Yu Yamada

Yu Yamada
Native name 山田 優
Born (1984-07-05) July 5, 1984
Okinawa, Japan
Occupation
Years active 1999–present
Employer
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
"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

Filmography

Movies

Dramas

Anime

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

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