is a Japanese

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and model who typically aimed for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look prior to her 2011 marriage. She is represented by

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History

Ogura was born in

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, and regularly, if not entirely seriously, claims to be one of the apple-shaped planet Korin. This is apparently an in-joke dating back to her middle school days. Having an alternate name was trendy at one point, and one of her friends told her that she looked like a Momoka. She liked the name and still uses it today. She is known outside Japan for her song which is the ending theme of the anime ''

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''. Ogura's fame as a model has also spread beyond Japan and she was named as one of the "7 most irresistibly cute Japanese idols" by the Thailand version of

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magazine in 2010.

Personal life

She married Isao Kikuchi on October 10, 2011, in

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. In March 2017, Ogura announced that she and Kikuchi were divorcing. In December 2018 she had married for the second time. On July 27, 2022, Ogura announced that she divorced for the second time.

References

External links

Yuko Ogura official website
1983 births People from Mobara Japanese gravure models Japanese idols Japanese television personalities Living people Models from Chiba Prefecture Musicians from Chiba Prefecture 21st-century Japanese singers {{model-stub