:Yu Takahashi (actress)

Takahashi was born in Ōtsu, Shiga,{{cite web|url=http://www.city.otsu.lg.jp/soshiki/025/1604/o/1465451347167.html|script-title=ja:高橋メアリージュンさん・高橋ユウさん、びわ湖大津ふるさと観光大使に就任！|publisher=Otsu City Hall|date=June 10, 2016|language=ja|access-date=June 13, 2016}} to a Filipino mother and a Japanese father.{{cite web|last=Cristobal-Takeshima|first=Sally|title=Kansai Crusade|date=13 July 2012 |url=http://jeepney-press.blogspot.com/2012/07/sally-cristobal-takashima.html|access-date=July 13, 2012}} She won the Grand Prix in a female vocal audition in 2006 held by the TV Tokyo show Output.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/output/|title=Output |publisher=TV Tokyo |year=2006 |language=ja}}

Takahashi is represented by the Asia Promotion talent agency. She started her career as an exclusive model for the Cawaii! magazine and her first photo book, Yu, was released in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/170/170365/|script-title=ja:「仮面ライダーキバ」に出演中の高橋優、麻生ゆりとは違う等身大を写真集で表現|publisher=Ascii|date=September 8, 2008|language=ja}} After that, she was an exclusive model for the Pinky magazine until 2009.{{cite web|url=http://mdpr.jp/0234918|title=元PINKYモデル、「やっぱりモデルのお仕事だいすき」|publisher=Modelpress|date=February 1, 2010|language=ja}}

She appeared regularly in the NHK Educational TV television program Kyō Kara Eikaiwa in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/938|title=電気グルーヴ 瀧がNHK語学講座で英語を学ぶ|publisher=Natalie|date=March 26, 2007|language=ja}} As an actress, she played Yuri Aso in TV Asahi's Kamen Rider Kiva and starred in the 2008 film version, Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0014788|script-title=ja:相川七瀬、6歳の息子が「仮面ライダー」大ファン！学校でお母さんが歌うと自慢|publisher=Cinematoday|date=August 8, 2008|language=ja}} She played a leading role in the 2012 film, Brand Guardians, with South Korean actor Yoon Shi-yoon.{{cite web|url=http://mdpr.jp/021180352|script-title=ja:人気モデルの妹、話題作の主演女優に抜擢 |publisher=Modelpress |date=July 2, 2015|language=ja}} In 2013, she played the role of Makoto/Sailor Jupiter in a musical remake of Sailor Moon: La Reconquista{{cite web|script-title=ja:人気モデルの美人妹、セーラー戦士に抜擢　独占コメント到着|url=http://kirei.woman.excite.co.jp/news/detail/20130913210328_mdpr1278264|date=September 13, 2013|access-date=June 4, 2014|language=ja}} and in 2014 in musical Sailor Moon: Petite Étrangère.

She is the younger sister of Maryjun Takahashi, who is also a model and actress.{{cite web|url=http://ww.mdpr.jp/021188012 |title=人気モデル、NHK朝ドラ出演決定 速水もこみちの恋人役 |publisher=Modelpress |date=June 20, 2012 |language=ja}} She also has a brother who is a professional football player named Yuji Takahashi.{{cite web |script-title=ja:１９歳ＤＦ高橋、１試合も出場しないまま豪へレンタル移籍…京都|trans-title=19-year-old defender Takashi loaned to Australia without playing a match|date= 31 August 2012|work= Osaka Hochi |publisher= The Hochi Shimbun |location= Japan |language=ja |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130116044228/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/osaka/soccer/jleague/news/20120831-OHO1T00066.htm |archive-date= 16 January 2013 |access-date= 4 June 2014 |url= http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/osaka/soccer/jleague/news/20120831-OHO1T00066.htm }}

In October 2018, she married K-1 fighter Hirotaka Urabe.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-24 |title=高橋ユウ、夫・卜部弘嵩選手との結婚を語る "相性の良さ"の理由に納得の声 - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/2790936 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース |language=ja}}

On 22 September 2019, she announced that she was pregnant, and had given birth to a baby boy on 28 January 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B75Y7UNJmmU/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/takahashiyu.official/2231924719599643028 |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=高橋ユウ on Instagram: "昨日、第一子となる男の子を出産しました👼 母子ともに健康です。 大きな産声をあげて元気に産まれてきてくれた 私たちの奇跡。 生まれてきてくれてありがとう。 私たちのもとに来てくれてありがとう。 産まれて1日経った今でさえ成長を感じる大切な時間。…"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2020-01-29}}{{cbignore}}

On 28 June 2022, she announced that she was pregnant with her second child, and had given birth to a baby boy on 2 December of the same year.{{Cite web |last=INC |first=SANKEI DIGITAL |date=2022-12-03 |title=高橋ユウが第２子の男児出産 「やはり命は奇跡。産まれてきてくれてありがとう」 |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20221203-6C63IZ7SNFGEFD26BPFKQGGQCU/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=サンスポ |language=ja}}

• Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (2008), Yuri Asō{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=330489|script-title=ja:映画 劇場版 仮面ライダーキバ 魔界城の王|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
• Brand Guardians (2012)
• Stolen Identity 2 (2020){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/91063/|title= スマホを落としただけなのに 囚われの殺人鬼|access-date= September 10, 2018|work= eiga.com}}

