Yōko Maki (真木 よう子 Maki Yōko, born Yōko Kanamori on October 15, 1982) is a Japanese actress signed to Soyokaze. Maki has appeared in several films including the 2004 film Infection and the 2004 American horror film The Grudge. Biography Maki made her film debut at the age of 19 in the 2001 film Drug. Her film career sprung when she received a role as Aya in the highly modernized remake of the Japanese vengeance film Lady Snowblood (later re-titled as The Princess Blade). Maki later began performing on stage in the 2002 play Cross. In November 2008, Maki announced that she had married a 26-year-old man not in the Japanese entertainment industry. She also announced that she is pregnant. Filmography Films TV dramas Direct-to-video films Commercials Lotte - Ao Toppo (2000) JR East - Omiya Station version (2005) Meiji Seika - Xylish (2005) TBS and Dentsu - Green Film Project: everyday (2008) Shiseido - Integrate (2008) Lipton - The Royal (2008) Other works Music (2011) (Tokyo No. 1 Soul Set collaboration, on their album Subete Hikari) "Saisakizaka" (2013) (single, produced by Ringo Sheena) Photobooks LIP (2003) Gekkan Maki Yoko (2007) Gekkan Maki Yoko Special (2008) Anime Michiko to Hatchin (2008–2009) – Michiko Malandro Video game Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016) – Kiyomi Kasahara References External links Flying Box official profile 1982 births Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese voice actresses Living people People from Inzai Musicians from Chiba Prefecture Voice actresses from Chiba Prefecture 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses