Claude Maki

(born October 3, 1972) is a Japanese surfing and flight champion, actor and hip hop singer, under the stage name A.K.T.I.O.N., from Akasaka, Tokyo. He is the eldest son of actor and singer Mike Maki. His mother is , a Japanese-American actress.

Biography His height is 172 cm and his hobby is surfing. He made his television acting debut in 1987, after much work in theatre, in NHK's year-long Japanese period drama series Takeda Shingen. Also that year, he made his motion picture debut in Soul Music Lovers Only. In 1989, he was named Best Newcomer at the Japanese Academy Awards for his role in the film Buddies. In 1991 he portrayed the deaf-mute surfer Shigeru in Takeshi Kitano's third film A Scene at the Sea. He starred in Junji Sakamoto's Falling Angels in 1997, followed by four films in 1998 including Golden Wolf, Resurrection, and Beat.

As a rapper he is on the same label as Zeebra, Solomon i&i Production.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 Soul Music Lovers Only 1989 Buddies 1991 A Scene at the Sea Shigeru 1997 Fallen Angels Ishii Hihashi 1998 Golden Wolf 1998 Beat 1998 Resurrection 1998 Dolphin Through 2000 Brother Ken 2003 3 on 3 2003 Moon 2006 Backdancers! Teru 2007 Like a Dragon Akira Nishikiyama 2018 Woman Who Eats Jun 2022 A Winter Rose Yuji Yakamoto 2023 Okiku and the World

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 1987 Takeda Shingen young Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori Taiga drama