Mao Daichi

{{Short description|Japanese actress (born 1956)}} {{Infobox person | name = Mao Daichi | image = | caption = 2017 | native_name = 大地真央 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Mayumi Tada | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|2|5}} | birth_place = Sumoto, Hyōgo, Japan | other_names = {{hlist|Mao|Mami}} | relatives = | death_date = | education = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1973–present | agent = | known_for = {{ublist|''Romeo and Juliet''|''Guys and Dolls''|''A Tale of Two Cities''|''Gone with the Wind''|''Carmen''|''My Fair Lady''|''The Sound of Music''|''Roman Holiday''|''Takeda Shingen''|''Japan Sinks''}} | death_place = | spouse = {{ublist|{{Marriage|Ken Matsudaira|1990|2004|reason=div}}|{{marriage|Yasumichi Morita|2007}}}} | awards = {{unbulleted list|15th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award (''My Fair Lady'')|24th Agency Cultural Affairs Arts Festival Award Grand Prix 1998 (''Roman Holiday'')|24th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award (''Roman Holiday'')|22nd Matsuo Performing Arts Theater Excellence Award (''Roman Holiday'', ''Mitsuko'', ''Once Upon a Mattress'')|36th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award (''My Fair Lady'')}} | website = {{official website|http://www.daichimao.com/|Official website}} }} {{nihongo|'''Mayumi Morita'''|森田真裕美|Morita Mayumi|''née'' {{nihongo|'''Tada'''|多田}}, born February 5, 1956}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp1654|title=大地真央|work=Nihon Tarento Meikan|language=ja|publisher=Yahoo! Japan|accessdate=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206082234/http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp1654|archive-date=February 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> better known as {{nihongo|'''Mao Daichi'''|大地真央|Daichi Mao}}, is a Japanese actress and former Top Star ''otokoyaku'' (an actress who plays male roles) of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe.

Her nicknames are {{nihongo|'''Mao'''|真央}} and {{nihongo|'''Mami'''|マミ}}.

==Experience==

===Stage=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1978 || ''Marius'' || Marius|| rowspan="4"| Takarazuka era |- | 1981 || ''DEAN'' || James Dean |- | 1984 || ''A Tale of Two Cities'' || Sydney Carton |- | 1985 || ''Guys and Dolls'' || Sky Masterson |- |rowspan="2"|1986 || ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' || Margaret Brown || |- | ''Twelfth Night'' || Viola, Sebastian || |- |rowspan="2"| 1987 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || Scarlett || |- |''The Prince and the Showgirl'' || Mary || |- |rowspan="2"| 1989 || ''Carmen'' || Carmen || |- |''Anything Goes'' || Reno Sweeny || |- |rowspan="3"| 1990 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- |''Anything Goes'' || Reno Sweeny || |- |''On the Twentieth Century'' || Lily Garland || |- | 1991 ||''Anything Goes'' || Reno Sweeny || |- | 1992 || ''The Sound of Music'' || Maria || |- | rowspan="2"| 1993 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- | ''Lady, Be Good'' || Susie || |- | 1994 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- |rowspan="2"| 1995 || ''The Sound of Music'' || Maria || |- | ''Irene'' || Irene || |- |rowspan="2"| 1996 || ''Scarlett'' || Scarlett || |- |''Anything Goes'' || Reno Sweeny || |- |rowspan="2"| 1997 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- | ''Cleopatra'' || Cleopatra || |- |rowspan="3"| 1998 ||''The Sound of Music'' || Maria || |- | ''Irene'' || Irene || |- | ''Roman Holiday'' || Princess Anne || |- |rowspan="3"| 1999 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- | ''Roman Holiday'' || Princess Anne || |- | ''Carmen'' || Carmen || |- |rowspan="4"|2000 || ''Roman Holiday'' || Princess Anne || |- | ''Mitsuko'' || Mitsuko Aoyama || |- |''The Sound of Music'' || Maria || |- | ''Once Upon a Mattress'' || Princess Winnifred || |- |rowspan="2"|2001 || ''Carmen'' || Carmen || |- |''Gone with the Wind'' || Scarlett || |- |rowspan="4"|2002 |||''Panama Hattie'' || Hattie || |- | ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- | ''The Lady of the Camellias'' || Marguerite || |- |''Gone with the Wind'' || Scarlett || |- |rowspan="2"| 2003 || |''Gone with the Wind'' || Scarlett || |- | ''Twelfth Night'' || Viola, Sebastian|| |- |rowspan="4"| 2004 || ''The Lady of the Camellias'' || Marguerite || |- |''The Sound of Music'' || Maria || |- | ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- |''Marie Antoinette'' || Marie Antoinette|| |- |rowspan="2"|2005 || ''Tosca'' || Floria Tosca || |- | ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- |rowspan="3"| 2006 || ''Twelfth Night'' || Viola, Sebastian|| |- |''Marie Antoinette'' || Marie Antoinette|| |- |''Gone with the Wind'' || Scarlett || |- | 2007 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- | 2008 ||''Moonstruck'' || Loretta Castorini || |- |rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- | ''Gabrielle Chanel'' || Coco Chanel || |- | rowspan="2"|2010 || ''Hedda Gabler'' || Hedda Tesman || |- |''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza || |- | rowspan="2"| 2011 || ''Gabrielle Chanel'' || Coco Chanel || |- | ''8 Women'' || Gaby || |- | 2012 || ''Ōedo Hidori 808'' || || |- | 2013 || ''40 Carats'' || Ann Stanley|| |- | 2014 || ''Too Many Husbands'' || Vicky Lowndes|| |- | 2016 || ''Double Jeu'' || Françoise|| |}

