Yūka (actress)

{{Short description|Japanese actress (born 1980)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Yūka

| image = Yuka 20110208 purple tree 1.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| native_name = 優香

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name = Hiroko Okabe

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan{{cite web|title=優香 雑誌一覧について|url=https://www.fujisan.co.jp/cover/%E5%84%AA%E9%A6%99/|website=

Fujisan|language=ja|access-date=September 22, 2024}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Japanese

| other_names =

| known_for = {{Plainlist|

}}

| agent = Horipro

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|tarento}}

| years_active = 1997–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Munetaka Aoki|2016}}

| children = 1

| website = {{URL|www.horipro.co.jp/yuka/}}

}}

{{nihongo|Hiroko Okabe|岡部 広子|Okabe Hiroko|born 27 June 1980}}, known professionally as {{Nihongo|Yūka|優香|Yūka}}, is a Japanese actress, presenter, and former gravure idol.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/252987/profile/|script-title=ja:優香のプロフィール|trans-title=Yūka's Profile|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.horipro.co.jp/yuka/|script-title=ja:優香|trans-title=Official Agent Profile|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=HoriPro Inc.|language=ja}} She is known for playing the lead role in NHK's drama Honjitsu wa Taian Nari{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2002572/full/|script-title=ja:優香、11年ぶりに連ドラ主演 NHKドラマで結婚プランナー役 ORICON STYLE|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}} and presenting the TBS variety show Ōsama no Brunch.{{cite web|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2012/03/31/kiji/K20120331002947570.html|script-title=ja:優香MC卒業に涙…「20代のほとんどがブランチだった」|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Sports Nippon Newspapers|language=ja}} From 1999 to 2001, she received the Golden Arrow Award every year.{{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/doc/golden_list2008.pdf|script-title=ja:歴代ゴールデン・アロー賞受賞者一覧|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Japan Magazine Publishers Association|language=ja}} In 2003, she was given both a Golden Graph Award and the Japan Academy Prize for Best Newcomer.{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=26|script-title=ja:第26回日本アカデミー賞|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association|language=ja}}

Appearances

= Films =

  • Koi ni Utaeba (2002), Yumi Sakurai{{cite web|url=http://eiga.com/movie/40613/|script-title=ja:恋に唄えば|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=eiga.com inc.|language=ja}}
  • Boku no Songokū (2003), Songokū{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-05-22/new-tezuka-anime|title=New Tezuka Anime|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Anime News Network}}
  • Reincarnation (2005), Nagisa Sugiura{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0000948|script-title=ja:『輪廻』優香単独インタビュー|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Cinematoday Inc.|language=ja |date=25 December 2005 }}
  • Taishibōkei Tanita no Shain Shokudō (2013), Nanako Haruno{{cite web|url=http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv51689/|script-title=ja:体脂肪計タニタの社員食堂|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|language=ja}}
  • Black Butler (2014), Hanae Wakatsuki{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2013/06/more-cast-members-added-for-upcoming-kuroshitsuji-movie|title=More cast members added for upcoming 'Kuroshitsuji' movie|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=6Theory Media, LLC|work=tokyohive}}
  • Akumu-chan (2014), Kotoha Hirashima{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0004128|script-title=ja:『悪夢ちゃん The夢ovie』北川景子&GACKT&優香 単独インタビュー|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Cinematoday Inc.|language=ja |date=30 April 2014 }}
  • Wood Job! (2014), Miki Īda{{cite web|url=http://www.maff.go.jp/j/pr/aff/1404/movie.html|script-title=ja:Wood Job!|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries|language=ja}}
  • Galaxy Turnpike (2015), Rei{{cite web|url=http://eiga.com/news/20150420/1/|script-title=ja:優香も小栗旬も大竹しのぶも全員宇宙人!三谷幸喜「ギャラクシー街道」に豪華キャスト|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=eiga.com inc.|language=ja}}
  • Jinsei no Yakusoku (2016), Yukiko Ōba{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2050151/full/|script-title=ja:竹野内豊、江口洋介、西田敏行、たけしら豪華キャストがドラマ界巨匠のオリジナル映画に集結|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}}
  • The Blue Hearts (2017)
  • Gokko (2017)
  • Hitsuji no Ki (2018), Rieko Ōta
  • You Shine in the Moonlit Night (2019)

