Yūki Amami

Yūki Amami
Native name	天海祐希
Born	Yuri Nakano (1967-08-08) 8 August 1967 Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987–present
Agent	Ken-On
Known for	The Queen's Classroom
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)
Website	www.ken-on.co.jp/amami

Yuri Nakano (中野祐里, Nakano Yuri, born August 8, 1967), known professionally as Yūki Amami (天海祐希, Amami Yūki), is a Japanese actress.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

In May 2013 Amami suffered a mild heart attack after performing in the stage production “L’honneur de Napoleon” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre. Although she wanted to return, she decided to bow out on doctor's advice. She wrote a gracious letter of apology to her fans. ^[4] ^[5]

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 Story of Genji	Hikaru Genji
2002	Totsunyū Seyo! Asama Sanso Jiken	Sassa Sachiko
2002	Utsutsu	Woman with umbrella
2004	Socrates in Love (a.k.a. Sekai no Chūshin de, Ai o Sakebu)	Sakutaro's boss
2005	All About My Dog (a.k.a. Inu no Eiga)	Miharu
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
2013	The Kiyosu Conference
2015	Ao no Ran	Sōma/Masakado Gozen
2015	Minions	Scarlett Overkill	Dubbing^[6]
2017	A Loving Husband	Miyoko Miyamoto
	Let's Go, Jets!
	Mary and the Witch's Flower		Voice
	A Boy Who Wished to be Okuda Tamio And A Girl Who Drove All Men Crazy

TV drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Singles	Asahi	Lead role
1998	Naguru Onna	Yōko Tachibana
1998	Shinsengumi Keppūroku
1999	Renai Sagishi	Hiromi Shinohara	Episode 1 appearance
2001	Fighting Girl	Shōko Mitsui
2001	Suiyōbi no Jōji	Ai Sakura
2002	Toshiie and Matsu	Haru
2002	Bara no Jūjika	Aki Takahata
2003	Ruten no Ōhi Saigo no Kōtei	Kōran Ri
2004	Tengoku e no Ōenka Cheers
	Rikon Bengoshi	Takako Mamiya	Lead role
	Last Present	Asuka Hiraki	Lead role
2005	Rikon Bengoshi 2	Takako Mamiya	Lead role
	Jō no Kyōshitsu	Maya Akutsu	Lead role
	Onna no Ichidaiki: The Second Night	Fubuki Koshiji	Television special, Lead role
	Kiken na Aneki	Takako Mimiya	Episode 8 guest appearance
2006	Kitchen Wars		Television special, Lead role
2006	Top Caster	Haruka Tsubaki	Lead role
2007	Maguro	Natsumi Sakazaki	2-part television special
2007	Enka no Jō	Himawari Ōkochi	Lead role
2008	Around 40	Satoko Ogata	Lead role
2009	Boss	Eriko Osawa	Lead role
2009	Fumō 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
2012	Kaeru no Ōjosama	Mio Kurasaka	Lead role
2012	Kekkon Shinai	Haruko Kirishima	Lead role
2013	Onna Nobunaga	Nobunaga Oda	2-part television special
	Galileo Season 2	Ayane Mita
	Olympic no Minoshirokin	Eiko Kasahara	2-part television special
2014	Emergency Interrogation Room	Yukiko Makabe	Lead role
2014	Oiesan	Yone Suzuki	Lead role
2015	Massan	Kazue Kawakami
2016	Chef: Mitsuboshi no kyushoku	Hoshino Mitsuko	Lead role
2017	Emergency Interrogation Room Season 2	Yukiko Makabe	Lead role

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 Chūshin de, Ai o 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	Jō no Kyōshitsu	Won

References

↑ 天海祐希 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
↑ 天海祐希 [Yuki Amami's Profile] (in Japanese). Yahoo Japan Corporation. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
↑ The 46th Television Drama Academy Awards - The Best Female actress
↑ http://japandailypress.com/actress-yuki-amami-has-mild-heart-attack-after-stage-performance-0928590/
↑ http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2013/05/amami-yuki-discharged-from-hospital/
↑ "理想の上司・天海祐希が最強の女ボスに！　『ミニオンズ』出演で鶴瓶に「負けません」". 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2016-03-26.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Yuki Amami on IMDb
Yuki Amami at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

Awards

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress

Chikage Awashima (1950)
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)
Yoko 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)
Mieko Harada (1996)
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)
Haruka Ayase (2009)
Shinobu Terajima (2010)
Hiromi Nagasaku (2011)
Sakura Ando (2012)
Shihori Kanjiya (2013)
Sakura Ando (2014)
Kasumi Arimura (2015)
Shinobu Otake (2016)

