Mari Hoshino

Biography

Mari Hoshino (星野 真里, Hoshino Mari; born July 27, 1981 in Kamifukuoka, Saitama) is a Japanese actress and singer.

Background

She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Most well known for her lead role as Otome Sakamoto in the TBS drama, Kinpachi-sensei, Hoshino has starred in several dramas in recent years. Her main role in Platonic Sex was somewhat controversial as it was rather contrary to her image as one possessing pure values. She has also published two photographic books as well as about six CDs. Of the Japanese dramas shown in Los Angeles, a substantial fraction of them have Mari in the cast.

Personal life

In September 2011, she married an TBS announcer, Takahiro Takano. On July 30, 2015, she gave birth to their first daughter, named Fuka (ふうか). In September 2024, she revealed on her Instagram that her daughter has congenital myopathy. However she later corrected that her daughter is actually has centronuclear myopathy.

Television

Kinpachi-sensei (1995–2011), Otome Sakamoto
Eve-Santa Clause Dreaming (1997), Mika
Thursday Ghost Story (1997, ep 15), Risa Sonoda
House of the Devils (1999), Rieko
Live (1999), Nana Ayukawa
Bus Stop (2000), Haruka Kitahara
Platonic Sex (2001), Kana
Shin Hoshi no Kinka (2001), Mahiru Morita
Ōoku (2004), Otama / Narrator
A Happy Birthday (2009), Natsuki Hoshi

Films

Blooming Again (2004), Kazuko Inoue
Infection (2004), Nurse
Sayonara Midori-chan (2005), Yūko
Keitai Kareshi (2009), Miki Asanuma
Battlefield Baseball (2011), Shinnosuke Suzuki
Kaigan-dōri no Neko-mimi Tantei (2022)
Sheep in the Box (2026)
All Our Tomorrows (2026), Shizuka Naito