Yūki Amami

Yūki Amami 天海祐希
Born	Yuri Nakano August 8, 1967 (1967-08-08) (age 44) Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987–present
Website
http://www.ken-on.co.jp/amami/

Yūki Amami (天海祐希, Amami Yūki^?, born August 8, 1967) is a Japanese actress.

1 Career
2 Filmography
3 Commercials
4 Awards
5 References
6 External links

Career

Amami joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1987 and retired in 1995. Amami was the youngest actress in the company's history to be cast in a top male role. As an otokoyaku (男役, male role^?), she belonged to the Moon Troupe (Tsuki).

She was involved in various famous musicals when she was in the company, including Gone With the Wind, where she starred as Rhett Butler, and Me and My Girl. After resigning from the company, she continues to work as a TV and movie actress. Her most notable role is that of Maya Akutsu the main character in The Queen's Classroom.^[1]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Christmas Apocalypse	Yoko Sugimura
1998	Ishimitsu Makiyo no Shogai	Hana Mizuno
1998	Misty
1999	Kuro no tenshi Vol. 2	Mayo
2001	Inugami	Miki Bonomiya
	Rendan	Sasaki Namiko
	Yawaraka na Ho	Kasumi Moriwake
	Sennen no Koi: Hikaru Genji Monogatari	Hikaru Genji
2002	Totsunyuseyo! Asama Sanso Jiken	Sassa Sachiko
2002	Utsutsu	Woman with umbrella
2004	Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu	Sakutaro's boss
2005	Inu no Eiga
2007	Battery	Makiko Harada
2007	Southbound	Sakura Uehara
2008	Ponyo	Granmamare	Voice
2008	The Magic Hour	Woman in mourning
2009	Amalfi: Megami No 50-Byō	Saeko Yagami
2009	Kaiji	Rinko Endō
Drama
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Singles
1998	Naguru Onna	Yōko Tachibana
1998	Shinsengumi Keppuroku
1999	Renai Sagishi	Hiromi Shinohara	Episode 1 appearance
2001	Fighting Girl	Shoko Mitsui
2001	Suiyoubi no Jouji	Ai Sakura
2002	Toshiie and Matsu	Haru
2002	Bara no Jyujika	Aki Takahata
2003	Ryūten no Ōuhi	Kōran Ri
2004	Tengoku e no Ouenka Cheers
	Rikon Bengoshi	Takako Mamiya	Lead role
	Last Present	Asuka Hiraki	Lead role
2005	Rikon Bengoshi 2	Takako Mamiya	Lead role
	Jyō no Kyōshitsu	Maya Akutsu	Lead role
	Onna no Ichidaki: The Second Night	Fubuki Koshiji	Lead role
	Kiken na Aneki	Takako Mimiya	Episode 8 guest appearance
2006	Kitchen Wars		Television special
2006	Top Caster	Haruka Tsubaki	Lead role
2007	Maguro	Natsumi Sakazaki	2-part television special
2007	Enka no Jyō	Himawari Ōkochi	Lead role
2008	Around 40	Satoko Ogata	Lead role
2009	Boss	Eriko Osawa	Lead role
2009	Fumo Chitai	Beniko Hamanaka	Television special
2010	Wagaya no Rekishi	Chiaki Onizuka	3-part television special
2010	Gold	Yuri Saotome	Lead role
2011	Boss 2	Eriko Osawa	Lead role

Commercials

Toshiba
Kao Sofina
Suntory DAKARA

Awards

Year	Organization	Award	Work	Result
1997	Japan Academy Awards	Rookie of the Year	Christmas Apocalypse	Won
2001	Japan Academy Awards	Best Female Supporting Role: 1st Runner-up	Sennen no Koi: Hikaru Genji Monogatari	Won
2001	Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress	Inugami, Rendan, Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu	Won
2002	Yokohama Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	Inugami, Rendan	Won
2004	Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Outfit	Rikon Bengoshi	Won
2004	Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actress	Last Present	Won
2005	Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actress	Jyō no Kyōshitsu	Won

References

^ The 46th Television Drama Academy Awards - The Best Female actress

External links

Official website (Japanese)
Yuki Amami at the Internet Movie Database
Yuki Amami at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)

