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Ai Takabe (高部 あい, Takabe Ai, born August 16, 1988) is a Japanese former actress and voice actress. She is best known for starring as Fumiyo Nabekura in television series Guren Onna and voicing Agiri Goshiki in anime television series Kill Me Baby.




Career


Ai Takabe won the Gravure Award at the 10th Japan Bishōjo Contest in August 2004. The following month, she joined Bishōjo Club 31 (美少女クラブ31), an idol group composed of Japan Bishōjo Contest winners (8th through 10th). In May 2005, she won the Grand Prix award at the 1st Miss WPB Contest.
Takabe's first acting role was in the 2006 P&G Pantene Drama Special: True Love. She played a lacrosse player and acted alongside Yui Aragaki. She also played various minor roles in Gachi Baka, Teru Teru Ashita, Shimokita Sundays, and Kosodate no Tensai.
In October 2007, she played a supporting character in the television series Flight Panic. In 2008, Takabe played the leading role in Guren Onna, as a high school teacher who dresses up as the ghost of a murder victim.
Takabe was also affiliated with Oscar Promotion, until 2015.




Personal life


Takabe graduated from Horikoshi High School in 2007. In 2017, Takabe married a well-respected attorney.




= Arrest

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On October 15, 2015, Ai Takabe was arrested for alleged cocaine possession, effectively ending her acting career.
On March 30, 2016, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (PPO) dropped the charges against her. The PPO reported that the exoneration was not "due to a lack of evidence or condolence," but to a "comprehensive consideration of the very small amount of narcotics in her possession, as well as the social sanctions she has already received."




Filmography


Bold denotes leading roles.




= Film

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Yoru no Picnic (2006) – Ryōko Uchibori
Waruboro (2007) – Sayuki
Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru (2008) – Kyoko
Looking for Anne (2009)
Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010)
Joshikōsei Zombie (2010) – Airin
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2012) – Chigusa Maeda




= Television

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True Love (2006) – Kana Suzuki
Gachi Baka (2006) – Yūko Kageyama
Teru Teru Ashita (2006) – Yoshiko Yamada
Shimokita Sundays (2006) – Futaba Tadokoro
Kosodate no Tensai (2007) – Miyū Kamiya
Guren Onna (2008) – Fumiyo Nabekura
Cat Street (2008) – Nako Sonoda
Fukuoka Renai Hakusho Part 4 (2009) – Maya Ebihara
Reset (2009) – Sachiko Akigusa
Mirai wa Bokura no Te no Naka ni (2009) – Mika Higuchi
Arienai! (2010) – Miwa Yamamoto
The Legend of Yang Guifei (2010) – Yuriko Watanabe
Freeter, Ie wo Kau (2010) – Michiru Toyonaka
Ihin no Koe o Kiku Otoko 3 (2012) – Karin Sawaguchi
Shirato Osamu no Jikenbo (2012) – Yumi Yanagisawa
Yo Nimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Dressing Room (2012) – Maiko Kawai
Renai Kentei (2012) – Kako Sekine
Michinoku Mengui Kisha Miyazawa Kenichirō 2 (2013) – Umi Aoyama
Tada's Do-It-All House (2013) – Saya Takeuchi
Neo Ultra Q (2013) – Secretary
Keishichō Minamidaira Han (2013) – Kyōko Shinjō
Kakushōa (2013) – Sayaka Hiyama
Depāto Shikake Hito! (2013) – Rina Hayama
Sai Sōsa Keiji Yūsuke Kataoka (2014) – Minako Kurayoshi
Black President (2014) – Misaki Tōyama
Dekachō (2014) – Sakiko Inagaki
Zeimu Chōsakan (2014) – Yū Tagami
Yōjū Mameshiba Bōkyō Hen (2014)
Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File no Tōjō Jinbutsu (2014) – Chihiro Shimanuki
Nishimura Kyōtarō Travel Mystery no Tōjō Jinbutsu (2015) – Miyuki Tsubaki
Kyōto Ninjō Sōsa File (2015) – Kayo Hoshino
Mito Kōmon Special (2015) – Okoi
Konkatsu Keiji (2015) – Saori Shinohara




= Anime

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Aoi Hana (2009) – Fumi Manjoume
Hourou Musuko (2011) – Maiko
Sacred Seven (2011)
Kill Me Baby (2012) – Agiri Goshiki
Kill Me Baby OVA (2013) – Agiri Goshiki




References






External links


Ai Takabe at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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