Maryjun Takahashi
Quick Facts
Biography
Maryjun Takahashi (高橋 メアリージュン, Takahashi Mearījun, born November 8, 1987) is a Japanese actress and model. She is of Japanese, Filipino, and Spanish ethnicity.She has appeared in CanCam magazine, and various television commercials.
Life
Takahashi was born in Ōtsu, Shiga to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother of Spanish descent. She has a younger sister, Yu Takahashi, who is also a model and actress, and a brother Yuji who is a footballer.
Career
She began modeling in August 2003 after winning the "Yokohama Shonan Audition 2003" beauty contest, and professionally in April 2004 when she signed a contract with CanCam. Since 2007, she has appeared in various television shows such as music shows and variety shows, and various television commercials such as those for fashion brand Cecil McBee, Kyocera, Morinaga, and Google.
She has also been active in the runway scene, appearing in large collections such as Tokyo Girls Collection (2007 S/S, 2009 A/W, 2010 S/S, 2010 in Okinawa, 2010 A/W, 2011 in Nagoya, 2011 S/S, 2011 A/W, 2012 S/S) and Girls Award (2010, 2010 A/W, 2011 A/W, 2012 S/S, 2012 A/W).
She quit exclusive modeling for CanCam in April 2012, and subsequently appeared in magazines such as Classy, Oggi, and Gina.
She has also appeared in the TV drama Jun to Ai with Mokomichi Hayami.
Takahashi played Yumi Komagata in the film Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, released in 2014.
Appearances
TV dramas
- Jun to Ai (NHK, 2012), Mariya Karino(Maruyama)
- Rich Man, Poor Woman (Fuji TV, 2013)
- Keishichō Sōsa Ikka 9 Gakari Season 8 Episode 2 (TV Asahi, 2013), Tomoyo Shinomiya
- Real Dasshutsu Game TV (TBS, 2014), Ageha
- Cabin Attendant Keiji: New York Satsujin Jiken (Fuji TV, 2014), Kei Shinoda
- Kōkaku Fudō Senki Robosan Episode 6 (TV Tokyo, 2014), Risa
- Zannen na Otto. (Fuji TV, 2015) Yui Sudō
- Jungle Fever (NHK BS Premium, 2016) Rieko Kikuchi
Web dramas
- Hibana (Netflix, 2016) Yurie
Films
- Fashion Story: Model (2012)
- Ushijima the Loan Shark 2 (2014), Akane Saihara
- Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Yumi Komagata
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Yumi Komagata
- Kikaider Reboot (2014), Mari
- Heroine Shikkaku (2015), Emi
- Tag (a.k.a. Real Onigokko) (2015)
- All Esper Dayo! (2015)
- Fukushū Shitai (2016), Izumi Takahashi/Noriko Hoshino
- Shimauma (2016), Yui
- Haunted Campus (2016), Ai Mitamura
- Ushijima the Loan Shark 3 (2016), Akane Saihara
- Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final (2016), Akane Saihara
- L (2016), Anna
- Blue Hearts ga kikoeru (2017)
Stage
- Pu-Pu-Juice Kiseki no Otoko (2013)
- Pu-Pu-Juice Ryōma ga Ikiru, Ryōma o Korosu (2014)
Magazines
- CanCam, Shogakukan 1982-, as an exclusive model from April 2004 to June 2012
- Classy, Kobunsha 1984-, as a regular model since June 2012
- 高橋メアリージュンさん「第58回びわ湖開き」一日船長 [Maryjun Takahashi became a captain for one day at 58th Biwa Lake Event] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
- 第2話「殺人美容室」2013年7月17日放送「警視庁捜査一課9係」 [Episode 2 aired on 17 July 2013, Keishichō Sōsa Ikka 9 Gakari] (in Japanese). TV Asahi Corporation. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- "リアル脱出ゲームTV" [Real Dasshutsu Game TV Official website] (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- スペシャルドラマ キャビンアテンダント刑事~ニューヨーク殺人事件~ [Cabin Attendant Keiji Official website] (in Japanese). Fuji Television Network, inc. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ストーリー 甲殻不動戦記 ロボサン [Episode 6, Kōkaku Fudō Senki Robosan] (in Japanese). TV Tokyo Corporation. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- 残念な夫。 [Zannen na Otto. Official website] (in Japanese). Fuji Television Network, inc. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- TVM ジャングル・フィーバー. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- 高橋メアリージュン・今井華・島袋聖南ら、ピース又吉「火花」出演決定 クランクアップ&追加キャストを発表 (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- "FASHION STORY -MODEL- Official Website Cast & Staff" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- "映画『闇金ウシジマくん Part2』公式サイト(Official Website)". 映画『闇金ウシジマくん2』制作委員会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- 映画『キカイダーREBOOT』公式サイト [Kikaider Official Website Cast and Staff]. Kikaider Reboot official website (in Japanese). Ishimori Production Inc. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- "映画『ヒロイン失格』公式サイト(Official Website)". 映画「ヒロイン失格」製作委員会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- トリンドル玲奈×篠田麻里子×真野恵里菜「リアル鬼ごっこ」、高橋メアリージュンら34名全員女子の追加キャスト発表 (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
- 高橋メアリージュン、セクシー女教師を熱演 『映画みんな!エスパーだよ!』新キャラ (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- BOYS AND MEN水野勝が主演、山田悠介原作「復讐したい」の出演者発表 (in Japanese). Natasha,Inc. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- 映画「シマウマ」5人の追加キャスト発表、高橋メアリージュンや福士誠治ら (in Japanese). Natasha,Inc. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- 島崎遥香、映画『ホーンテッド・キャンパス』ヒロイン役 中山優馬と共演 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ^ 山田孝之主演「闇金ウシジマくん」完結!ドラマ第3弾&映画を2本連続公開 (in Japanese). eiga.com inc. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- 2013 奇跡の男 / 田所千夏の大逆襲 (in Japanese). Pu-Pu-Juice. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- 高橋メアリージュン、ヒロイン抜擢に「プレッシャーまでも楽しみたい」 (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 2015-06-16.