is a Japanese

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, actress and TV personality.

Life and career

Minase Yashiro was born on February 3, 1985, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She debuted as a

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(swimsuit) model in 2006, releasing her first DVD ''MINASE Minakuru!'' February 17, 2006 just after her 21st birthday, and by mid-2009 she had issued 10 solo DVDs. Yashiro has appeared on several TV programs including ''Sports eye ESPN'' on

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, ''Idol Star'' (アイドルの星) on ENTA!371, ''Pao Pao'' on BS NHK, Sabadol! (サバドル!) on

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and ''Ranking Kingdom'' (ランク王国) from TBS. More recently, she also was on the TBS show ''Beach Angels'' filmed in

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. In addition, she has been featured in such magazines as ''

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'', ''Flash Exciting'', ''Monthly Gon'' and ''

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''. In 2007 Yashiro was selected as one of the three winners of the Sanyo Image Girl "Marin-chan o Sagase!" ("Search for Marine-chan!") contest. The three models are the third generation of the character used for advertising for the Sanyo Bussan company which makes "

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" and slot machines. They are also featured in a photo book ''Miss Marine-chan Umi Monogatari''. Yashiro made her film debut in

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's gore-fest ''

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'' in 2008 playing the lead role of Ami, the girl who goes on a revenge spree with a machine gun for a left arm. The movie was released theatrically and on DVD in both Japan and the United States. According to the Nippon Cinema reviewer, "she plays Ami with 100% conviction - and that really helps sell some of the funny lines she has to deliver with a snarl". In 2010, Yashiro appeared in '' Kamen Rider Double Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate'' as one of the antagonists, Reika Hanehara the Heat Dopant. She reprised her role as Reika Hanehara in the 2011

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spinoff '' Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal''. In 2018, Yashiro appeared in ''

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'' as Kaoru Kinoshita.

DVD appearances

DVD listing sources: * ''MINASE Minakuru!'' (みなくるっ) February 2006 * ''Positive'' (タオ) May 2006 * ''Shangrila'' (竹書房) August 2006 * ''Afternoon Breeze'' (そよ風の中で) December 2006 * ''Doushitemo...'' (どうしても・・・) May 2007 * ''Idol One: Shi, a, wa, se!'' (アイドル・ワン八代みなせ / し・あ・わ・せ!) July 2007 * ''Minan Chu'' (みなんChu) October 2007 * ''Minasa Biyori'' (みなせ日和) February 2008 * ''With'' (WITH -ウィズ-) January 2009 * ''Pavilion'' (PAVILION) June 2009

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yashiro, Minase 1985 births Japanese gravure idols Living people Actresses from Gifu Prefecture Models from Gifu Prefecture