Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka
吉高 由里子
Amuse
Born (1988-07-22) July 22, 1988 (age 36)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
AgentAmuse, Inc.
Websitewww.amuse.co.jp/artist/yoshitaka_yuriko/

Yuriko Yoshitaka (Japanese: 吉高 由里子, Hepburn: Yoshitaka Yuriko, born July 22, 1988) is a Japanese actress. She has played numerous roles in film and television, including lead roles in Snakes and Earrings, Yurigokoro, and the NHK asadora Hanako to Anne.

Career

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At age 16, her first year of high school, Yoshitaka joined the entertainment industry when she was scouted by an agency while shopping at Harajuku.[1] Yoshitaka made her acting debut in 2006. She was given the lead role in the live-action adaptation of Hitomi Kanehara's award-winning novel Snakes and Earrings in 2007. Portraying Lui, a teenager whose life goes into a downward spiral after meeting the forked-tongued and tattooed Ama, the role was Yoshitaka's breakthrough role.[2][3] The Japanese public began to take notice of her, and in a poll conducted by Oricon, Yoshitaka was the fifth promising young actress of 2009[4] and 2009's freshest female celebrity.[5] In 2010, Oricon again conducted a poll on the most promising actress and she managed climb up to top the poll.[6]

Yoshitaka began to receive more work in 2008 as she appeared in Flow's music video "Arigatō" (ありがとう, "Thanks"), was given her first lead role in the comedy drama Konno-san to Asobo (紺野さんと遊ぼう, Let’s Play with Konno-san) and took up the lead role in the film Yubae Shōjo (夕映え少女, A Girl in the Sunset) before the theatrical release of her other lead film Snakes and Earrings.

In 2009, Yoshitaka was given the role of the suicidal Kairi Hayakawa in the romantic-comedy drama Love Shuffle. Later in the year, she portrayed Yūki Matsunaga (松永 由岐, Matsunaga Yūki) in the police drama Tokyo Dogs with Shun Oguri and Hiro Mizushima as her co-stars.[7]

In 2010, she starred as all three sisters in a short drama series titled Tofu Shimai (豆腐姉妹, lit. Tofu Sisters).[8] It was announced on May 13, 2010 that Yoshitaka was given her first lead role in a network television drama series called Mioka (美丘), portraying a university student with an incurable illness.[9]

She played Tae Kojima in the two-part 2011 live-action adaptation of the sci-fi and action manga Gantz.[10][11] She also took the lead role in Kōji Maeda's movie Konzen Tokkyū, portraying a young woman dating multiple men in hopes of finding the right one to marry. It premiered in Spring 2011.[12]

From March 31, 2014 to September 27, 2014 she portrayed Hanako Muraoka (1893–1968) in Hanako to Anne (花子とアン, Hanako to An), a Japanese television drama series, the 90th Asadora series broadcast on NHK. She hosted the 65th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve 2014 alongside Arashi.

Personal life

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While she was preparing for her role in Snakes and Earrings, Yoshitaka was involved in a traffic accident in September 2007, and suffered a fractured jaw. She was in the intensive care unit (ICU) for five days as a result.[13]