===TV series=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |-  | 1986 || ''Musashibō Benkei'' || Tomoe Gozen || ||<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/86-wed.html|title= 武蔵坊弁慶|access-date= 20 April 2025|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> |- | 1988 || ''Takeda Shingen'' || Satomi ||''Taiga'' drama ||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000899518/cast/|title= 武田信玄の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= May 6, 2024|work= The Television|archive-date= June 2, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220602083454/https://thetv.jp/program/0000899518/cast/|url-status= live}}</ref> |- | 2006 || ''Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' || Oichi || ''Taiga'' drama ||<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/06-taiga.html|title= 功名が辻|access-date= 30 November 2024|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> |- | 2016 || ''Daddy Sister'' || Takiko Aoyagi || ''Asadora'' ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2061891/full/|title=『とと姉ちゃん』ヒロイン父に西島秀俊追加キャスト15人発表|language=ja|publisher=Oricon|date=November 6, 2015|accessdate=February 4, 2016|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162808/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2061891/full/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2017 || ''And Then There Were None'' || Ayako Hoshino || ||<ref>{{cite web|title=And Then There Were None in Japan|url=http://www.agathachristie.com/news/2017/and-then-there-were-none-in-japan|website=Agatha Christie|date=6 March 2017 |publisher=Agatha Christie Limited|accessdate=24 April 2017}}</ref> |- | 2022–24 || ''The Honest Realtor'' || Madame || 2 seasons ||<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/drama/series/shojiki-fudosan/|title= 正直不動産覧|access-date= 20 December 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

===Internet series=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- | 2015 || ''Atelier'' || Mayumi Minamijo || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2056979/full/|title=桐谷美玲主演ドラマ『アンダーウェア』大地真央ら出演者発表|language=ja|publisher=Oricon|date=August 1, 2015|accessdate=February 4, 2016}}</ref> |}

===Films=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- | 1991 || ''Strawberry Road'' || Daughter of old man's brother || || |- | 1992 || ''Angel Boku no Uta wa Kimi no Uta'' || Sawako Kamigakari || || |- | 2006 || ''Japan Sinks'' || Saori Takamori || || |- | 2008 || ''Kurosagi'' || Sakura-mama || || |- | 2013 || ''R100'' || || || |- | 2016 || ''The Kodai Family'' || || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eiga.com/news/20151106/1/|title=綾瀬はるか「高台家の人々」主演で妄想女子に！|language=ja|publisher=Eiga.com|date=November 6, 2015|accessdate=February 4, 2016|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116180122/https://eiga.com/news/20151106/1/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2022 || ''Motherhood'' || Rumiko's mother || ||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2022/06/06/79155.html|title= 戸田恵梨香＆永野芽郁、湊かなえ原作映画『母性』で母娘に！初映像解禁|access-date= June 6, 2022|work= Cinema Cafe|date= 6 June 2022|archive-date= April 9, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230409230912/https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2022/06/06/79155.html|url-status= live}}</ref> |- | 2025 || ''Godmother: Life of Ayako Koshino'' || Ayako Koshino || Lead role ||<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2325806/full/|title= 大地真央、初舞台から50年経て映画初主演、"コシノアヤコ"の物語を映画化【コメントあり】|access-date= May 6, 2024|work= Oricon}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2|2026 || ''The Honest Realtor: The Movie'' || Madame || ||<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103458/|title= 映画正直不動産|access-date= 20 December 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- | ''Goodbye My Car'' || Reiko Kato || ||<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/105248/|title= 免許返納!?|access-date= 13 March 2026|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

===Japanese dub=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- | 2006 || ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' || The White Witch || || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/019449/-/04|title= ナルニア国物語／第1章：ライオンと魔女|access-date= December 1, 2021|work= Wowow|archive-date= December 1, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211201194718/https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/019449/-/04|url-status= live}}</ref> |- | 2017 || ''Sing'' || Nana || || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=6244|title= ＳＩＮＧ／シング|access-date= April 12, 2022|work= Fukikaeru|archive-date= June 30, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200630015656/https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=6244|url-status= live}}</ref> |- | 2022 || ''Sing 2'' || Nana || || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=17858|title= SING／シング：ネクストステージ－日本語吹き替え版|access-date= March 22, 2022|work= Fukikaeru|archive-date= March 25, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325151225/https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=17858|url-status= live}}</ref> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{official website|http://www.daichimao.com/}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{IMDb name|2371560}} * {{Facebook|Mao.Daichi.Official}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{Instagram|daichimao_official}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daichi, Mao}} Category:Japanese film actresses Category:Japanese musical theatre actresses Category:Japanese television actresses Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Hyōgo Prefecture Category:People from Sumoto, Hyōgo Category:20th-century Japanese actresses Category:20th-century Japanese women singers Category:20th-century Japanese singers Category:21st-century Japanese actresses Category:21st-century Japanese women singers Category:21st-century Japanese singers