Yu Yamada

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Yu Yamada (山田優, Yu Yamada?)
Background information
Birth name	山田 優 (Yamada Yū)
Born	July 5, 1984 (age 22)
Origin	Okinawa, Japan
Genre(s)	J-pop
Occupation(s)	Model, Actress, Singer, TV Personality
Instrument(s)	Singing
Years active	1999–Present
Label(s)	Pony Canyon
Website	Yamada Yu Official Blog

Yu Yamada (山田優 Yamada Yū, born July 5, 1984 in Okinawa, Japan) is a model, actress, singer and TV presenter.

Yamada graduated from Okinawa Actor's School. In 1999, while working as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine CanCam under an exclusive contract, she also worked as a singer in the group "y'z factory" (formed with two other students of the Okinawa Actor's School) and released a total of six singles and one album but in 2002, the group disbanded. Following the group's break up, she has mostly worked as a TV personality and actress. Her first acting gig was in the drama series "Kabachitare!" which led to many other roles such as in "Aisuru tame ni Aisaretai", "Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no youni...". She can be seen in the drama "Damens' Walker" which started in October 2006.

She recently debuted as a solo artist with the single "REAL YOU" which was used as the theme song for the movie "Akihabara@DEEP" (starring Yamada herself) and peaked at #10 on the Oricon Charts She is currently a co-presenter of Formula One Grand Prix Racing in Japan, broad casted on Fuji TV.

Yamada also appears in advertising for instant spaghetti, yogurt, Vodafone mobile phones, Kanebo's T'estimo line of cosmetics and most recently Canon Ink Jet Picture "PIXUS".

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Discography 2.1 Singles 3 Movies 4 Dramas 5 Anime 6 External links

[edit] Trivia

• Her mother, Yamada Mikako, was the first "Miss Okinawa".
• Her brother, Yamada Shintarou, debuted as a model in July 2006.
• She is the eldest of three children, her brother Shintarou comes second and she has another younger brother.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

#	Cover	Information	Sales
1st/Debut Single		REAL YOU Released: September 20, 2006 Oricon Top 100 Weekly Peak: #10 From Album:	23,000
2nd		EYES ON ME Released: March 7, 2007 Oricon Top 100 Weekly Peak: #30 From Album:

[edit] Movies

• "ROUTE 58" as Rin (2003)
• "Kiseki wa sora kara futte kuru" as Reiko Aoyama (2005)
• "Akihabara@DEEP" as Akira (2006)
• "Pulukogi" (2007)

[edit] Dramas

• "Kabachitare!" as Kazoku Osawa (2001)
• "Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo" as Momoe Sendo (Kyoko) (2001)
• "Kangei Danjiki Goikkou-sama" as Akane Kishima (2001)
• "Shiawase no shippo" as Nanoko Kobayashi (2002)
• "Cosmetic" (2003)
• "Aisuru tame ni Aisaretai Loved to Love" as Kyoko Hikuchi (2003)
• "Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no youni..." as Kana Usui (2004)
• "Orange Days" as Soyoko Saeki (2004)
• "Be-Bop High School Part 1" as Soyoko Saeki (2004)
• "Nihon no kowai yoru ~Episode 5 "Daiseikubi"~" (2004)
• "X'mas nante Daikirai" as Rena Muraue (2004)
• "Tales of Japan" as Oki Mayu (2004)
• "Be-Bop High School Part 2" as Soyoko Saeki (2005)
• "Fukigen na Gene" as Miyuki Yanagawa (2005)
• "Yume de Aimashou" as Mika Nakano (2005)
• "Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari" Happunkan (2005)
• "Satomi Hakenden" (2006)
• "Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi ~Third Night "Actress"~" as Nao Yoshii (2006)
• "Zenibana" (2006)
• "Damens' Walker" Natsu Takami (2006)
• "Karei ni Naru Ichizoku" (2007)
• "Zenibana 2 DX Gokaban" (2007)

[edit] Anime

• Voice actress for Yukari Hayasaka in the anime Paradise Kiss.

[edit] External links

• K Dash Group, Yu Yamada's agency. This site requires some searching to find Yamada's profile, and is not in HTML. Menu entries are in English, but the main profile is in Japanese.
• Yu Yamada at the Internet Movie Database
• Yu Yamada at JDorama.com.
• Yamada's page at CanCam magazine's online site.