, better known by her stagename is a Japanese actress. Early life and career Maju Ozawa was born Noriko Hijikata in Tokyo's Kagurazaka, Shinjuku Ward. She attended Oyu Gakuen Girls' Junior and Senior High School where she became a basketball athlete for three years.
When she was in elementary school, she was scouted many times by entertainment agencies, though she could not pursue a career in show business at that time due to her strict household. However, during highschool her desire to "try it after all" grew stronger. In the spring of 1993, in her second year of high school, she was scouted in Shibuya on her way home from school and joined an agency. There, her stage name was decided by the agency's president after her large, shining eyes were described as "pearl-like" (Maju; 真珠). Her first project was her gravure photoshoot that were published in a Seinen manga magazine.
Ozawa made her television debut in Kamisama no Tsumiboshi in September 1993, and her film debut in Rokudenashi Blues in 1996. A year later in 1997, she appeared in the drama series Amakara- shan. In 1998, she made her stage debut in Nakajima Ramo's Kodomo no Issho.
In 2000, she appeared in a photobook called "GO MAJU GO". Ozawa also received offers to appear in gravure photos after appearing in a Hong Kong film.
In 2004, She appeared in the television drama Peony and Rose, where she gained widespread attention for her role as a bully.
Personal life On January 31, 2014, Ozawa announced her marriage to a dentist, who is eight years her junior. They also revealed that they were expecting their first child. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on August 28 of that year.
On June 15, 2016, she announced that she was pregnant with her second child and gave birth to her second daughter on October 26. Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes2007X-CrossReika Saionji Television YearTitleRoleNotes1993God's AtonementDebut1994Dream Calendar Magistrate of NagasakiEpisode 4Sayonara AriAi SakakibaraThe Summer I Spent With YouKanako Tachibana1995Wavering FeelingsMoeko Hirooka1996Handsome ManMoeko TakamiMischievous KissReiko Matsumoto1997Saotome Chiharu's Tour Guide ReportKaori Kirishima2003Inspector Totsugawa Series 30: Paris-Tokyo Murder RouteMiyuki Kitagawa2010Auntie President Murasaki's Crime Cleaning Diary!: Garbage Knows MurderAyaka YamazakiSeason 82011Shoplifting G-Men Nikaido Yuki 20Yoko KatagiriReiko Kamijo's Case Mystery Erika YamadaInspector Midorikawa SeriesSayoko Yamashita2012Inspector Totsugawa Series 47: Atami/Yugawara Murder CaseAya Tachibana2013Matsumoto Seicho's 20th Anniversary Special: Cold CurrentReikaMetropolitan Police Department Forensics Division: Nanbara Kanji's AppraisalNoriko Karasawa2014Female Interrogator 3Kazue FukamachiMetropolitan Police Department Mobile Investigation Unit 216Ayako KikuchiNew Settlement Negotiator Secret FileReiko ShirotaSeason 4
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