Ai Kato

Ai Kato
Ai Kato in Tokyo, April 2007
Native name	加藤 あい
Born	December 12, 1982 Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress, idol
Years active	1997–present
Agent	Someday
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Children	1
Website	http://www.someday.bz/kato-ai/

Ai Kato (加藤 あい Katō Ai, born December 12, 1982 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and idol.

Around 2003, a video of her bathing at an onsen (hot spring) surfaced on the internet. It was taken with a hidden camera and is believed to have been a botched extortion attempt by the Yakuza.^[1]

On November 14, 2013, she announced that she had married a non-celebrity. They registered their marriage on November 22. On September 14, 2015, she revealed that she gave birth to her first child, a girl, in America.

Filmography

Movies

• Pokémon: Lord of the 'Unknown' Tower (2000)
• Umizaru (2004)
• Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006)
• Umizaru 3: The Last Message (2010)^[2]
• Umizaru 4: Brave Hearts (2012)
• Another (2012)^[3]
• Team Batista Final ~ Kerberos no Shozo (2014)^[4]

TV dramas

• Gift (1997)
• P.A. Private Actress (1998)
• Sweet Devil (1998)
• Seija no Kōshin (1998)
• Abunai Hokago (1999)
• Best Friend (1999)
• Naniwa Kinyudo 5 (2000)
• Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000)
• Manatsu no Merry Christmas (2000)
• Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko 2 (2001)
• Kizudarake no Love Song (2001)
• My Little Chef (2002)
• Yan Papa (2002)
• Kimi ga Omoide ni Naru Mae ni (2004)
• Fuufu (2004)
• Otouto (2004)
• Umizaru Evolution (2005)
• Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika (2005)
• Haken no Hinkaku (2007)
• Dream Again (2007)
• Scrap Teacher (2008)
• Kami no Shizuku (2009)
• Majo Saiban (2009)
• Keiji no Genba 2 (2009)
• Hataraku Gon! (2009)
• General Rouge no Gaisen (2010)
• Unubore Deka (2010)
• Face Maker (2010)
• Brutus no Shinzo (2011)
• Suna no Utsuwa 2011 (2011)
• Hikaru Hekiga (2011)
• Taira no Kiyomori (2012)
• Seinaru Kaibutsutachi (2012)
• Strawberry Night (2012)
• Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri (2012)
• Higashino Keigo Mysteries (2012)
• Cheap Flight (2013)
• Kyokuhoku Rhapsody (2013)^[5]
• Gochisousan (2013)
• Umi no Ue no Shinryojo (2013)
• Dr. DMAT (2014)

References

1. "Ai's hot spring skinny dip exposes slippery underworld". Mainichi Daily News. Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 3 January 2004. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
2. "Cast/Staff". The Last Message official website (in Japanese). Japan: Fuji TV. 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
3. "Another". Official website (in Japanese). Japan. 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
4. "Team Batista Final". Official website (in Japanese). Japan. 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
5. 極北ラブソディ [Kyokuhoku Rhapsody] (in Japanese). Japan: NHK. 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.

External links

• Agency profile (Japanese)
• Ai Kato at the Internet Movie Database
• Ai Kato's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)