Mari Hoshino

is a Japanese actress and singer.

Background She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Most well known for her lead role as Otome Sakamoto in the TBS drama, Kinpachi-sensei, Hoshino has starred in several dramas in recent years. Her main role in Platonic Sex was somewhat controversial as it was rather contrary to her image as one possessing pure values. She has also published two photographic books as well as about six CDs. Of the Japanese dramas shown in Los Angeles, a substantial fraction of them have Mari in the cast.

Personal life In September 2011, she married an TBS announcer, Takahiro Takano. On July 30, 2015, she gave birth to their first daughter, named Fuka (ふうか). In September 2024, she revealed on her Instagram that her daughter has congenital myopathy. However she later corrected that her daughter is actually has centronuclear myopathy.

Filmography

Television Kinpachi-sensei (1995–2011), Otome Sakamoto Eve-Santa Clause Dreaming (1997), Mika Shin Hoshi no Kinka (2001), Mahiru Morita A Happy Birthday (2009), Natsuki Hoshi

Films Blooming Again (2004), Kazuko Inoue Infection (2004), Nurse Sayonara Midori-chan (2005), Yūko Keitai Kareshi (2009), Miki Asanuma Battlefield Baseball (2011), Shinnosuke Suzuki Kaigan-dōri no Neko-mimi Tantei (2022) Sheep in the Box (2026) All Our Tomorrows (2026), Shizuka Naito