Maria Takagi is a Japanese TV and film actress and a former adult video star. Early in her career as a model, she also used the names Yukiko Hara and Rika Inoue. Maria Takagi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan on October 25, 1978. Using the name Yukiko Hara, she released a "gravure" photo album Nishi-Shinjuku Love Story in June 1998. She made an early movie appearance in the August 1998