Gōki Maeda (前田 公輝, Maeda Gōki, born 3 April 1991, in Kanagawa Prefecture)[1] is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Horipro.[1]

Gōki Maeda
前田 公輝
cropped three-quarter profile headshot of Maeda at Tokyo International Film Festival 2023
Maeda in 2023
Born (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 33)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
AgentHoripro
Notable work
Television
  • Sawayaka 3-kumi
  • Gokusen Dai 3 Series
  • Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
  • Tensai terebi-kun Max
  • Pet Dai Shūgō! Pochi tama
  • Sengoku Nabe TV: Nantonaku Rekishi ga Manaberu Eizō
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]

Biography edit

In 1997, Maeda joined as a first generation member of the Horipro Improvement Academy.[1] In 2003, he became a Terebi Senshi in the NHK Educational TV series Tensai terebi-kun Max for three years.

In 2007, Maeda moved to Horipro. In 2008, he made his first starring role when he played Keiichi Maebara in the film Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Maeda later played the same role in its sequel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Chikai in 2009. In 2010, he made his stage debut when he played the leading role in Byakkotai the Idol.

Filmography edit

TV dramas edit

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref(s)
2000 Food Fight Mitsuru Ihara (young) NTV Episodes 6 to 9
Kōfuku no Ashita Elementary student THK, Fuji TV Episode 30
2001 Sawayaka 3-kumi Haruo Murakami NHK-E Lead role
2007 Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari Haru no Tokubetsu-hen: Kiri Sashine Kyōiku Koyamada Fuji TV
Juken no Kamisama Toshiaki Sugawara NTV Episodes 9 to Final Episode
2008 Gokusen Dai 3 Series Goki Hamaguchi
Gakkō ja Oshierarenai! Shizuya Narita
2009 Konkatsu! Yosuke Fuji TV Episode 4
Dandy Daddy? Renai Shōsetsuka Ryunosuke Izaki Kosuke Yamamoto TV Asahi
2010 Hideo Yokoyama Suspense Yasuo Kashimura WOWOW Episode 18
Piramekino: Zakkuri Senshi Piramekiddo Nakamura TV Tokyo
2011 Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Tsuyoshi Kitahanada Fuji TV
2012 Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi
Bunshin WOWOW
Jiken 15 Ryo Nakai TV Asahi
Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou NTV Episode 7
Summer Rescue: Tenkū no Shinryōsho Kensuke Tanaka TBS
Irodori Himura Male high school student Episode 8
2013 Kamen Teacher Kotaro NTV
2014 Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo: Gokumon Juku Satsujin Jiken Gaku Nayashiki
Shark Chikai Episode 4
A Perfect Day for Love Letters Koichiro Minamida Episode 6
Platonic Shogo Hirosue NHK BS Premium
White Labo: Keishichō Tokubetsu Kagaku Sōsahan Takuji Nagakura TBS Episode 8
Tokkō Jimuin Minowa Kazuma Tajima YTV, NTV Episodes 11 and 12
2015 Dakara Kōya Kenta Morimura NHK BS Premium
Algernon ni Hanataba Yuki Kanda TBS
Wild Heroes Mamoru NTV Episode 2
Death Note Touta Matsuda [2][3]
Kōnodori Yuya Kihara TBS Episode 2
Damashi Banashi Asahi Yoshida NTV Lead role
2016 Mars: Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru! Sei Kashino Episodes 5 to 10 [4]
Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki Ryo Kimoto TBS
High & Low: The Story Of S.W.O.R.D. Yosuke Todoroki NTV
Yutoridesuga nanika Episodes 7 and 8
Keishichō Sōsaikkachō Kazuyoshi Shiota TV Asahi Episode 10
IQ246: Kareinaru Jiken-bo Taro Kuriya TBS Episode 5
2017 An mitsu Kenji no Sōsa File 2 Kenichiro Shirasu
2022 Chimudondon Satoru Sunagawa NHK Asadora [5]
I Will Be Your Bloom Kōjirō Iketani TBS [6]

Films edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Keiichi Maebara Lead role
Komori Seikatsu Kojo Club Toshihiro Komori
2009 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Chikai Keiichi Maebara Lead role
Gokusen: The Movie Goki Hamaguchi
Dakara Oretachi wa, Asa o Matteita Takuya
Slackers: Kizu-darake no yūjō Gen Ozaki Lead role [7]
2011 Men's Egg Drummers Rui
2013 Tōhai: Ura Rate Mājan Tōhai-roku Kay
2014 Kamen Teacher Kotaro
Psycho Gambler Hametsu-teki Yūgi Tetsuya Lead role
Gaki Rock Makoto
Torihada: Gekijō-ban 2 [8]
2016 High & Low: The Movie Yosuke Todoroki
2018 Wish You Were Here Young Tomiya Chinese film [9]
2019 Three Nobunagas Hanbei
2019 High & Low: The Worst Yosuke Todoroki
2021 Owari ga Hajimari [10]
2022 High & Low: The Worst Cross Yosuke Todoroki
2023 Knuckle Girl Shun Kamiya [11]

