Yu Hasebe

Yu Hasebe
Native name	長谷部 優
Born	17 January 1986 Gifu, Japan
Occupation	Singer, model, actress
Musical career
Genres	Japanese Pop
Years active	1999-2007 (dream) 2008 - Kingyo 2008 - present (solo)
Labels	Avex Trax (1999-2008)
Associated acts	Dream Kingyo
Website	ameblo.jp/hasebeyu

Yu Hasebe (長谷部 優 Hasebe Yū, born 17 January 1986) is a Japanese actress, singer and model. She was one of the original three members of the J-Pop group "Dream" (renamed DRM in 2007). She debuted as a gravure idol in 2004. She has also starred in a number of Japanese movies and TV dramas. She was formerly a member of a unit called Kingyo with Nao Nagasawa and Aiko Kayō.

Filmography

Movies

• Chikan Otoko (2005)
• Love Psycho (2006)
• Mayonaka no Shōjotachi (2006)
• Backdancers! (2006)

TV

• Mahora no Hoshi (2005)
• Karera no Umi VII: Wish on the Polestar (2005)
• Girl's Box (2005)
• Koi Suru!? Kyaba Jō (2006)

Discography

Shared singles

• Keitai Aika Sonogo / Gōkon Aika Sonogo (携帯哀歌 その後/合コン哀歌 その後) (with Tokyo Purin) (11 January 2006)

Various artists' albums

• Girl's Box: Best Hits Compilation (16 March 2005)
• Girl's Box: Best Hits Compilation Winter (30 November 2005)
• Backdancers! Original Soundtrack (23 August 2006)

Other releases

DVD

• Natural (28 January 2005)
• Move in I Love Yu (23 September 2005)
• Dramatic Space^[1] (27 April 2007)

Photobooks

• Yu & I (16 March 2005)
• I Love Yu (31 July 2005)
• Talk to... Twelve Flowers (15 December 2006)

References

1. "長谷部優、舞台「嫌われ松子～」のドロドロ感をPR 日テレNEWS24". News24 (in Japanese). 16 April 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2011.

External links

• Blog (Japanese)