# Mao Daichi

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{{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](/source/Sumoto%2C_Hy%C5%8Dgo), Japan
| other_names      = {{hlist|Mao|Mami}}
| relatives        = 
| death_date       = 
| education        = 
| occupation       = Actress
| years_active     = 1973–present
| agent            = 
| known_for        = {{ublist|''[Romeo and Juliet](/source/Romeo_and_Juliet)''|''[Guys and Dolls](/source/Guys_and_Dolls)''|''[A Tale of Two Cities](/source/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities)''|''[Gone with the Wind](/source/Gone_with_the_Wind_(novel))''|''[Carmen](/source/Carmen_(novella))''|''[My Fair Lady](/source/My_Fair_Lady)''|''[The Sound of Music](/source/The_Sound_of_Music)''|''[Roman Holiday](/source/Roman_Holiday)''|''Takeda Shingen''|''[Japan Sinks](/source/Japan_Sinks)''}}
| death_place      = 
| spouse           = {{ublist|{{Marriage|[Ken Matsudaira](/source/Ken_Matsudaira)|1990|2004|reason=div}}|{{marriage|[Yasumichi Morita](/source/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](/source/Birth_name)'' {{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](/source/Nihon_Tarento_Meikan)|language=ja|publisher=[Yahoo! Japan](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Marius_(1931_film))'' ||  Marius|| rowspan="4"| Takarazuka era
|-
| 1981 || ''DEAN'' || [James Dean](/source/James_Dean) 
|-
| 1984 || ''[A Tale of Two Cities](/source/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities)'' ||  Sydney Carton 
|-
| 1985 || ''[Guys and Dolls](/source/Guys_and_Dolls)'' ||  Sky Masterson 
|-
|rowspan="2"|1986 || ''[The Unsinkable Molly Brown](/source/The_Unsinkable_Molly_Brown_(musical))'' || [Margaret Brown](/source/Margaret_Brown) ||
|-
| ''[Twelfth Night](/source/Twelfth_Night)'' || Viola, Sebastian ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1987 || ''[Gone with the Wind](/source/Gone_with_the_Wind_(novel))'' || Scarlett ||
|-
|''[The Prince and the Showgirl](/source/The_Prince_and_the_Showgirl)'' || Mary ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1989 || ''[Carmen](/source/Carmen)'' || Carmen ||
|-
|''[Anything Goes](/source/Anything_Goes)'' || Reno Sweeny ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1990 || ''[My Fair Lady](/source/My_Fair_Lady)'' || Eliza ||
|-
|''Anything Goes'' || Reno Sweeny ||
|-
|''[On the Twentieth Century](/source/On_the_Twentieth_Century)'' || Lily Garland ||
|-
| 1991 ||''Anything Goes'' || Reno Sweeny ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[The Sound of Music](/source/The_Sound_of_Music)'' || Maria ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1993 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza ||
|-
| ''[Lady, Be Good](/source/Lady%2C_Be_Good_(musical))'' || Susie ||
|-
| 1994 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|  1995 || ''The Sound of Music'' || Maria ||
|-
|  ''[Irene](/source/Irene_(musical))'' || Irene ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|  1996 || ''[Scarlett](/source/Scarlett_(Ripley_novel))'' || Scarlett ||
|-
|''Anything Goes'' || Reno Sweeny ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza ||
|-
| ''Cleopatra'' || [Cleopatra](/source/Cleopatra) ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|  1998 ||''The Sound of Music'' || Maria ||
|-
|  ''Irene'' || Irene ||
|-
| ''[Roman Holiday](/source/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](/source/Mitsuko_Aoyama) ||
|-
|''The Sound of Music'' || Maria ||
|-
| ''[Once Upon a Mattress](/source/Once_Upon_a_Mattress)'' || Princess Winnifred ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2001 ||  ''Carmen'' || Carmen ||
|-
|''Gone with the Wind'' || Scarlett ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|2002 |||''[Panama Hattie](/source/Panama_Hattie)'' || Hattie ||
|-
| ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza ||
|-
| ''[The Lady of the Camellias](/source/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](/source/Marie_Antoinette)||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2005 || ''[Tosca](/source/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](/source/Moonstruck)'' || Loretta Castorini ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza ||
|-
| ''Gabrielle Chanel'' || [Coco Chanel](/source/Coco_Chanel) ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010 || ''[Hedda Gabler](/source/Hedda_Gabler)'' || Hedda Tesman ||
|-
|''My Fair Lady'' || Eliza ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011 ||  ''Gabrielle Chanel'' || Coco Chanel ||
|-
| ''[8 Women](/source/8_Women)'' || Gaby ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Ōedo Hidori 808'' || ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[40 Carats](/source/40_Carats)'' || Ann Stanley||
|-
| 2014 || ''[Too Many Husbands](/source/Too_Many_Husbands_(1940_film))'' || Vicky Lowndes||
|-
| 2016 || ''Double Jeu'' || Françoise||
|}

