, known professionally as , is a Japanese actress, presenter, and former

gravure idol A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though mo ...

. She is known for playing the lead role in

NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestr ...

's drama ''

Honjitsu wa Taian Nari is a Japanese television drama series based on the Mizuki Tsujimura's novel. It premiered on NHK on January 10, 2012, starring Yūka in the lead role. Cast * Yūka as Takako Yamai * Yuko Asano as Kaoruko Sugiura * Ken Ishiguro as Tsuyoshi ...

'' and presenting the TBS variety show ''Ōsama no Brunch''. From 1999 to 2001, she received the

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every year. In 2003, she was given both a Golden Graph Award and the Japan Academy Prize for Best Newcomer.

Appearances

Films

* ''Koi ni Utaeba'' (2002), Yumi Sakurai * ''Boku no Songokū'' (2003), Songokū * ''

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'' (2005), Nagisa Sugiura * ''Taishibōkei Tanita no Shain Shokudō'' (2013), Nanako Haruno * '' Black Butler'' (2014), Hanae Wakatsuki * ''

Akumu-chan is a 2012 Japanese television drama series. Based on the novel ''Yumechigai'' by Riku Onda, this television series stars actress Keiko Kitagawa, singer Gackt, and also child actress Manatsu Kimura. A movie was announced for 2014. This televis ...

'' (2014), Kotoha Hirashima * ''

Wood Job! ''Wood Job!'' is a 2014 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi and based on the novel by Shion Miura. The film stars Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, and Hideaki Itō. The main theme song is "Happiest Fool", sung by Maia H ...

'' (2014), Miki Īda * '' Galaxy Turnpike'' (2015), Rei * ''

Jinsei no Yakusoku is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by and written by . It was released in Japan on January 9, 2016. Plot Cast * Yutaka Takenouchi *Yōsuke Eguchi *Tori Matsuzaka * Yūka *Eiko Koike * Hikaru Takahashi * Jun Miho *Mikako Ichikawa is a ...

'' (2016), Yukiko Ōba * ''The Blue Hearts'' (2017) * ''Gokko'' (2017) * ''

Hitsuji no Ki is a Japanese manga series written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. Published by Kodansha, it was serialized in the ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Evening'' from June 2011 to April 2014, with its chapters compiled into five ...

'' (2018), Rieko Ōta * ''You Shine in the Moonlit Night'' (2019)

TV dramas

* ''Ao no Jidai'' ( TBS, 1998), Yuka * '' The Sun Never Sets'' (

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, 2000), Ami Isetani * ''20-sai no Kekkon'' (TBS, 2000), Renko Chūganji * ''Love Story'' (TBS, 2001), Kano Kobayashi * ''Zoku Heisei Fūfu Jawan'' (

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, 2002) * ''Yūkaza Cinema'' (

TV Asahi JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Compan ...

, 2002) * ''Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Dramatic Syndrome'' (Fuji TV, 2001) * ''Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3'' (Fuji TV, 2003) * '' Taiga drama

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'' (

, 2004) * ''Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Aketekure'' (Fuji TV, 2004) * ''Hoshi ni Negai o: 7jōma de Umareta 410-man no Hoshi'' (Fuji TV, 2005), Yōko Satō * ''Renai Shōsetsu'' "Duke" (TBS, 2006), Kōko Tachibana * ''24-jikan Terebi Ai wa Chikyū o Sukuu'' "Yūki" (NTV, 2006), Yoshie * ''

Oishinbo is a long-running Japanese cooking manga series written by and drawn by . The manga's title is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for delicious, ''oishii'', and the word for someone who loves to eat, ''kuishinbo''. The series depicts the ...

'' (Fuji TV, 2007-2009), Yūko Kurita * ''Maru Maru Chibi Maruko Chan'' Episode 3 (Fuji TV, 2007) * ''Shinjitsu no Shuki BC Kyū Senpan Katō Tetsutarō'' "Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai" (NTV, 2007), Fujiko Katō * ''Gout Temps Nouveau'' ( KTV, 2007), Yūka Tanaka * '' Maō'' Episode 4-7 (TBS, 2008), Makiko Naruse * ''Koi no Karasawagi: Love Stories V'' "Sōgiya no Onna" (NTV, 2008), Yuri Honda * ''

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo , often shortened to , and known in English as ''KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'', is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station ( k� ...

'' Episode 8 (TBS, 2009), Teacher Izumi * ''My Girl'' (TV Asahi, 2009), Yōko Tsukamoto * ''Bungō: Nihon Bungaku Cinema'' "Ōgon Fūkei" (TBS, 2010), Okei * ''

Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni is a manga series written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno which ran from 2007 to 2009 in ''Weekly Manga Action''. It follows the life of Suzu Urano, a young bride with her new family living on the outskirts of Kure City during the Secon ...

'' (NTV, 2011) * ''T-UP presents Thumbs Up!'' (BS Fuji, 2011), Hana * ''

'' (NHK, 2012), Takako Yamai * ''Papadol!'' (TBS, 2012), Haruka Hanamura * ''

'' (NTV, 2012), Kotoha Hirashima * ''

Hakuba no Ōji-sama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukizō Saku. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Yukizō Saku, ''Hakuba no Ōji-sama'' was serialized in Shogakukan's Seinen, '' ...

'' (NTV, 2013), Takako Hara * ''

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'' (NTV, 2014), Minako * ''Carolling: Christmas no Kiseki'' (NHK BS, 2014), Sūko Orihara * ''Taiga drama

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'' (NHK, 2015), Sugihisa * ''Chikaemon'' (NHK, 2016), Osode * ''Rinshō Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri'' (NTV, 2016), Nozomi Ono * ''Hi no Ko'' ( Tōkai TV, 2016), Yukimi Kajima * ''Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon'' (NHK, 2017), Tomiko * ''Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru'' (NHK, 2019)

Dubbing

* '' Bunshinsaba'' (2004), Lee Yoo-jin * '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' (2006), Ellie * ''

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'' (2007), Jhinna

Bibliography

Books

* ''Hirune no Honne'' (

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, October 2000) * ''Air'' (

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

, June 2002)

Photobooks

* ''ZIP'' (Eichi Shuppan, April 1998) * ''Vim'' with

Rei Yoshii is a Japanese actress and gravure idol. She married actor Shigenori Yamazaki on November 11, 2016. Filmography Musicals *'' Rock Musical Bleach'' as Orihime Inoue *'' Rock Musical Bleach Saien'' as Orihime Inoue Movies *'' Love My Life'' as ...

(Eichi Shuppan, April 1998) * ''Sirena'' (TIS, 1998) * ''Perfume'' (

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, April 1999) * ''Yūka CF Special Carat'' (

Futabasha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.会社概要
" Futabasha. R ...

, July 2000) * ''Innocent Yūka'' (

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

, April 2000) * ''Memories of Innocent Yūka'' (Shueisha, May 2000) * ''Koi ni Utaeba'' (

, October 2002) * ''Yūka Body'' (

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

, March 2012) * ''Yūka Gravure'' (Kodansha, March 2012) * ''Yūka Gravure Tokusōban'' (Kodansha, March 2012)

Awards

* The 36th

: Graph Award (1999) * The 37th Golden Arrow Award: Best Newcomer and Newcomer for Broadcasting Award (2000) * The 38th Golden Arrow Award: Broadcasting Award (2001) * The 26th Japan Academy Prize: Best Newcomer (2003) * The 40th Golden Arrow Award: Golden Graph Award (2003)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuka Japanese gravure idols 1980 births Actresses from Tokyo Japanese television personalities Living people Horipro artists