Filmography

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TV drama

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2006 Jikō Keisatsu Mayumi Episode 6
Children young Miharu Television film
PS Rashōmon Yukari Sonoda Episode 2
Ii Onna Mika Nakamura
2007 Jodan Ja Nai! Episode 8
Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari: Countdown
2008 Ashita no Kita Yoshio Shinobu Yoimachi
Atsuhime Otetsu Taiga drama
Konno-san to Asobo Miyuki Konno Lead role
Average
Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu Akari Yashima
Tonsure Mika Kashiwaba Lead role
Average 2
The Naminori Restaurant Misaki
2009 Love Shuffle Kairi Hayakawa
True Horror Stories: Chi Nurareta Ryokan Moe Yasuda Lead role; short drama
Shiroi Haru Shiori Nishida
Ikemen Shin Sobaya Tantei Glico Episode 5
Tokyo Dogs Yūki Matsunaga
2010 Tofu Shimai Three sisters: Kinuyo, Momen, Yuriko Lead role; miniseries
Mioka Mioka Minegishi Lead role
2011 The Reason I can't Find Love Saki Ogura Lead role
2012 Vampire Prosecutor 2 Luna
2013 Galileo 2 Misa Kishitani
2014 Hanako to Anne Hanako Muraoka Lead role; Asadora [14]
2017 Tokyo Tarareba Girls Rinko Kamata Lead role [15]
2018 Ms. Justice Ririko Takemura Lead role [16]
2019 I Will Not Work Overtime, Period Yui Higashiyama Lead role [17]
2020 Off the Record Keito Makabe Lead role [18]
The Dangerous Venus Kaede Yagami [19]
2021 Dearest Rio Sanada Lead role [20]
2022 Kaze yo Arashi yo Itō Noe Lead role; television film [21]
2023 On a Starry Night Suzu Yukimiya Lead role [22]
2024 Dear Radiance Murasaki Shikibu Lead role; Taiga drama [23]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2005 Zoo "Seven Rooms" Room 7 girl
2006 Noriko's Dinner Table Yuka Shimbara
2007 Maruyamacho Seta
Kayokyoku Dayo, Jinsei wa
Adrift in Tokyo Fufumi
2008 Yubae Shōjo Lead role
Cyborg She Student in the 22nd Century
Your Friends Hanai Kyōko
Snakes and Earrings Lui Lead role [24]
2009 Gravity's Clowns Natsuko
Kaiji 2 Hiromi Ishida
2010 Subete wa Umi ni Naru Shizuko
2011 Gantz Tae Kojima
Gantz: Perfect Answer Tae Kojima
Cannonball Wedlock Chie Lead role
2012 Robo-G Yoko Sasaki
We Were There: First Love Nanami Takahashi Lead role [25]
We Were There: True Love Nanami Takahashi Lead role [25]
2013 The Story of Yonosuke Shoko Yosano
Midsummer's Equation Misa Kishitani [26]
2017 Yurigokoro Misako Lead role [27]
2018 Killing for the Prosecution Saho Tachibana [28]
2020 Your Eyes Tell Akari Kashiwagi Lead role [29]
2024 Kaze yo Arashi yo Itō Noe Lead role [21]

Awards and nominations

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Year Organization Award Work Result Ref(s)
2007 28th Yokohama Film Festival Best Newcomer Noriko's Dinner Table Won [30]
2009 32nd Japan Academy Film Prize Best Newcomer Snakes and Earrings Won [31]
51st Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer Won [32][33]
18th Japan Movie Critics Awards Best New Actress Won [34]
2012 36th Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Herself Won [35]
33rd Yokohama Film Festival Best Actress Cannonball Wedlock Won
2014 68th Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress The Story of Yonosuke Won
2018 41st Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Yurigokoro Nominated
2022 15th Tokyo Drama Awards Best Actress Dearest Won [36]

