Maeda is notable for performing
Shiori Kitano in the 2003 film
Battle Royale II: Requiem, as well as for
voicing the title role in the
anime series ''
Kino's Journey'' (for which she also performed a theme song to the series, "The Beautiful World"). Her younger sister is
Aki Maeda. Ai Maeda came into the spotlight when she was only 8 years old, appearing in a
McDonald's commercial. From there her career started off. She modeled along with her sister
Aki Maeda when they were young until she was 16/17 years old, when she starred in many movies and TV series. Maeda is skilled in the piano, Tate (fighting battles on the movie set) and the English language (Ai studied abroad in Canada for a year in 2000). She starred in the 3-D Ghost horror film Shock Labyrinth 3D, which was directed by
Takashi Shimizu. She is a graduate of
Aoyama Gakuin University (Faculty of Economics, International Politics and Communications). On October 28, 2009, Maeda married
Kabuki actor
Nakamura Kankurō VI and they have two sons. ==Career==