Makiko Kuno (クノ真季子, Kuno Makiko, born February 21, 1967 in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Her early stage name was Shōko Kuno (久野翔子, Kuno Shōko); she changed it to Makiko Kuno (久野 真紀子, Kuno Makiko), and switched to writing her surname in katakana in 2005.

Kuno has been active as a model since senior high school, and as an actress made her debut in 1987. In 1986, she participated in the first Pocari Sweat Image Girl Contest, but lost to 17-year-old Chisato Moritaka in the finals.^[1] Kuno was the image girl of the JR East kiosks from 1988 to 1994. In 1994, she released a collection of photographs, Mitsu, and appeared nude in an original video, XX: Utsukushiki Karyūdo. In 1998, Kuno played the part of Sunday in the Chunsoft sound novel Machi to a favorable reception. In addition, she qualified as a sommelier in 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

• Banana Shoot (1989) as Fuko Hosaka
• Taro! Tokyo makai taisen (1991) as Yasuhara
• The Guard from Underground (1992)^[2] as Akiko Narushima
• Fuyu no kappa (1995) as Tamako
• Mari's Prey a.k.a. マリ-の獲物 (1996)
• The Mars Canon (2001) as Kinuko
• World's End Girlfriend Sekai no owari (2005)
• Mushishi (2006) as Maho's mother

Television

• Ultraman Gaia (1998) as Kyoko Inamori
• Urutora kyû: Dâku fantajî (2004) TV series... a.k.a. Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy

Game

• Machi (1998)

Original video

• XX: Beautiful Hunter XX: Utsukushiki karyuudo (1994).... Shion
• Oretachi wa tenshi ja nai (1993).... Eri
• Oretachi wa tenshi ja nai 2 (1993).... Eri
• Sugar: Howling of Angel (1996)
• Inagawa Junji no shinjitsu no horror (2003)... a.k.a. J-Horror Anthology: Legends