MAKI HORIKITA WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 6, 1988. SHE IS A JAPANESE ACTRESS. SHE DEBUTED IN 2003 AND HAS STARRED IN NUMEROUS JAPANESE TELEVISION DRAMAS, TELEVISION AND MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENTS, AND MOVIES. HORIKITA’S POPULAR ROLES INCLUDE THE INTROVERTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT NOBUKO KOTANI IN NOBUTA WO PRODUCE, THE RIGHTEOUS LAW STUDENT TSURARA YOSHIKAWA IN KUROSAGI, AND THE CROSS-DRESSING SPORTS FAN MIZUKI ASHIYA IN HANAZAKARI NO KIMITACHI E.
HER FIRST NHK ASADORA PROJECT CAME IN 2012 THROUGH UMECHAN SENSEI IN WHICH SHE LED THE CAST AS A TEENAGER WHO BLOSSOMED INTO A TOWN DOCTOR DURING THE SHOWA ERA.
IN EARLY 2009, SHE ALSO DUBBED A CHARACTER FROM THE BELGIAN 3D ANIMATED MOVIE NAT’S SPACE ADVENTURE 3D/FLY ME TO THE MOON. SHE PROVIDED THE JAPANESE VOICE OF THE PROTAGONIST, A YOUNG MALE FLY WHO WAS DETERMINED TO EXPLORE OUTER SPACE.