=TV dramas=

  • Ao no Jidai (TBS, 1998), Yuka{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/252987/tv/|script-title=ja:優香のTV出演情報|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}}
  • The Sun Never Sets (Fuji TV, 2000), Ami Isetani{{cite web|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/taiyo/|script-title=ja:太陽は沈まない |access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Fuji Television Network, inc.|language=ja}}
  • 20-sai no Kekkon (TBS, 2000), Renko Chūganji{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0035986|script-title=ja:優香、11年ぶりの連続ドラマ主演!結婚に失敗したウエディング・プランナーに|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Cinematoday Inc.|language=ja |date=7 October 2011 }}
  • Love Story (TBS, 2001), Kano Kobayashi{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=234592|script-title=ja:TV Love Story|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Zoku Heisei Fūfu Jawan (NTV, 2002){{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=239146|script-title=ja:TV 続・平成夫婦茶碗(ヘーセーメオトヂャワン)|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Yūkaza Cinema (TV Asahi, 2002){{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=241118|script-title=ja:TVM 優香座シネマ|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Dramatic Syndrome (Fuji TV, 2001)
  • Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3 (Fuji TV, 2003){{cite web|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/honkowa/file36.html|script-title=ja:ほんとにあった怖い話|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Fuji Television Network, inc.|language=ja}}
  • Taiga drama Shinsengumi! (NHK, 2004){{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=319315|script-title=ja:TV 新選組!|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Aketekure (Fuji TV, 2004)
  • Hoshi ni Negai o: 7jōma de Umareta 410-man no Hoshi (Fuji TV, 2005), Yōko Satō{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=324724|script-title=ja:TVM 星に願いを ~七畳間で生まれた410万の星 ~|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Renai Shōsetsu "Duke" (TBS, 2006), Kōko Tachibana{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/item/d2277/|script-title=ja:スペシャルドラマ「恋愛小説」|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.|language=ja}}
  • 24-jikan Terebi Ai wa Chikyū o Sukuu "Yūki" (NTV, 2006), Yoshie{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/24h/drama_dvd/|script-title=ja:VAP 24時間テレビ 愛は地球を救う ドラマスペシャル|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Nippon Television Network Corporation|language=ja}}
  • Oishinbo (Fuji TV, 2007-2009), Yūko Kurita{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=329365|script-title=ja:TVM 新・美味しんぼ|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Maru Maru Chibi Maruko Chan Episode 3 (Fuji TV, 2007){{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=327565|script-title=ja:TV まるまるちびまる子ちゃん|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Shinjitsu no Shuki BC Kyū Senpan Katō Tetsutarō "Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai" (NTV, 2007), Fujiko Katō
  • Gout Temps Nouveau (KTV, 2007), Yūka Tanaka
  • Maō Episode 4-7 (TBS, 2008), Makiko Naruse{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=331004|script-title=ja:TV 魔王|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Koi no Karasawagi: Love Stories V "Sōgiya no Onna" (NTV, 2008), Yuri Honda{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=331966|script-title=ja:TVM 恋のから騒ぎ ドラマスペシャル ~LOVE STORIES~ V|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Episode 8 (TBS, 2009), Teacher Izumi{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=334311|script-title=ja:TV こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • My Girl (TV Asahi, 2009), Yōko Tsukamoto{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=335086|script-title=ja:TV マイガール|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Bungō: Nihon Bungaku Cinema "Ōgon Fūkei" (TBS, 2010), Okei{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=336256|script-title=ja:オリジナルビデオ BUNGO -日本文学シネマ- 黄金風景|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (NTV, 2011){{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=340442|script-title=ja:TVM この世界の片隅に|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • T-UP presents Thumbs Up! (BS Fuji, 2011), Hana{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2002826/full/|script-title=ja:優香、“中古車”役の主演ドラマに苦笑い「最初、正直わからなかった」|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}}
  • Honjitsu wa Taian Nari (NHK, 2012), Takako Yamai
  • Papadol! (TBS, 2012), Haruka Hanamura{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=342395|script-title=ja:TV パパドル!|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=ja}}
  • Akumu-chan (NTV, 2012), Kotoha Hirashima{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2013/07/akumu-chan-drama-starring-kitagawa-keiko-to-get-a-movie-adaptation|title='Akumu-chan' drama starring Kitagawa Keiko to get a movie adaptation|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=6Theory Media, LLC|work=tokyohive}}
  • Hakuba no Ōji-sama (NTV, 2013), Takako Hara{{cite web|url=http://news.walkerplus.com/article/51832/|script-title=ja:“鈴木福に癒やされる”三浦貴大、優香主演のXmasドラマ|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|language=ja}}
  • Hell Teacher Nūbē (NTV, 2014), Minako{{cite web|url=http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1414091|script-title=ja:関ジャニ∞丸山主演「地獄先生ぬ~べ~」 優香、佐野ひなこ、松井愛莉ら新キャスト発表|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=modelpress|language=ja}}
  • Carolling: Christmas no Kiseki (NHK BS, 2014), Sūko Orihara{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2042605/full/|script-title=ja:三浦貴大×優香、有川浩原作『キャロリング』連ドラ化|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}}
  • Taiga drama Hana Moyu (NHK, 2015), Sugihisa{{cite web|url=http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1388743|script-title=ja:優香、10年ぶり大河出演 井上真央と華やか姉妹に|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=modelpress|language=ja}}
  • Chikaemon (NHK, 2016), Osode{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2061340/full/|script-title=ja:青木崇高x松尾スズキ、『曾根崎心中』誕生秘話を創作|access-date=2015-10-27|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}}
  • Rinshō Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri (NTV, 2016), Nozomi Ono{{cite web|url=http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/11/20/027/|script-title=ja:優香『火村英生の推理』で初の刑事役、山本美月・生瀬勝久・夏木マリらも登場|access-date=2015-11-21|work=mynavi.jp|language=ja}}
  • Hi no Ko (Tōkai TV, 2016), Yukimi Kajima{{cite web|url=http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2016/02/15/069/|script-title=ja:ユースケ、連ドラ初共演の優香は「不安だと思います」- 新生"土ドラ"第1弾|access-date=2016-03-05|work=Mynavi|language=ja}}
  • Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon (NHK, 2017), Tomiko
  • Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru (NHK, 2019)