Awards

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress

Setsuko Hara (1951) · Isuzu Yamada (1952) · Nobuko Otowa (1953) · Hideko Takamine (1954) · Chikage Awashima (1955) · Isuzu Yamada (1956) · Yuuko Mochizuki (1957) · Fujiko Yamamoto (1958) · Tanie Kitabayashi (1959) · Keiko Kishi (1960) · Ayako Wakao (1961) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (1962) · Sachiko Hidari (1963) · Shima Iwashita (1964) · Ayako Wakao (1965) · Youko Tsukasa (1966) · Ruriko Asaoka (1975) · Kumiko Akiyoshi (1976) · Shima Iwashita (1977) · Meiko Kaji (1978) · Kaori Momoi (1979) · Yukiyo Toake (1980) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1981) · Masako Natsume (1982) · Yūko Tanaka (1983) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (1984) · Yukiyo Toake (1985) · Ayumi Ishida (1986) · Yoshiko Mita (1987) · Kaori Momoi (1988) · Yoshiko Tanaka (1989) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1990) · Youki Kudoh (1991) · Yoshiko Mita (1992) · Ruby Moreno (1993) · Saki Takaoka (1994) · Miho Nakayama (1995) · Kaori Momoi (1997) · Mieko Harada (1998) · Kyōka Suzuki (1999) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (2000) · Yūki Amami (2001) · Reiko Kataoka (2002) · Shinobu Terajima (2003) · Rie Miyazawa (2004) · Kyōko Koizumi (2005) · Yū Aoi (2006) · Kumiko Aso (2007) · Tae Kimura (2008)

Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Actress

Takako Tokiwa (1998) · Makiko Esumi (1999) · Takako Tokiwa (2000) · Rie Tomosaka (2001) · Eri Fukatsu (2002) · Yūko Takeuchi (2003) · Yūko Takeuchi (2004) · Yūki Amami (2005) · Yūki Amami (2006) · Mao Inoue (2007) · Maki Horikita (2008) · Aoi Miyazaki (2009) · Yūki Amami (2010)

Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Supporting Actress

Izumi Inamori (1998) · Kyoko Fukada (1999) · Miki Mizuno (2000) · Mayo Suzukaze (2001) · Yūki Amami (2002) · Akiko Yada (2003) · Koyuki (2004) · Aya Okamoto (2005) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (2006) · Kyōka Suzuki (2007) · Yuu Kashii (2008) · Juri Ueno (2009) · Aya Ōmasa (2010)

Yokohama Film Festival Best Actress

Yuuki Mizuhara (1980) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (1981) · Maiko Kazama (1982) · Ayumi Ishida (1983) · Eiko Nagashima (1984) · Mari Shirato (1985) · Tomoyo Harada (1986) · Narumi Yasuda (1987) · Yasuko Tomita (1988) · Kyōko Koizumi (1989) · Anna Nakagawa (1990) · Yuki Saito (1991) · Jun Fubuki (1992) · Yoko Minamino (1993) · Isako Washio (1994) · Saki Takaoka (1995) · Miho Nakayama (1996) · Eri Fukatsu (1997) · Kyōka Suzuki (1998) · Mieko Harada (1999) · Shinobu Ōtake (2000) · Naomi Fujiyama (2001) · Yūki Amami (2002) · Asaka Seto (2003) · Shinobu Terajima (2004) · Kyoko Fukada (2005) · Yūko Tanaka (2006) · Yū Aoi (2007) · Eriko Sato (2008) · Eiko Koike (2009) · Manami Konishi (2010)

Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actress

Ako (1980) · Ran Ito (1981) · Yūko Tanaka (1982) · Masako Natsume (1983) · Misako Tanaka (1984) · Kin Sugai / Etsuko Shihomi (1985) · Kie Nakai (1986) · Noriko Watanabe (1987) · Eri Ishida (1988) · Shuko Honami (1989) · Haruko Sagara (1990) · Tomoko Nakajima (1991) · Emi Wakui / Reona Hirota (1992) · Keiko Oginome / Misa Shimizu (1993) · Kaoru Mizuki / Ruby Moreno (1994) · Shigeru Muroi (1995) · Shinobu Nakayama (1996) · Reiko Kusamura (1997) · Reiko Kataoka (1998) · Yumi Yoshiyuki (1999) · Naomi Nishida (2001) · Kou Shibasaki / Yūki Amami (2002) · Nene Otsuka (2003) · Kimiko Yo (2004) · Kirin Kiki (2005) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (2006) · Yūko Nakamura / Kazue Fukiishi (2007) · Hiromi Nagasaku (2008) · Ryōko Hirosue / Kimiko Yo (2009) · Sakura Andou (2010)

Persondata
Name	Amami, Yuki
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 8, 1967
Place of birth	Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

Yūki Amami

Contents

Career

Filmography

Commercials

Awards

References

External links