References

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  1. ^ "吉高由里子 - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE". Tower Records Online. February 13, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  2. ^ ""Snakes and Earrings" lead revealed". Tokyograph. November 20, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  3. ^ "Oricon: 2009's fresh stars". Tokyograph. July 2, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "Oricon: 2009's promising young actresses". Tokyograph. January 31, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "Oricon: 2009's fresh stars". Tokyograph. July 2, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  6. ^ "Oricon: promising actors and actresses for 2010". Tokyograph. January 22, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  7. ^ "Oguri, Mizushima star in Fuji TV cop drama". Tokyograph. August 25, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  8. ^ "Yoshitaka plays three sisters in WOWOW drama". Tokyograph. April 29, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  9. ^ "Yoshitaka stars in drama series "Mioka"". Tokyograph. May 13, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  10. ^ 吉高由里子、二宮と初共演…映画「ＧＡＮＴＺ」ヒロイン役 (in Japanese). Hochi. January 25, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  11. ^ "Yoshitaka joins Ninomiya, Matsuyama in "Gantz"". Tokyograph. January 24, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  12. ^ "Yuriko Yoshitaka wears wedding dress for next movie". Tokyograph. August 14, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  13. ^ 「蛇にピアス」吉高由里子、体当たり演技の影に交通事故体験も！ (in Japanese). Livedoor News. September 1, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  14. ^ 吉高由里子、来年前期のNHK朝ドラヒロインに！「花子とアン」で10～50代を熱演！ [Yuriko Yoshitaka will be the NHK asadrama heroine in the first half of next year! Hanako and Anne passionately portrays people in their 10s to 50s!]. Cinema Today (in Japanese). June 25, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  15. ^ 「東京タラレバ娘」がTVドラマ化！吉高由里子主演で東村アキコ歓喜 [Tokyo Tarareba Girls has been made into a TV drama! Akiko Higashimura rejoices in starring Yuriko Yoshitaka]. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). September 8, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  16. ^ 吉高由里子、４月連ドラで初検事役…日テレ系「正義のセ」原作は阿川佐和子さん [Yuriko Yoshitaka will play the role of a prosecutor for the first time in the April drama series...The original story of NTV's Seigi no Se is written by Sawako Agawa]. Hochi News (in Japanese). January 22, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  17. ^ "吉高由里子主演『わたし、定時で帰ります。』初回9.5%". Oricon News (in Japanese). April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  18. ^ "吉高由里子：日テレ新水曜ドラマ「知らなくていいコト」で大石静とタッグ 週刊誌記者役に". MANTAN Web (in Japanese). December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  19. ^ "吉高由里子、妻夫木聡と初共演！ TBS連続ドラマ「危険なビーナス」でヒロインに". eiga.com. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  20. ^ "吉高由里子、TBS金曜ドラマ初主演 初の社長役＜最愛＞". ModelPress (in Japanese). August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  21. ^ a b "吉高由里子主演「風よ あらしよ」劇場版、24年2月公開 100年前、自由を求め闘った伊藤野枝の生涯描く". eiga.com. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  22. ^ 吉高由里子が“10歳下”北村匠海と恋に落ちる…共演ドラマ来年放送、脚本家は大石静（コメントあり） [Yuriko Yoshitaka falls in love with Takumi Kitamura, who is "10 years her junior"... Co-starring drama will be aired next year, scriptwriter is Shizuka Oishi (with comments)]. Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). July 23, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  23. ^ "24年大河『光る君へ』主演は吉高由里子 紫式部役で"愛の物語"描く". Oricon. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  24. ^ 痛さで生を実感　「蛇にピアス」主演・吉高由里子 [Realizing life through pain: Yuriko Yoshitaka, starring in Snakes and Earrings]. Asahi Shimbun. September 26, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  25. ^ a b 生田斗真、吉高由里子で純愛…人気漫画「僕等がいた」を映画化 [Toma Ikuta and Yuriko Yoshitaka share pure love...The popular manga Bokutachi ga Ita has been adapted into a movie]. Sports Hochi. May 2, 2011. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013.
  26. ^ "真夏の方程式". eiga.com. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  27. ^ 吉高由里子、5年ぶり映画主演 人気ミステリー原作「ユリゴコロ」で初の殺人者役 : 映画ニュース [Yuriko Yoshitaka stars in a movie for the first time in five years, playing the role of a murderer for the first time in the popular mystery original Yurigokoro: Movie News]. Eiga.com (in Japanese). December 1, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  28. ^ 木村拓哉VS二宮和也『検察側の罪人』ヒロイン役に吉高由里子 [Takuya Kimura VS Kazunari Ninomiya Yuriko Yoshitaka plays the heroine in Killing for the Prosecution]. Cinema Today (in Japanese). July 23, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  29. ^ 吉高由里子×横浜流星がW主演！純愛描く『きみの瞳が問いかけている』来秋公開 [Yuriko Yoshitaka and Ryusei Yokohama are starring together! Your Eyes Are Asking Questions about pure love will be released next fall]. Cinema Today (in Japanese). September 30, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  30. ^ "'Yureru' claims 4 awards at Yokohama". Tokyograph. February 4, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  31. ^ ""Okuribito" gets 13 nominations for Japan Academy Awards". Tokyograph. December 21, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  32. ^ "Awards for Hebi ni Piasu". IMDB. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  33. ^ "51st Blue Ribbon Awards". Tokyograph. January 15, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  34. ^ "18th Japan Movie Critics Awards". Tokyograph. April 1, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  35. ^ "【2012年エランドール賞】井上真央"ひまわり"新人賞！「仕事に対する誇りを感じた1年」". News Lounge. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  36. ^ "【東京ドラマアウォード】『カムカム』が"最多4冠" オダギリジョーが助演男優賞". Oricon. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
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