• Kamen Rider Kiva (TV Asahi, 2008-2009), Yuri Asō{{cite web|url=http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/170/170365/|script-title=ja:「仮面ライダーキバ」に出演中の高橋優、麻生ゆりとは違う等身大を写真集で表現|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|language=ja}}
• Shinigami-kun Episode 6 (TV Asahi, 2014), Sayaka Kirino{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=348838|script-title=ja:TV 死神くん|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
• Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!: Best Seller Sakka Kara no Chōsenjō (TBS, 2014), Mutsumi Sakashita{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=351232|script-title=ja:TVM このミステリーがすごい！～ベストセラー作家からの挑戦状～|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
• Kageriyuku Natsu (WOWOW, 2015), Sachiko Haruki{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=351432|script-title=ja:TV 翳りゆく夏|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
• Mondai no Aru Restaurant Episode 2 (Fuji TV, 2015){{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=351320|script-title=ja:TV 問題のあるレストラン|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
• Kamen Rider Zi-O (TV Asahi, 2019), Sougo Tokiwa's true first love, "Ms. Sailor"

• Pu-Pu-Juice Pani☆Hosu (August 2013){{cite web|url=http://www.pu-pu-juice.com/summer/pupu/2/|script-title=ja:2013 パニホス プープージュース特設サイト|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Pu-Pu-Juice|language=ja}}
• Sailor Moon musicals (AiiA Theater Tokyo, 13 September 2013 - 2015), Sailor Jupiter{{cite web|url=http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1278093|script-title=ja:セーラームーン、新・美少女戦士が華やか集結|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=modelpress|language=ja |date=13 September 2013 }}
• Sonezaki Shinjū (September 2013){{cite web|url=http://www.owlspot.jp/performance/131108.html|script-title=ja:あうるすぽっと 公演情報 曽根崎心中|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Owl Spot|language=ja}}
• WBB Vol.6 Soshite, Konya mo Nikolaschka! (June 2014){{cite web|url=http://www.w-b-bros.jp/schedule.html|script-title=ja:公演日程 WBB/WATER BIG BROTHERS|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Water Big Brothers|language=ja}}

• Kansai Collection (2014 S/S,{{cite web|url=http://www.kansai-collection.net/2014_ss/model.html|script-title=ja:関西コレクション 2014S/S KANSAI COLLECTION2014 S/S|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Kansai Collection|language=ja}} 2014 A/W,{{cite web|url=http://www.kansai-collection.net/2014_aw/model.html|script-title=ja:関西コレクション 2014A/W KANSAI COLLECTION2014 A/W|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Kansai Collection|language=ja}} 2015 S/S{{cite web|url=http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1480322|script-title=ja:高橋メアリージュン＆ユウ、美人姉妹の仲良しランウェイ|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=modelpress|language=ja |date=4 April 2015 }})
• Tokyo Girls Collection (2011 A/W,{{cite web|url=http://girlswalker.com/tgc/11aw/model/|script-title=ja:東京ガールズコレクション'11 A/W モデル|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Tokyo Girls Collection|language=ja}} 2012 A/W{{cite web|url=http://girlswalker.com/tgc/12aw/model/index.html|script-title=ja:モデル 東京ガールズコレクション'12 A/W|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Tokyo Girls Collection|language=ja}})
• Girls Award (2010 S/S,{{cite web|url=http://girls-award.com/archive/2010_0522/pc/model.html|script-title=ja:出演モデル Girls Award 2010 Official WEB|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Girls Award|language=ja}} 2010 A/W,{{cite web|url=http://girls-award.com/archive/2010_0918/pc/model.php|script-title=ja:MODEL ガールズアワード Girls Award JAPAN 2010 AUTUMN/WINTER Official WEB|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Girls Award|language=ja}} 2011 A/W,{{cite web|url=http://girls-award.com/archive/2011_1112/pc/model.php|script-title=ja:MODEL ガールズアワード GirlsAward by CROOZ blog 2011 AUTUMN/WINTER Official WEB|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Girls Award|language=ja}} 2012 A/W{{cite web|url=http://girls-award.com/archive/2012_1108/pc/model.php|script-title=ja: ガールズアワード GirlsAward 2012 AUTUMN/WINTER Official WEB|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Girls Award|language=ja}})

• Pinky, Shueisha 2004-2009, as an exclusive model until 2009
• Cawaii!, Shufunotomo 1996-2009, as an exclusive model from 2006 to 2009

• Yu (Saibunkan Publishing, September 2008) {{ISBN|9784775602980}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000010074461-00|script-title=ja:Yu : 高橋優写真集 (彩文館出版): 2008|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}

• The 68th Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan Arts Festival (2013): Best Newcomer{{cite web|url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/geijutsubunka/jutenshien/geijutsusai/pdf/h18_h25.pdf|script-title=ja:Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan Arts Festival|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|language=ja}}
• The 3rd Best Engagement 2015: Won (Family Category){{cite web|url=http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1498482|script-title=ja:高橋メアリージュン＆ユウ姉妹、過去の不満・コンプレックスを告白 愛溢れる手紙で感涙|access-date=2015-07-02|publisher=modelpress|language=ja |date=30 June 2015 }}

{{Reflist|30em}}

• [http://ameblo.jp/takahashiyudesu Official blog] (Ameba) {{in lang|ja}}
• [https://plus.google.com/109602052693079422951 Official Google+ Update] {{in lang|ja}}
• [http://asiapro.co.jp/talent_model/y_takahashi.html Asia Promotion agency profile] {{in lang|ja}}
• [http://mammoth-pro.com/talent/yu_takahashi.html Mammoth agency profile] {{in lang|ja}}

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