===TV series===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref.
|-
<!-- NEED SOURCE
| 1981 || '' Ai no Sanka(Hymne à l'amour)'' || [Fubuki Koshiji](/source/Fubuki_Koshiji) || [TBS](/source/Tokyo_Broadcasting_System_Television) || Lead role ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1986 
|''Chaochao Tako Kaina: Takoyaki Renaissance ya'' || Yuko Tashiro || [MBS](/source/Mainichi_Broadcasting_System) || Lead role ||
|-
| 1989 || ''On'na Nezumi Kozō'' || Orin || [Fuji TV](/source/Fuji_Television) || Lead role ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Tengoku Kara Kita e 3-kilo'' || Tamako Chiyoda || Fuji TV ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Hanayome no Azayakana Kanzen Hanzai'' || || [TV Asahi](/source/TV_Asahi) ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1994 || ''Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari'' || || Fuji TV ||
|-
|''Kin'yō Entertainment'' || || Fuji TV ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Ryōma ga Yuku'' || Sakamoto Otome || [TBS](/source/Tokyo_Broadcasting_System) || ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[Furuhata Ninzaburō](/source/Furuhata_Ninzabur%C5%8D)'' || Haruko Kanamori || Fuji TV || ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Ai no ie: Nakimushi Sato to 7-ri no ko'' || Igarashi Sato || NHK  ||Lead role||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2006 || ''Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' || [Oichi](/source/Oichi) || NHK || Taiga drama ||
|-
|''[Saiyūki](/source/Saiy%C5%ABki_(TV_series))'' || [Princess Iron Fan](/source/Princess_Iron_Fan) || Fuji TV || ||
|-
| 2007 || ''Hanzai higaisha sodanshitsu: Iyashi no jikenbo-honoo'' || Igarashi Sato || TV Asahi  || Lead role||
|-
| 2009 || ''[Mr. Brain](/source/Mr._Brain)'' || Haru Sasami || TBS || ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Keiji Ryo Narusawa 2: Itsuwari no Seibo'' || Kiyomi Osanai || Fuji TV || ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Rich Man, Poor Woman'' || Masaigo Fujikawa || Fuji TV || ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2013 || ''Tensai Keiji Noro Bon Roku'' || Higashimi Mitsuma || TV Asahi  || ||
|-
|''Tokyo Bandwagon'' || Yurie ikezawa || [Nippon TV](/source/Nippon_TV) || ||
|-
|''Shikei-dai no 72-jikan'' || Kaoru || [NHK BS Premium](/source/NHK) || ||
|-
| 2014 || ''Higanbana: Onnatachi no Hanzai File'' ||  Sumire Segawa || Nippon TV || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2015 || ''Sono Otoko, Ishiki Takai Kei'' || Ranko Saotome || NHK BS Premium || ||
|-
|''[Atelier](/source/Atelier_(TV_series))'' || Mayumi Nanjo || Fuji TV || ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2016 || ''Higanbana: Keishichô Sôsa 7-ka'' ||  Sumire Segawa || Nippon TV || ||
|-
|''Onnatachi no tokusö saizensen'' (Episode 06) ||  Tokie Kawaharasaki  || TV Asahi  || ||
|-
|''Yūsha Yoshihiko to Michibikareshi Shichinin'' (Episode 07) ||  Leopard  || [TV Tokyo](/source/TV_Tokyo)  || ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 
|''[Tsuri Baka Nisshi](/source/Tsuri_Baka_Nisshi) Season 2'' (Episode 06) ||  Syuko Miwa || TV Tokyo  || ||
|-
|''Keishichou Sousa Ikkacho Season 2'' (Episode 07) ||  Kanae Sendou || TV Asahi  || ||
|-
|''[Doctor-X](/source/Doctor-X_(TV_series)) (Season 5)''||  Madoka Shimura || TV Asahi  || ||
|-
| 2018 || ''Koshiji Fubuki Monogatari'' || [Fubuki Koshiji](/source/Fubuki_Koshiji) || TV Asahi || ||
|-
-->
| 1986 || ''Musashibō Benkei'' || [Tomoe Gozen](/source/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](/source/Takeda_Shingen_(TV_series))'' || Satomi ||[''Taiga'' drama](/source/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](/source/K%C5%8Dmy%C5%8D_ga_Tsuji)'' || [Oichi](/source/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](/source/Toto_Neechan)'' || Takiko Aoyagi || ''[Asadora](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Sh%C5%8Djiki_Fud%C5%8Dsan)'' || 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](/source/Atelier_(TV_series))'' || 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](/source/Strawberry_Road_(1991_film))'' || Daughter of old man's brother || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''Angel Boku no Uta wa Kimi no Uta'' || Sawako Kamigakari || ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[Japan Sinks](/source/Japan_Sinks)'' || Saori Takamori || ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[Kurosagi](/source/Kurosagi_(film))'' || Sakura-mama || ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[R100](/source/R100_(film))'' || || ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[The Kodai Family](/source/K%C5%8Ddai-ke_no_Hitobito_(film))'' || || ||<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](/source/Motherhood_(2022_Japanese_film))'' || 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](/source/Sh%C5%8Djiki_Fud%C5%8Dsan)'' || 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](/source/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia%3A_The_Lion%2C_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](/source/Sing_(2016_American_film))'' || 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](/source/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}}

{{Authority control}}

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Category:1956 births
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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

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