Yu Yamada

Yu Yamada
Native name	山田 優
Born	July 5, 1984 Okinawa, Japan
Occupation	Model actress singer TV personality
Years active	1999–present
Employer	K-Dash Pony Canyon
Agent	K-Dash
Spouse(s)	Shun Oguri (2012–present)
Children	1
Relatives	Shintaro Yamada (brother)
Website	ameblo.jp/yamada-yu

Yu Yamada (山田 優 Yamada Yū, born July 5, 1984, Okinawa) is a Japanese model, actress, and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine.

Biography

Career

Yamada graduated from Okinawa Actors School. In 1999, while working as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine CanCam under an exclusive contract, she also worked as a singer in the group y'z factory (formed with two other students of the Okinawa Actors School) and released a total of six singles and one album, but in 2002 the group disbanded.

Following the group's break up, she moved to television, making her acting debut in the 2001 TV drama series Kabachitare! which led to many other drama roles such as in Kange! Danjiki Goikkosama, and Orange Days.

Personal life

On March 14, 2012, Yamada married Japanese actor Oguri Shun.^[1] Their first child was born in 2014.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album information	Oricon album chart
2008	Music Released: May 14, 2008 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, CD+DVD	38

Singles

Single information	Notes
"Real You" Released: September 20, 2006 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 10 From album: Myusic
"Eyes on Me" Released: March 7, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 30 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Yu Yamada and this song featured in a 2007 television advertisement for Sofina Raycious cosmetics. B-side: "Feel My Heart" "Eyes on Me" is not to be confused with Faye Wong's song of the same name.
"Fly So High"[2] Released: June 13, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 27 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Ending theme for the TV Tokyo anime series Blue Dragon. B-side: Little Raindrop
"Fiesta! Fiesta!" Released: September 5, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 47 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Yu Yamada and this song featured in another 2007 television advertisement for Sofina Raycious. The B-side, "Palm", served as the ending theme to the Fuji TV horseracing show Umanade. Composed by Toshinobu Kubota.
"Leave All Behind" Released: April 23, 2008
"My All" Released: January 21, 2009
"Free" Released: May 20, 2009	Ending theme for the anime series Basquash!

Filmography

Movies

• Route 58 (2003) as Rin
• Kiseki wa Sora Kara Futte Kuru (2005) as Reiko Aoyama
• Akihabara@Deep (2006) as Akira
• Pulukogi (2007)
• Surf's Up (Japanese dub) (2007) as Lani Aliikai
• Kanna-san, Daiseiko Desu! (2008) as Kanna

Dramas

• Kabachitare! (2001)
• Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (2001)
• Kangei Danjiki Goikkou-sama (2001)
• Shiawase no Shippo (2002)
• Cosmetic (2003)
• Aisuru Tame ni Aisaretai Loved to Love (2003)
• Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no youni... (2004)
• Orange Days (2004)
• Be-Bop High School (2004)
• Nihon no Kowai Yoru "Daiseikubi" (2004)
• X'mas Nante Daikirai (2004)
• Tales of Japan (2004)
• Be-Bop High School 2 (2005)
• Fukigen na Gene (2005)
• Yume de Aimashou (2005)
• Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari "Happunkan" (2005)
• Satomi Hakenden" (2006)
• Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi "Actress" (2006)
• Zenibana (2006)
• Damens' Walker (2006)
• Karei ni Naru Ichizoku (2007)
• Zenibana 2 (2007)
• Nodame Cantabile in Europe (2008)
• Gokusen 3 (2008)
• Binbō Danshi (2008)
• Seigi no Mikata (2008)
• Akuma no Temari Uta (2009)
• Mei-chan no Shitsuji (2009)
• Gakeppuchi no Eri (2010)

Anime

• Paradise Kiss (2005) as Yukari Hayasaka

References

1. "Oguri Shun, Yamada Yu to marry on March 14". Tokyograph. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
2. '“Fly So High”'. (September 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 9, page 126.

External links

• K Dash Group Profile
• Yu Yamada at the Internet Movie Database
• Yu Yamada at JDorama