1. In 2009, Atsuko Maeda won the first edition of AKB48's annual general elections, which are described as a popularity contest.
15 Facts About Atsuko Maeda
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Atsuko Maeda placed 15th, which secured her a spot on title track.
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Atsuko Maeda won the group's third general election held in 2011.
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Atsuko Maeda was one of the members who sang on every AKB48 title track since the group's inception.
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On March 25,2012, during an AKB48 Concert at the Saitama Super Arena, Atsuko Maeda announced that she would leave the group.
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AKB48 later announced that Atsuko Maeda would leave after the Tokyo Dome concerts; For her final performance, there were 229,096 requests filed for seat tickets.
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On June 15,2013, at AKB48's handshake event held at Makuhari Messe, AKB48 announced that Atsuko Maeda would appear as a special guest at the group's summer concert series at the Sapporo Dome on July 31.
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Atsuko Maeda described the song as "cheerful and fun" and hoped it would liven up the show.
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In 2007, Atsuko Maeda played a supporting role in the film Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata, which was her debut as an actress.
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Atsuko Maeda starred in the 2011 film Moshidora and appeared in Nobuhiro Yamashita's 2012 film Kueki Ressha.
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Atsuko Maeda starred in Hideo Nakata's 2013 horror film The Complex.
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Atsuko Maeda starred in the film Seventh Code, in which she plays a Japanese woman in Russia who is trying to track down a guy she previously met.
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In May 2015, it was announced that Atsuko Maeda had been cast in the role of Kyoko Yoshizawa, the female lead of the anime and manga series Dokonjo Gaeru, in a live-action version of the story set to air on Nippon TV in July.
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Atsuko Maeda married actor Ryo Katsuji; they registered their marriage on July 30,2018.
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Atsuko Maeda gave birth to their first child, a son in 2019.