is a Japanese actress and former member of
idol girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring two or more women in music, female singers who generally vocal harmony, harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female p ...
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol musical girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48 has sold more records than any other female musical act in Japanese history. AK ...
, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit
Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, she sang on the title tracks for all of AKB48's singles since ''
Aitakatta'' in October 2006. She placed among the top two of the annual AKB48 general elections from 2009 to 2013. Oshima is currently represented with
Ohta Production
, sometimes shortened to Ohta Pro, is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was founded in 1963 and focuses on talent management for actors, athletes, comedians and '. The agency have produced numerous television ...
.
Biography
Oshima was born in
Yokohama
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, and was raised in
Mibu,
Tochigi Prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,897,649 (1 June 2023) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi ...
. Her mother is from
Hokkaido
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. Oshima is 3/4 Japanese and 1/4 American. Her parents divorced 6 months after her family moved to Mibu. Oshima lived with her father while she only saw her mother once after the divorce. In 1996, she signed as a
child actor
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with Central Kodomo Gekidan. In 2005, she began working as a junior idol in a short-lived idol project Doll's Vox, which was produced by
The Alfee vocalist
Toshihiko Takamizawa. In 2006, at the AKB48's second audition to form Team K, she was selected out of a pool of 12,000 applicants to join the team. In April, she began working full-time with the group, which debuted with the single, "
Aitakatta", in October 2006.
On August 24, 2012, AKB48 announced a reorganization of the teams, and appointed Oshima to be the captain of Team K.
On December 31, 2013, Oshima announced on ''
Kohaku Uta Gassen
is the Japanese word for amber.
Kohaku (琥珀) may refer to:
Music
* Kohaku, a song by Mikuni Shimokawa
Characters
* Kohaku (''Dr. Stone''), a character in the manga series ''Dr. Stone''
* Kohaku (''InuYasha''), a character in ''InuYash ...
'' that she would be leaving the group. On February 26, 2014, the last single for her as a member of AKB48 and as the center performer of that, "
Mae shika Mukanee" was released. She graduated from AKB48 on June 9, 2014, by the performance at the AKB48 theatre.
On July 29, 2021, Oshima married actor and ''
Scarlet'' co-star
Kento Hayashi. She gave birth to their first child on January 5, 2023.
AKB48 general elections
Oshima has placed in the top two in the first five AKB48 general elections. In 2009 she placed second overall, losing only to
Atsuko Maeda. In 2010, she received the most votes and became the center performer in the single "
Heavy Rotation". In the 2011
general election
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
, she placed second to Maeda once again. In the 2012 general election, she placed first with 108,837 votes and became the center performer in the single "
Gingham Check". In the 2013 general election, she was voted second overall with 136,503 votes and lost to
Rino Sashihara
is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet and is the produc ...
with 150,570 votes.
Discography
Singles with AKB48
Singles with Not Yet
Singles with SKE48
Stage units
;Team K 1st Stage
*
;Team K 2nd Stage
*
*
;Team K 3rd Stage
* (Solo Unit)
;Himawarigumi 1st Stage
*
;Himawarigumi 2nd Stage
* "Confession"
;Team K 4th Stage
*
;Team K 5th Stage
* "End Roll"
;Team K 6th Stage ''Reset''
*
;Team K Waiting Stage
* "Glory Days"
* "Higurashi no Koi" (new units)
Filmography
Films
Dramas
Japanese dub
Variety shows
*
AKBingo!
''AKBingo!'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese television variety show featuring Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The show aired weekly on Nippon Television. In each episode, members of AKB48 and occasionally their sister groups participate in ...
*
*
*
* Hoko x Tate
* Naruhodo High School
*
* AKB48 SHOW!
* Woman On the Planet
Other media
Photobooks
*
001.07.10
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Charm (with Tajima Honami)
*
003.10.18かがやくきもち (Kagayaku Kimochi)
*
008.12.19
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ゆうらりゆうこ (Yuurari Yūko)
*
009.10.17優子のありえない日常 (Yūko no Arienai Nichijou)
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010.08.25君は、誰のもの? (Kimi wa, Dare no Mono?) (aka Oshima Yuko L.A.)
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011.06.17優子 (Yūko)
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014.09.18脱ぎやがれ! (Nugiyagare! Photographed by Mika Ninagawa)
Magazines
* ''smart'',
Takarajimasha
is a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is known for publishing subculture-oriented fashion magazines aimed at teens, fashion magazines in general, as well as guide books.
History
The company was founded on September 22, ...
1995-, since 2011
Radio shows
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Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
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1988 births
Living people
Japanese people of American descent
AKB48 members
Japanese idols
Japanese television actresses
Japanese child actresses
Japanese women pop singers
Singers from Tochigi Prefecture
Actors from Tochigi Prefecture
21st-century Japanese actresses
Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists
21st-century Japanese women singers
21st-century Japanese singers