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Aju Makita

Aju Makita

Acting

Known For

If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student
8.7

A story that begins when a husband, who lost his beloved wife ten years ago and lost the meaning of life, and his daughter are unexpectedly reunited with their wife/mother. As his wife is reborn as a ten-year-old elementary school student, the family is reborn.

If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student

2022
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
7.6

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

2023
House of Ninjas
7.2

Years after retiring from their formidable ninja lives, a dysfunctional family must return to shadowy missions to counteract a string of looming threats.

House of Ninjas

2024
Welcome Home, Mone
7.7

Born in September of 1995, Momone Nagaura lived with her parents, grandfather, and sister in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. After failing her college entrance exams, she went to live in Tome City with an acquaintance of her grandfather's. Momone's life changes when she meets a popular weather forecaster from Tokyo, who teaches her how weather forecasts can predict the future. She decides to study to become a weather forecaster.

Welcome Home, Mone

2021
Going My Home
7.1

Ryota, a timid salaryman who has difficulties fitting in at home and work has his average life changed after his estranged father falls ill. Along with his wife Sae and their only child Moe, he travels to his father's country town, where he begins to uncover his father's mysterious past spent searching for a mythical creature.

Going My Home

2012
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
N/A

No description available.

シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

2016
Shoplifters
7.8

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

Shoplifters

2018
Mr. Mikami's Classroom
9.3

Takashi Mikami, a University of Tokyo graduate, joins the Ministry of Education to reform Japan's education but is disillusioned by its reality. Transferred to a private high school, he takes a stand against the authorities, using his role as a teacher to push for change.

Mr. Mikami's Classroom

2025
Scary Picture Book
7.0

No description available.

Scary Picture Book

2020
My Worst Friend
8.3

Hotaru (Makita Aju), a college senior on a job-hunting losing streak, finds her childhood friend Miharu (Takaishi Akari) her nemesis. Miharu responds to disputes in their classroom with a fair argument and overcomes various accidents with her ingenuity, always basking in the dazzling spotlight. Wanting to be like Miharu, Hotaru applies for the employment exam acting a girl someone like Miharu and she passes the first paper screening. Still puzzled by the situation, she continues to lie with a smile for the following interview, and the next, and the next... (Source: TV Japan)

My Worst Friend

2023
DOCTOR PRICE
N/A

Former pediatrician Kanenari Naruki runs a secretive doctor job agency while uncovering his father’s death and exposing the dark side of the medical world.

DOCTOR PRICE

2025
Hold on, look ahead.
7.5

The Tama River, where the water flows along the border between Tokyo and Kanagawa, pours into Tokyo Bay and the large sky spreads out. People who enjoy sports, lovers who are close to each other, students who practice singing, by the riverside, which is rich in nature, people who ride bicycles come and go as they please. Spring of 2020 corona disaster of people who spend their days along such a river.

Hold on, look ahead.

2021
Child of Kamiari Month
6.5

A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.

Child of Kamiari Month

2021
Reboot
8.0

A regular pastry chef, framed for his wife's murder, embarks on a suspenseful journey to prove his innocence by manipulating the detective in charge of the case and uncovering the truth.

Reboot

2026
After the Storm
7.2

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.

After the Storm

2016
Junichi
7.3

Jun'ichi is a young man without job or home who seems to have a great power of fascination over woman. He crosses the paths of different women who are unsatisfied with their lives and find comfort in his presence. It is a subtle love story between Jun'ichi's drifting life and six different woman from 16 to 65 years old.

Junichi

2019
Someone in this town
8.0

No description available.

Someone in this town

2024
To Me, the One Who Loved You
6.1

Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a universe exist for the young couple, and what will it cost them to find it?

To Me, the One Who Loved You

2022
The Third Murder
6.6

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

The Third Murder

2017
Koto no Ha
N/A

"Kotonoha" is a heartwarming friendship story between a high school girl who is not good at socializing and cannot make friends, and a girl who cannot speak words. Aju Makita plays the role of Kaori Ito, who is bullied at school because she has a habit of saying things that hurt people, and Hiyori Sakurada plays the role of a mysterious girl who cannot speak words, Hiyori Sakurada. Yumena Yanai plays the role of Ayori Sato, the class president of the class, and Ryuya Miyase plays the role of Takeshi Kimura of the baseball club in the same high school first grade as Kaori. The drama was filmed during the hot summer vacation of Mr. Hirano.

Koto no Ha

2020