Maki Horikita



"Maki Horikita had been an actress for 14 years before evenly retiring in 2017 since she started to do so in 2003. That's because she was married to Koji Yamamoto, and she even got pregnant to have her very first child. Now she went into spec ops career since World War III began. It seems that we're taking a turn in Mongolia too."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Maki's First Time

Maki Horikita (堀北 真希 Horikita Maki, born October 6, 1988) is a Japanese former actress. During her career from 2003 until 2017, she starred in numerous Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies, including roles in Nobuta wo Produce, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and Umechan Sensei.

Horikita had been cast in several drama series and movies since 2003 but her roles in Densha Otoko and Nobuta wo Produce became her breakthrough performances. Her promising portrayal of the titular character in Nobuta wo Produce won her a Best Supporting Actress award from Japan's Television Academy Awards. It was also around this time that she won the Newcomer Award from Japan Academy Awards for her role as a student apprentice in Always: Sunset on Third Street.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, Maki was one of the many Grand Alliance special ops members that partaken in the manhunt for James Reid and Nadine Lustre spearheaded by Mike Toreno.