MARIA TAKAGI ,JAPANESE ACTRESS BORN 1978 OCTOBER 25
MARIA TAKAGI ,JAPANESE ACTRESS BORN 1978 OCTOBER 25 Maria Takagi (Japanese: 高樹マリア Hepburn: Takagi Maria) is a Japanese TV and film actress and a former adult video (AV) star. Early in her career as a model, she also used the names Yukiko Hara and Rika Inoue. Life and career[edit source] Gravure model[edit source] Maria Takagi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan on October 25, 1978. Using the name Yukiko Hara (原由紀子), she released a "gravure" (non-nude) photo album Nishi-Shinjuku Love Story (西新宿恋物語) in June 1998.[2] She made an early movie appearance in the August 1998 mainstream film Yoi Yume Yakei (酔夢夜景), a love story directed by pink film director Shuji Kataoka.[3] In November 1998, under the name Rika Inoue (いのうえ梨花), she posed for the men's magazine Urecco[4] and as Maria Takagi, issued a photobook of nude pictures titled Blue in December 2000.[5] The next year, Takagi starred in the erotic fantasy Mermaid Girl (マーメイド ～海から来た少女～) writ...