Yuko Fueki (born June 21, 1979 in

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) is a Japanese–Korean actress. She is most popular in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, where she is known as Yoo Min. Fueki made her feature film debut in the

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

film '' Hotaru'' (''Firefly'') and, in the same year, her Korean TV debut. She is more popular in South Korea than in Japan. Fueki was the subject of a legal dispute between the Korean company A Stars and the Japanese talent agency Riku Corporation. In

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

, nude scenes in the movie '' Sinseolguk'' (known as Shin Yukiguni in Japan) caused a brief scandal for Fueki, as the Korean release of the movie had followed on the heels of her nude photo shoot just a few months earlier. For a time, the film's website received so many visitors that it briefly crashed.

Filmography

*'' Hotaru'' (ホタル; 2001]) *'' Shin Yukiguni'' (新・雪国; 2001) *''

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'' (ジャンプ; 2003) *''

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'' (청연; 2005) *'' APT'' (아파트; 2006) *'' Meon'' (憑神;2007） *''Daichi no Uta''（2011) *''Marrying the Mafia IV'' (2011) *''Marrying the Mafia V'' (2012) *''Lady in White'' (2018) *''

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'' (2022)

Television dramas

*''Weather Forecaster's Lover'' (天気予報の恋人; ''Tenki Yoho no Koibito''; 2000, Fuji TV) *''Female announcers'' (女子アナ。; ''Joshiana.''; 2001, Fuji TV) *''

Wuri's Family ''Wuri's Family'' (aka ''My Home'' or ''Our House'') was a popular South Korean household drama produced by JS Pictures for MBC. It aired from November 9, 2001, to March 29, 2002 for 20 episodes. Storyline The story is mainly based on love t ...

'', aka "My Home" (우리집; ''Uri Jip''; 2001, MBC) *''Let's Get Married'' (결혼합시다; 2002, KBS) *'' All In'' (올인; 2003, SBS) *''Good Man'' (좋은사람; ''Joh-eun Sa-ram''; 2003, MBC) *''Abgujeong Jonggajip'' (압구정 종갓집; 2003-2004, SBS) *''

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'' (유리화; ''Yurihwa''; 2004-2005, SBS) *'' Bad Housewife'', aka "Mr. Housewife" or "Bad Wife" (불량주부; ''Bul-lyang Joo-boo''; 2005, SBS) *''

Attention Please is a manga by Chieko Hosokawa about the training of flight attendants for Japan Airlines originally serialized in ''Shōjo Friend'' from Kodansha beginning in 1970. Tokyo Broadcasting System adapted a TV drama from the manga in 1970. Thirty ...

'' (アテンションプリーズ; 2006, Fuji TV) *''Bad Guys'' (わるいやつら; ''Warui Yatsura''; 2007,

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) *''Hotelier'' (ホテリアー; 2007,

) *'' Iris II: New Generation'' (아이리스; 2009, KBS) *'' Life is Beautiful'' (SBS 2010年） *''Iris 2'', as Eriko Sato (2013) *''

Kabukimono Keiji is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time on NHK in 2015. Tatsuya Fuji played Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji. Kabukimono Keiji depicts the later life of Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji who was called Kabuki ...

'' (2015) *''My Ex-Boyfriend's Last Will'' (2022, Fuji TV)

References

External links

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JMDb Profile (in Japanese)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fueki, Yuko 1979 births Living people Japanese expatriates in South Korea Ewha Womans University alumni 21st-century Japanese actresses Actresses from Tokyo