Mei Fukuda

In March 2018, Fukuda won the grand prize at the Miss High School Girl Contest 2017–2018.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:"日本一かわいい女子高生" 福田愛依、キュートスマイル&超逸材ボディ大解禁|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2133955/full/|website=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=April 20, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja}} She served as an official supporter of the Dance Club Championship Vol. 6 in August.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:Dance Club Championship約100校の中から日本一の高校生ダンス部がついに決定！|url=http://you-sty.com/dcc-livereport|url-status=dead|website=You Style|date=August 15, 2018|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323230336/http://you-sty.com/dcc-livereport|archive-date=March 23, 2019}} Later that November, Fukuda was appointed as one-day chief of the Hakata Police Station in Fukuoka Prefecture.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:日本一かわいい女子高生「福田愛依（ふくだ めい）」 11/30(金)博多警察一日署長就任！|url=https://avex-management.jp/news/NVGLP|website=Avex Management News|publisher=Avex Inc.|date=November 29, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja}}

In February 2019, Fukuda made her acting debut in the seventh episode of Ms. Hiiragi's Homeroom produced by NTN Corporation, as a guest star in the role of a high school girl interviewed on the street. After graduating from high school,{{Cite web|script-title=ja:"日本一かわいい女子高生”福田愛依、人生初グラビアで『ヤンマガ』表紙に大抜てき|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2130991/full/|website=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja}} she played Ran Shimozono in Toritsuisho! Reiwa produced by Mainichi Broadcasting System and TBS.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:日本一かわいい女子高生の福田愛依が連続ドラマ初出演！ 憧れのキャバクラ嬢を演じる|url=https://avex-management.jp/news/190411_6398|website=Avex Management News|publisher=Avex Inc.|date=April 11, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja}} Later that July, Fukuda played the heroine Donko Hakatano in the FBS 50th anniversary drama Hakata-ben no ko wa kawaii to omote na? produced by Fukuoka Broadcasting System in her hometown of Fukuoka Prefecture. In August, she served as the first cheering supporter for the "K-1 Koshien" tournament.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:JK日本一の福田愛依、『K-1甲子園』王者メロメロKO王者の風格”絶賛され「うれしい!」|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2136909/full/|website=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=June 5, 2019|access-date=June 25, 2024|language=ja}}

In February 2020, Fukuda made her stage debut in {{Nihongo|"Avenue X Theater Vol. 1: X Avenue ni Fukukaze wa Sutekina Merodi o Tsuretekuru"|Avenue X Theater vol.1「バレンタイン・ブルー」～Xアベニューに吹く風は素敵なメロディを連れてくる～||Avenue X Theater Vol. 1: Valentine Blue, The Wind Blowing on Avenue X Brings Wonderful Melody}}. In August, she became an image character for the "Drunk Driving Eradication Special Content" by the Fukuoka Prefecture Police.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:福岡の新星！女優・福田愛依が 福岡県警「飲酒運転撲滅スペシャルコンテンツ」イメージキャラクターに就任|url=https://avex-management.jp/news/200825_7611|website=Avex Management News|publisher=Avex Inc.|date=August 25, 2020|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja}} In September, Fukuda played her first lead role of Sachiko Sano in episodes 9, 11, and the final episode of TV Tokyo series Girls Gourmet Burger Club.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:女子グルメバーガー部：テレ東の新グルメドラマ　大原優乃、日向坂46佐々木美玲、松田るかがグルメバーガーにかぶりつく|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20200607dog00m200019000c.html|website=Mantan Web|date=June 8, 2020|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja}} Later that November, she made her film debut in Beautiful Dreamer as herself.

In 2022, Fukuda made her Taiga drama debut in Episode 21 of The 13 Lords of the Shogun, playing the role of Chie, the wife of Hatakeyama Shigetada.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:福岡出身・岡田健史、FBS開局50周年ドラマで初主演 ヒロインは "日本一かわいい女子高生" 福田愛依|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2133608/full/|website=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=April 15, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2024|language=ja}}

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• The Land Beyond the Starry Sky (2021), Keiko Imai{{Cite web|script-title=ja:星空のむこうの国|url=https://eiga.com/movie/94969/|website=Eiga.com|access-date= 31 October 2024|language=ja}}

• The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022), Chie{{Cite web|script-title=ja:鎌倉殿の13人|url=https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/22-taiga.html|website=Haiyaku Jiten|access-date= 31 October 2024|language=ja}}

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• [https://avex-management.jp/artists/actor/fukudamei Official agency profile] {{In lang|ja}}
• {{IMDb name|11360242}}

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