English Stage Name:
Yoko Maki
Japanese Stage Name:
真木よう子
Birth Name:
Yoko Kanamori
Nickname:
Yoko
Origin:
Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type:
A
Height:
160 cm ( 5 ft 3 inches)
Weight:
40kg (89 lbs)
Marital Status:
Married (since 2008)
Children:
One daughter
Family:
Father, Mother, one older brother, two younger brothers
Husband:
Reo Katayama, actor
Past Relationships/ Ex-Boyfriends:
- Eita, actor
Rumored to have dated
- Keishi Nagatsuka, actor
Rumored to have dated
Best Friends;
- Noriko Eguchi, actress
- Ai Otsuka, singer and actress
- Kaela Kimura, singer and model
Hobbies：
- Reading comic books
- Watching movies
- Watching Owarai (Japanese style of stand-up comedy)
- Running
Pets:
One cat
Personality:
Yoko is said to be;
- more boyish than girly, because she grew up with a family of four men; her father and three brothers.
- charming, according to Kayoko Okubo, actress.
Trivia:
- When Yoko was 9 years old, she saw a movie, “Rex: A Dinosaur Story” starring Yumi Adachi. Inspired by Yumi’s acting, she decided to become and actress then.
- Waiting to turn 15, Yoko told her father that she is planning to audition for an acting school the following year. He strongly disapproved her joining the entertainment industry.
- Despite her father’s disapproval, Yoko auditioned for an acting school, Mumei Jyuku in 1998 right after graduating from middle school. She became one of the five winners out of 1,000 applicants that year.
- Yoko is a big fan of Ringo Sheena (Shiina). Therefore, when she was offered to sing a song for her starring movie, “The Ravine of Goodbye”, Yoko asked Ringo to write a song for her.
- Yoko had taken karate lessons when she was in elementary school.
- When Yoko was in middle school, she was on a track and field team.
- Yoko loves reading comic books and her favorites are; Rokudenashi Blues, Yotsuba&!, Sunny.