You (actress)

{{Short description|Japanese actress and television personality (born 1964)}}

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| name = You

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| native_name = ゆう

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name = Yukiko Ehara

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|8|29}}

| birth_place = Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|television personality}}

| years_active = 1985–present

| spouse = {{ublist|{{marriage|Tetsuka Minoru|1991|1997|end=div}}|{{marriage|Shunsuke Matsuoka|1997|2005|end=div}}

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| children = 1

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{{nihongo|Yukiko Ehara|江原由希子|Ehara Yukiko|born August 29, 1964|lead=yes}}, also known as {{nihongo|You|ゆう|Yū}}, is a Japanese television personality and actress, and former singer and model.

Career

Ehara was scouted in Harajuku and began working as a model.{{cite web|url= http://japan.techinsight.jp/2014/01/you-downtowngottu-ousama20140125.html |title= 【エンタがビタミン♪】YOUの人生を変えたのはダウンタウン。「あれが無ければテレビの仕事をしなかった」 |work=Techinsight |date= 2014-01-25 |access-date=2019-05-27}}{{cite web|url= https://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2016/06/05/0009155594.shtml |title= ＹＯＵ恩人ダウンタウンへの思い語る |work=Daily Sports |date= 2016-06-05 |access-date=2019-05-27}} She began a career as a singer under her birth name, releasing her first single "Chotto Dake" in 1985. In 1988, she was invited by Shi-Shonen bassist Seiji Toda to form their own band called Fairchild. Taking on the stage name You, she served as vocalist and songwriter. In 1990, You secured a regular spot on the comedy duo Downtown's weekly Thursday night radio show MBS Youngtown. She next accepted a regular role on Downtown's television show Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji. With the shift in her career focus from singing to television, the band Fairchild broke up in 1993.

While continuing as a regular on various television and radio shows, she has authored two books, appeared in a number of films, and is a regular contributor (and occasional cover girl) for the fashion magazine In Red. She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2005 Japanese Academy Awards for her performance as the absent mother in Nobody Knows. You has been a studio commentator for the reality television series Terrace House since its inception in 2012.

Since October 2016, You and her fellow Terrace House commentator Ryota Yamasato have co-hosted the puppet show Nehorin Pahorin on NHK Educational TV. They each voice mole puppets who co-interview the non-famous guest represented by a pig puppet. The anonymity afforded via the puppets and voice modulation allows the guests to talk candidly about topics not usually covered on mainstream TV, such as idol otaku or host club addiction.{{cite web |title=NHK puppet show offers a rare glimpse into unconventional lives |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/media-national/nhk-puppet-show-offers-rare-glimpse-unconventional-lives/ |work=The Japan Times |date=2018-03-03 |access-date=2019-05-26}}

You recently featured in the French-Japanese film Umami, directed by Slony Sow, and starring Gérard Depardieu, production of which took place in Hokkaido, Japan and Saumur, France.

Personal life

You was married to Tezuka Minoru, guitarist of the rock band The Privates, from 1991 until getting divorced in January 1997.{{cite web|url= https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2018/10/16/0011735798.shtml |title= 2度離婚のYOU 「お金でもめたことが1回もない」 |work=Daily Sports |date= 2018-10-16 |access-date=2019-05-27}}{{cite web|url= https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2018/10/16/0011735798.shtml |title= 2度離婚のYOU 「お金でもめたことが1回もない」 |work=News Post Seven |language=ja |publisher=Shogakukan |date= 2018-10-16 |access-date=2019-05-27}} That same year, she married actor Shunsuke Matsuoka in July and gave birth to their son in November. You and Matsuoka divorced in 2005.{{cite web|url= https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20151117_364217.html|title= 小泉今日子とYOU お互いの離婚危機きっかけに仲が深まった |work=News Post Seven |language=ja |publisher=Shogakukan |date=2015-11-17 |access-date=2019-05-27}}

Selected filmography

=Television=

Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji (1991–1997)
Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002)
Manhattan Love Story (2003)
Oh! My Girl!! (2008)
Midnight Diner(2009), Michiko Kazami {{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1966103/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | title="Midnight Diner" Sauce yakisoba (TV Episode 2009) - IMDb | website=IMDb }}
Second Virgin (2010), Akiko
Hakken! Gyōten!! Puremia Mon!!! Doyō wa Dameyo! (2013–present)
Going My Home (2012), Takiko Ito
Terrace House: Boys × Girls Next Door (2012–2014),
Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City (2015–2016)
EXD44 (2016–present)
Nehorin Pahorin (2016–present)
Terrace House: Aloha State (2016–2017)
7Rules (2017–present)
Terrace House: Opening New Doors (2017–2019)
Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020 (2019–2020)
The Way of the Househusband (2020), Miku's Mother{{cite web|url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20201020dog00m200078000c.html |title=極主夫道："美久"川口春奈の両親役にYOU＆正名僕蔵 "孫"白鳥玉季と仲良く寄り添うほのぼの4ショットも公開|website=mantan-web.jp |language=ja |date=2020-10-21 |access-date=2020-11-02}}
Come Come Everybody (2021), Midori Kijima{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2021/02/04/71221.html|title= 松村北斗＆村上虹郎＆小野花梨が朝ドラ初登場！上白石萌音をとりまくキャスト発表「カムカムエヴリバディ」|access-date= February 4, 2021|work= Cinema Cafe|date= 4 February 2021}}
Sunny (2024), Hime

=Film=

Nobody Knows (2004), Keiko Fukushima
Be with You (2004), Yuji's Teacher
The Uchōten Hotel (2006), Sakura Cherry
GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007), Rokurokubi
Still Walking (2008), Chinami Kataoka
Boys on the Run{{Cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=334895 |script-title=ja:ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン (2009) |language= ja|access-date= 2011-09-09|work= Allcinema.net |publisher= Stingray}} (2010), Shiho
Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki (2011)
R100 (2013), Setsuko Katayama
Terrace House: Closing Door (2015)
Her Sketchbook (2017), Mika Konuma
You, Your, Yours (2018), Hoshino
Umami (2022), Noriko
Mom, Is That You?! (2023), Kotoko Andersson{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98064/|title= こんにちは、母さん|access-date= March 17, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
First Kiss (2025){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102255/|title= ファーストキス 1ST KISS|access-date= 4 March 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}