Stage edit

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Byakkotai the Idol Wasuke Ishida Lead role
12-Ri no Yasashī Koroshi-ya Kotaro Daigo
Ama Danshi: Ama dan
2011 Ginkō Gōtō Zenya
2012 Sukoshi Hamidete Nagurareta
2014 Nōgyō-kei Rock Musical: Itadakimasu!

Variety edit

Year Title Network Notes
1999 WaiWai Kids Kids Station, TVK, TVH, TV Saitama, Sun TV, Tochi TV, TV Aichi
Otoko no ko onna no ko Fuji TV
2000 Sekai Gotta ni Ijin-den Tokugawa Ieyasu-hen
2002 Chotto d Time: Kibō-ka no Hitobito NHK-G As Go
2003 Tensai terebi-kun Max NHK-E Terebi Senshi
2008 Pet Dai Shūgō! Pochi tama TV Tokyo
Da:Movie TV!! Sky PerfecTV!
2009 Ikemen Dell no Hōsoku KTV
2012 Sengoku Nabe TV: Nantonaku Rekishi ga Manaberu Eizō TVK
Ashita Switch TBS

Other TV programmes edit

Year Title Network Notes
2016 Minna no News Fuji TV Wednesday Hopper

Advertisements edit

Year Title
1999 Nagatanien Wafū Mābōdōfu no Moto
Bandai Digital Monster
2007 Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation Portable "Keiryō-ka"

Internet edit

Year Title Website Notes
2012 notty Live 7-Jikan! NotTV Friday MC

Dramas edit

Year Title Role Website Notes
2008 Gokusen Dai 3 Series Spin-off Kikyo Hamaguchi Dai 2 NTV Episode 1; First Talk
Gakkō ja Oshierarenai! Spin-off Shinya Narita Episodes 1, 3, 6, 7
Mill Papa: Shiawase no Zakka-ten Episode 1

Music videos edit

Year Title
2012 Bump of Chicken "Good Luck"

Short films edit

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Good Luck Nobe Bump of Chicken's CD "Good Luck" First Award Bonus DVD

Magazine serials edit

Year Title Notes
2004 Mainichi Shōgakusei Shinbun "Go! Go! Gōki!" Bi-weekly
2005 Myojo Regular
2008 Kindai

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "前田公輝|HORIPRO" (in Japanese). Horipro. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017.
  2. ^ Maeda, Gōki (6 Sep 2015). "「デスノート」に出演中の注目俳優・前田公輝を直撃!" (in Japanese). Smart The Television. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017.
  3. ^ "ドラマ『デスノート』前田公輝、一人"コスプレ祭"に「激似!」の声" (in Japanese). Crank In!!. 14 Sep 2015. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017.
  4. ^ "「男と目が合ってドキッとした経験は初めてです」前田公輝が語る窪田正孝、藤ヶ谷太輔、市原隼人ら、イケメン俳優とのほんわかエピソードに妄想が止まらない!" (in Japanese). VIP Press. 14 Feb 2016. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017.
  5. ^ "2022年度前期 連続テレビ小説「ちむどんどん」新たな出演者発表~ヒロイン・暢子が沖縄で出会う人々~". NHK. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  6. ^ 木南晴夏、志田彩良、ハナコ 菊田竜大、川津明日香、本田翼主演『君の花になる』出演決定 [Haruka Kinami, Sara Shida, Hanako Tatsuhiro Kikuta, Asuka Kawazu, and Tsubasa Honda will star in Kimi no Hana ni Naru]. Real Sound (in Japanese). 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  7. ^ Maeda, Gōki (29 Jan 2010). "「後悔はしたくない。今は校則と青春のギリギリのラインを走ってる感じ(笑)」 第5回「イケメン★シネマスター」ゲストは、前田公輝さん!" (in Japanese). Kakaku.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017.
  8. ^ "石橋杏奈&大島麻衣&前田公輝、浴衣姿で「トリハダ」大ヒットを祈願" (in Japanese). Eiga.com. 20 Sep 2014. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017.
  9. ^ "逢いたい". Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "根本正勝、峯岸みなみ主演作「終わりが始まり」京都国際映画祭でワールドプレミア". Natalie. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  11. ^ "ナックルガール". eiga.com. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

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