Yō Yoshida

Yō Yoshida
Native name	吉田 羊
Born	February 3, 1974 Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)

Yō Yoshida (吉田 羊 Yoshida Yō, born February 3, 1974^[1] in Kurume, Fukuoka) is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Oranku.

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Other notes
2008	Cat Street	Promotional Video Director	NHK	Episode 4
2009	Smile	Receptionist	TBS
	Mr. Brain	Ryoko Sakamoto	TBS	Episode 6
2010	Code Blue	Naomi Nogami	Fuji TV	2nd Season, Episodes 6 to 11
	GeGeGe no Nyōbō	Rosanne Cosmetic Sales director	NHK	Asadora
	Mother	Keiji Kōda	NTV
	Gold		Fuji TV
	Japanese Americans	Kinue Nonaka	TBS
	Aibō	Mayuko Fujisaki	TV Asahi	Season 9, Episode 9
2011	Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana	Hitomi Kusakabe	TBS
	Gō	Kiyohara Ito, then Kiyohara Maria	NHK	Taiga drama
	Castle of Sand	Rieko Naruse	TV Asahi
	Case Closed	Yoko Sakai	Yomiuri TV	Episode 12
	Antoki no Inochi		TBS
	Welcome to the El-Palacio	Reika	TV Tokyo
2012	Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi	Midori Hatanaka	Fuji TV	Episodes 2 to 6
	Taira no Kiyomori	Haruko (Saigyō's wife)	NHK	Taiga drama, Episode 7
	Saiko no Jinsei	Etsuko Kinohara	TBS	Final Story
	Great Teacher Onizuka	Tsubasa Murai	Kansai	Episode 3
	Jun to Ai	Fujiko Kirino	NHK	Asadora
2013	Lady Joker	Kazuko Enomoto	WOWOW
	Town Doctor Jumbo!!	Chigusa Nagao	Yomimuri TV
	Hanzawa Naoki		TBS	Episode 4
2014	Hero	Reiko Baba	Fuji TV
2015	Koinaka	Mariko Niwa	Fuji TV
2016	Sanada Maru	Komatsuhime	NHK	Taiga drama
	Naomi and Kanako	Yoko Hattori	Fuji TV

Films

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2011	Rebirth	Female criminal
	Bunny Drop	Haruko Sasaki
	Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite	Kanako Ichige
2013	Enoshima Prism
2014	Kiki's Delivery Service	Sumire
2015	Nōnai Poison Berry	Ikeda
	The Anthem of the Heart	Izumi Naruse	Voice
2016	Iya na Onna	Tetsuko Ishida
	Good Morning Show

Awards

Year	Award ceremony	Category	Result
2015	8th International Drama Festival in Tokyo	Best Supporting Actress	Won[2]
	40th Hochi Film Award	Best Supporting Actress	Won[3]
2016	38th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won
	60th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomers of the Year	Won
	39th Japan Academy Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated

References

1. 望月ふみ (2014年9月20日) "『HERO』吉田羊、「最終回」撮影秘話を語る! 年齢非公表の理由も判明". Retrieved 2015-07-15. クランクイン! (ハリウッドチャンネル): p. 2
2. 『天皇の料理番』が4冠獲得 「東京ドラマアウォード2015」 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
3. 樹木希林＆本木雅弘"親子"で同時受賞 第40回報知映画賞 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

External links

• Official profile at Oranku (Japanese)
• Official blog (Japanese)
• 役者魂.jp 吉田羊インタビュー (Japanese)