト|accessdate=2013-01-13|publisher= AllCinema|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498297/|title=Gosuto shauto|accessdate=2013-01-13|publisher= IMDb}} The next year, in addition to guest appearances on various TV shows, Takagi appeared in two horror films, the mock documentary Noroi where she played herself and the manga-based Tokyo Zombie directed by Sakichi Sato.

Takagi was a regular on the Tokai TV drama {{nihongo|Keiyaku Kekkon|契約結婚}}, as the "femme fatale" Keiko Tokumaru, during its July to September 2005 run,{{cite web|url=http://www.jdorama.com/drama.955.htm|title=Keiyaku Kekkon|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= www.jdorama.com}} and also on the Fuji TV hospital series {{nihongo|Ns' Aoi|Ns’ あおい}} playing the part of Nurse Nishi Tomoko from January to March 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.jdorama.com/drama.991.htm|title=Ns' Aoi|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= www.jdorama.com}} In September 2007, she played Kasumi in the TV Asahi drama {{nihongo|Kuroi taiyō '07 Supesharu|黒い太陽　’０７ スペシャル}}, a TV special movie based on the Kuroi taiyō TV series.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=328949|script-title=ja:黒い太陽　’０７ スペシャル2007)|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= AllCinema|language=Japanese}}

Beginning with the fourth installment in July 2007, Takagi has been cast as hotel employee Kozue Morita on the two-hour TV Asahi mystery movies {{nihongo|Onsen maruhi daisakusen!|温泉㊙大作戦}}. The series, part of the TV Asahi {{nihongo|Saturday Wide Theater|土曜ワイド劇場|Doyō waido gekijō}}, aired its 12th episode in January 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1770563/|title=Maria Takagi|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://sb-p.jp/oishi/dowai/series/onsendaisakusenlist.html|script-title=ja:温泉(秘)大作戦|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher=sb-p.jp|language=Japanese|archive-date=2013-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524073033/http://sb-p.jp/oishi/dowai/series/onsendaisakusenlist.html|url-status=dead}} In June 2009, Takagi appeared in {{nihongo|Ju-on: Black Ghost|呪怨 黒い少女|Ju-on: Kuroi shōjo}}, part of the long running Japanese Ju-on horror film series known in English as The Grudge.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=333786|script-title=ja:呪怨　黒い少女|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= AllCinema|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422674/|title=Ju-on: Black Ghost|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher= IMDb}} Takagi had a major role in the 2015 film Shinda Me o Shita Shonen, a youth drama based on the manga of the same name by Tomohiro Koizumi.{{cite web|url=http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv57262/|script-title=ja:死んだ目をした少年|publisher=MovieWalker|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=http://shindame.com/|script-title=ja:死んだ目をした少年|publisher=Film's Official Website|language=Japanese}}

• Noroi (August 2005)
• Tokyo Zombie (December 2005)

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• {{IMDb name|1770563|Maria Takagi}}
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• {{cite web |url=http://ameblo.jp/takagimaria/|title=Maria Takagi's Official Blog|accessdate=2007-11-14|language=Japanese|publisher= ameblo.jp}}
• {{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006084157/http://www.trendfirm.jp/profile/takagi.html|archivedate=2011-10-06|url=http://www.trendfirm.jp/profile/takagi.html|title=TV appearance in official website|language=Japanese|accessdate=2013-01-14}}

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