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)
Nanako Matsushima (2012)
Maki Horikita (2013)
Rena Nōnen (2014)
Haruka Ayase (2015)
Satomi Ishihara (2016)
Yui Aragaki (2017)

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) Anne Watanabe (2012) Erika Toda (2013) Ko Shibasaki (2014) Fumino Kimura (2015) Chiaki Kuriyama (2016) Eiko Koike (2017)

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 Otake (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)
Hikari Mitsushima (2011)
Yuriko Yoshitaka (2012)
Takako Matsu (2013)
Yōko Maki (2014)
Rie Miyazawa (2015)
Haruka Ayase (2016)
Mariko Tsutsui (2017)

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)
Ko 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 Ando (2010)
Yui Natsukawa (2011)
Megumi Kagurazaka / Asuka Kurosawa (2012)
Sakura Ando (2013)
Makiko Watanabe / Fumi Nikaidō (2014)
Satomi Kobayashi / Yuko Oshima (2015)
Aoba Kawai (2016)
Hana Sugisaki (2017)

The Television Drama Academy Award Best Actress Award
1st - 10th	1. Yumi Adachi \| 2. Atsuko Asano \| 3. Emi Wakui \| 4. Miho Nakayama \| 5. Noriko Sakai \| 6. Takako Tokiwa \| 7. Honami Suzuki \| 8. Emi Wakui \| 9. Tomoko Yamaguchi \| 10. Takako Tokiwa
11th - 20th	11. Noriko Sakai \| 12. Takako Tokiwa \| 13. Hiroko Yakushimaru \| 14. Takako Tokiwa \| 15. Shigeru Muroi \| 16. Honami Suzuki \| 17. Makiko Esumi \| 18. Miki Nakatani \| 19. Miho Nakayama \| 20. Miki Nakatani
21st - 30th	21. Hiromi Nagasaku \| 22. Eri Fukatsu \| 23. Nanako Matsushima \| 24. Takako Tokiwa \| 25. Rie Tomosaka \| 26. Miho Kanno \| 27. Nanako Matsushima \| 28. Miki Mizuno \| 29. Mari Hoshino \| 30. Ryoko Kuninaka
31st - 40th	31. Norika Fujiwara \| 32. Eri Fukatsu \| 33. Yukie Nakama \| 34. Yūko Takeuchi \| 35. Nanako Matsushima \| 36. Nanako Matsushima \| 37. Yukie Nakama \| 38. Miho Kanno \| 39. Yukie Nakama \| 40. Aya Ueto
41st - 50th	41. Ryoko Shinohara \| 42. Yūki Amami \| 43. Ryoko Yonekura \| 44. Yukie Nakama \| 45. Ryoko Shinohara \| 46. Yūki Amami \| 47. Mao Inoue \| 48. Ryoko Shinohara \| 49. Yūki Amami \| 50. Aoi Miyazaki
51st - 60th	51. Juri Ueno \| 52. Ryoko Shinohara \| 53. Miho Kanno \| 54. Maki Horikita \| 55. Miho Kanno \| 56. Karina Nose \| 57. Yukie Nakama \| 58 Mirai Shida \| 59. Aoi Miyazaki \| 60. Miho Kanno
61st - 70th	61. Yūki Amami \| 62. Nanako Matsushima \| 63. Mirai Shida \| 64. Miho Kanno \| 65. Yasuko Matsuyuki \| 66. Haruka Ayase \| 67. Erika Toda \| 68 Mikako Tabe \| 69. Mana Ashida \| 70. Mao Inoue
71st - 80th	71. Nanako Matsushima \| 72. Machiko Ono \| 73. Masami Nagasawa \| 74. Maki Horikita \| 75. Ryoko Yonekura \| 76. Kyōka Suzuki \| 77. Ryoko Shinohara \| 78. Rena Nōnen \| 79. Ryoko Yonekura \| 80. Anne Watanabe
81st - 90th	81. Kyōko Koizumi \| 82. Yuriko Yoshitaka \| 83. Haruka Ayase \| 84. Anne Watanabe \| 85. Yuko Oshima \| 86. Kyoko Yoshine \| 87. Satomi Ishihara \| 88. Haru \| 89. Haru Kuroki \| 90. Keiko Kitagawa
91st - 100th	91. Yui Aragaki \| 92. Takako Matsu \| 93. Haru

Tokyo Drama Award for Best Actress
Juri Ueno (2008) Yūki Amami (2009) Yasuko Matsuyuki (2010) Kyōka Suzuki, Mana Ashida (2011) Machiko Ono (2012) Rena Nōnen (2013) Hikari Mitsushima (2014) Haru Kuroki (2015) Haru (2016)

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