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Claude Maki

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Claude Maki
Born (1972-10-03) October 3, 1972 (age 52)
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, martial arts teacher, painter
Years active1987–present
MotherBibari Maeda

Claude Maki (真木蔵人, Maki Kurōdo) (born October 3, 1972) is a Japanese surfing and flight champion, actor and hip hop singer, under the stage name A.K.T.I.O.N., from Akasaka, Tokyo. He is the eldest son of actor and singer Mike Maki. His mother is Bibari Maeda (前田 美波里, Maeda Bibari), a Japanese-American actress.

Biography

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His height is 172 cm and his hobby is surfing. He made his television acting debut in 1987, after much work in theatre, in NHK's year-long Japanese period drama series Takeda Shingen.[1] Also that year, he made his motion picture debut in Soul Music Lovers Only. In 1989, he was named Best Newcomer at the Japanese Academy Awards for his role in the film Buddies. In 1991 he portrayed the deaf-mute surfer Shigeru in Takeshi Kitano's third film A Scene at the Sea. He starred in Junji Sakamoto's Falling Angels in 1997, followed by four films in 1998 including Golden Wolf, Resurrection, and Beat.

As a rapper he is on the same label as Zeebra, Solomon i&i Production.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Soul Music Lovers Only
1989 Buddies
1991 A Scene at the Sea Shigeru
1997 Fallen Angels Ishii Hihashi
1998 Golden Wolf
1998 Beat
1998 Resurrection
1998 Dolphin Through
2000 Brother Ken
2003 3 on 3
2003 Moon
2006 Backdancers! Teru
2007 Like a Dragon Akira Nishikiyama
2018 Woman Who Eats Jun
2022 A Winter Rose Yuji Yakamoto [2]
2023 Okiku and the World [3]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1987 Takeda Shingen young Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori Taiga drama

References

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  1. ^ Claude Maki biography at i and i production Archived August 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "冬薔薇(ふゆそうび)". eiga.com. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "せかいのおきく". eiga.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
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