Mao Daichi

Mao Daichi
Mao Daichi
大地真央
Born	Mayumi Tada; February 5, 1956 (age 68); Sumoto, Hyōgo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Mayumi Morita (real name); Mao; Mami;
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1973 - present
Known for	Romeo and Juliet; Guys and Dolls; A Tale of Two Cities; Gone with the Wind; Carmen; My Fair Lady; The Sound of Music; Roman Holiday; Takeda Shingen; Japan Sinks;
Spouses	Ken Matsudaira (m. 1990⁠–⁠2004); Yasumichi Morita (m. 2007);
Awards	15th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award (My Fair Lady); 24th Agency Cultural Affairs Arts Festival Award Grand Prix 1998 (Roman Holiday); 24th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award (Roman Holiday); 22nd Matsuo Performing Arts Theater Excellence Award (Roman Holiday, Mitsuko, Once Upon a Mattress); 36th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award (My Fair Lady);
Website	Official website

Mayumi Morita (森田真裕美, Morita Mayumi, née Tada (多田), born February 5, 1956, in Sumoto, Hyōgo, Japan),^[1] better known as Mao Daichi (大地真央, Daichi Mao), is a Japanese actress and former Top Star otokoyaku (an actress who plays male roles) of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe.

Her nicknames are Mao (真央) and Mami (マミ).

Filmography

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Marius	Marius	Takarazuka era
1981	DEAN	James Dean
1984	A Tale of Two Cities	Sydney Carton
1985	Guys and Dolls	Sky Masterson
1986	The Unsinkable Molly Brown	Margaret Brown
1986	Twelfth Night	Viola, Sebastian
1987	Gone with the Wind	Scarlett
1987	The Prince and the Showgirl	Mary
1989	Carmen	Carmen
1989	Anything Goes	Reno Sweeny
1990	My Fair Lady	Eliza
	Anything Goes	Reno Sweeny
	On the Twentieth Century	Lily Garland
1991	Anything Goes	Reno Sweeny
1992	The Sound of Music	Maria
1993	My Fair Lady	Eliza
1993	Lady, Be Good	Susie
1994	My Fair Lady	Eliza
1995	The Sound of Music	Maria
1995	Irene	Irene
1996	Scarlett	Scarlett
1996	Anything Goes	Reno Sweeny
1997	My Fair Lady	Eliza
1997	Cleopatra	Cleopatra
1998	The Sound of Music	Maria
	Irene	Irene
	Roman Holiday	Princess Anne
1999	My Fair Lady	Eliza
	Roman Holiday	Princess Anne
	Carmen	Carmen
2000	Roman Holiday	Princess Anne
	Mitsuko	Mitsuko Aoyama
	The Sound of Music	Maria
	Once Upon a Mattress	Princess Winnifred
2001	Carmen	Carmen
2001	Gone with the Wind	Scarlett
2002	Panama Hattie	Hattie
	My Fair Lady	Eliza
	The Lady of the Camellias	Marguerite
	Gone with the Wind	Scarlett
2003	Gone with the Wind	Scarlett
2003	Twelfth Night	Viola, Sebastian
2004	The Lady of the Camellias	Marguerite
	The Sound of Music	Maria
	My Fair Lady	Eliza
	Marie Antoinette	Marie Antoinette
2005	Tosca	Floria Tosca
2005	My Fair Lady	Eliza
2006	Twelfth Night	Viola, Sebastian
	Marie Antoinette	Marie Antoinette
	Gone with the Wind	Scarlett
2007	My Fair Lady	Eliza
2008	Moonstruck	Loretta Castorini
2009	My Fair Lady	Eliza
2009	Gabrielle Chanel	Coco Chanel
2010	Hedda Gabler	Hedda Tesman
2010	My Fair Lady	Eliza
2011	Gabrielle Chanel	Coco Chanel
2011	8 Women	Gaby
2012	Ōedo Hidori 808
2013	40 Carats	Ann Stanley
2014	Too Many Husbands	Vicky Lowndes
2016	Double Jeu	Françoise

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
1988	Takeda Shingen	Satomi	NHK	Taiga drama	^[2]
2016	Daddy Sister	Takiko Aoyagi	NHK	Asadora	^[3]
2017	And Then There Were None	Ayako Hoshino	TV Asahi		^[4]

Internet series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2015	Atelier	Mayumi Minamijo	Netflix		^[5]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1992	Angel Boku no Uta wa Kimi no Uta	Sawako Kamigakari
2006	Japan Sinks	Saori Takamori
2008	Kurosagi	Sakura-mama
2013	R100
2016	The Kodai Family			^[6]
2022	Motherhood	Rumiko's mother		^[7]
2025	Godmother: Life of Ayako Koshino	Ayako Koshino	Lead role	^[8]

Japanese dub

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2006	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	The White Witch	^[9]
2017	Sing	Nana	^[10]
2022	Sing 2	Nana	^[11]

References

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Mao Daichi at IMDb
Mao Daichi on Facebook (in Japanese)
Mao Daichi on Instagram (in Japanese)

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