=Dubbing=

  • Bunshinsaba (2004), Lee Yoo-jin{{cite web|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2005_02/g2005020403.html|script-title=ja:優香、戸田菜穂がホラー声優に挑戦…韓国映画「コックリさん」 |access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Zakzak|language=ja}}
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ellie{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0001025|script-title=ja:『アイス・エイジ2』優香、久本雅美、中島知子 単独インタビュー|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=Cinematoday Inc.|language=ja}}
  • Strings (2007), Jhinna{{cite web|url=http://eiga.com/movie/33960/|script-title=ja:ストリングス 愛と絆の旅路|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=eiga.com inc.|language=ja}}

Bibliography

=Books=

  • Hirune no Honne (Kadokawa Shoten, October 2000) {{ISBN|4048836293}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002938071-00|script-title=ja:ひるねのほんね : 優香がいっぱい : Yuka's first photo & essay (角川書店): 2000|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Air (Shogakukan, June 2002) {{ISBN|4094190260}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000003636144-00|script-title=ja:エアー (小学館): 2002|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}

=Photobooks=

  • ZIP (Eichi Shuppan, April 1998) {{ISBN|4754211901}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002750124-00|script-title=ja:Zip : 優香写真集 (英知出版): 1998|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Vim with Rei Yoshii (Eichi Shuppan, April 1998) {{ISBN|4754211898}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002750123-00|script-title=ja:Vim : 吉井怜写真集 (英知出版): 1998|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Sirena (TIS, 1998) {{ISBN|4886181791}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002787180-00|script-title=ja:優香写真集セレナ (テイ・アイ・エス): 1998|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Perfume (Wani Books, April 1999) {{ISBN|4847025288}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002784408-00|script-title=ja:Perfume : 優香写真集 (ワニブックス): 1999|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Yūka CF Special Carat (Futabasha, July 2000) {{ISBN|4575472794}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002986973-00|script-title=ja:優香CF special carat (双葉社): 2000|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Innocent Yūka (Shueisha, April 2000) {{ISBN|4087803058}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002960427-00|script-title=ja:Innocent Yûka (集英社): 2000|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Memories of Innocent Yūka (Shueisha, May 2000) {{ISBN|4087803090}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002964905-00|script-title=ja:Memories of innocent Yûka (集英社): 2000|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Koi ni Utaeba (Kadokawa Shoten, October 2002) {{ISBN|4048535269}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000003686516-00|script-title=ja:恋に唄えば : 優香写真集 (角川書店): 2002|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Yūka Body (Kodansha, March 2012) {{ISBN|4062175495}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023500269-00|script-title=ja:優香ボディー (講談社): 2012|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Yūka Gravure (Kodansha, March 2012) {{ISBN|4062175487}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023503994-00|script-title=ja:優香グラビア (講談社): 2012|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}
  • Yūka Gravure Tokusōban (Kodansha, March 2012) {{ISBN|4062176491}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023503990-00|script-title=ja:優香グラビア (講談社): 2012|access-date=2015-06-13|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}}

Awards

  • The 36th Golden Arrow Award: Graph Award (1999)
  • The 37th Golden Arrow Award: Best Newcomer and Newcomer for Broadcasting Award (2000)
  • The 38th Golden Arrow Award: Broadcasting Award (2001)
  • The 26th Japan Academy Prize: Best Newcomer (2003)
  • The 40th Golden Arrow Award: Golden Graph Award (2003)

References

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