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Yūji Oda Born December 13, 1967
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JapanNationality Japanese Occupation Actor, singer Yūji Oda (織田 裕二 Oda Yūji, born December 13, 1967) is a Japanese actor and singer.
Yuji Oda was born on 13 December 1967 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was born to an upper-middle-class family and attended the private academy of Touin Gakuen. Originally he had a promising career in sports, but had to give it up after a knee injury. He decided to enter drama school at the University of Pittsburgh, instead. He dropped out of Pitt later, but continued to pursue an acting career.
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Debut
In the late 1980s he launched his career with the release of two singles on records, though they didn't sell well.
In 1989 he appeared in the television drama Mama Haha Boogie, from which point he started to gain popularity as an actor, which also brought attention to his singing aspirations.
In 1991 he appeared in the enormously popular TV drama Tokyo Love Story, a breakout role. He then became a leading man in Japanese film and television, generally playing the role of a sympathetic character.
His most famous role is probably that of Aoshima, a police detective in the TV drama and movie series Odoru Daisousasen / Bayside Shakedown & Bayside Shakedown 2: Save the Rainbow Bridge.
Trivia
- Yuji Oda famously switched his endorsement allegiances in 1999 from telephone company NTT DoCoMo to its rival, IDO.
- Yuji Oda's hobbies include playing pool, diving, and racing cars.
- As an athletic enthusiast, Yuji Oda has been casting the biennual IAAF World Championships in Athletics for Japanese TV TBS since 1997. He also performed the official song of the event "All My Treasures" at the opening ceremony of 2007 World Championships in Athletics, which was held in Osaka, Japan in August, 2007.
- Yuji Oda was married on August 16th, 2010, the marriage was kept kept secret and it is unknown who his bride is.
Awards
- 1991 Blue Ribbon Awards most popular actor
- 1999 Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actor for Bayside Shakedown
- 2003 Japanese Academy Awards best actor for T.R.Y.
- Hochi Film Award for best actor
Filmography
- Shōnan bakusōzoku (1987)
- Shōgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu (1989)
- Mama Haha Bugi (1989)
- Best Guy (1990)
- Tokyo Love Story (1991)
- Shūshoku sensen ijōnashi (1991)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1992)
- Okane ga nai! (1994)
- Sotsugyo ryokō: Nihon kara kimashita (1994)
- Last Friend (1995)
- Mahiru no tsuki (1996)
- (Odoru Daisōsasen The Movie: Wangansho Shijōsaiaku no Mikkakan)Bayside Shakedown (1997)
- Whiteout (2000)
- Rocket Boy (2001)
- Midnight Rain (2002)
- T.R.Y. (2003)
- (Odoru Daisōsasen The Movie 2: Rainbow Bridge wo Fūsaseyo!)Bayside Shakedown 2: Save the Rainbow Bridge (2003)
- Last Christmas (2004)
- Kenchō no hoshi (2006)
- Jōdanja nai(冗談じゃない) (2007)
- Tsubaki Sanjurō (2007)
- Taiyōto Umino Kyōshitsu (2008)
- Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (2009)
- (Odoru daisōsasen The Movie 3: Yatsura wo Kaihōseyo!) Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010)
- (Gaikōkan Kuroda Kōsaku) Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (2010)
Discography
Albums
Title Release date Notes Label ON THE ROAD 1990-03-20 Toshiba EMI Gyakufū (逆風) 1991-07-12 Toshiba EMI Oda Yūji SINGLES (織田裕二SINGLES) 1991-10-30 Toshiba EMI SONGS 1991-12-10 WEA Japan KODO (KODO－鼓動－ kodō) 1992-02-19 Toshiba EMI Kesshin (決心) 1993-09-22 Toshiba EMI SCREEN PLAY 1994-09-07 Toshiba EMI THE BEST 1995-09-27 Toshiba EMI River 1995-12-06 Mercury Music Entertainment Stay Here 1996-11-11 Mercury Stay Here+2 1997-03-26 Mercury Shake!! 1998-06-17 Mercury THE BEST TRACKS 1998-11-26 Mercury My Pocket 1999-09-29 Mercury SECRET RENDEZ-VOUS 2000-07-05 Mercury Hot & Sweet-Sour Soup -BEST of LOVE SONG- 2001-03-23 Kitty MME 11 Colors 2003-08-20 Universal J Arigatō (ありがとう) 2007-09-26 Singles
Title Release date Notes Label "Boom Boom Boom / Hold You Tight" 1987-04-25 WEA Japan "Shūmatsu dake wa shōnen" (週末だけは少年) 1989-07-25 WEA Japan "Utae nakatte love song" (歌えなかってラブ・ソング) 1991-02-06 Toshiba EMI "Genzai, kono shunkan kara" (現在，この瞬間から) 1991-06-07 Toshiba EMI "Happy Birthday" 1991-11-06 Toshiba EMI "KODO" 1992-01-29 Toshiba EMI "Ano natsu ga kikoeru" (あの夏が聴こえる) 1992-05-27 Toshiba EMI "Kesshin" (決心) 1993-07-19 Toshiba EMI "OVER THE TROUBLE" 1994-07-08 Toshiba EMI "Never Rain" 1994-10-05 Toshiba EMI "Ai mademo usugu dakara" (愛までもうすぐだから) 1995-11-08 Mercury Music Entertainment "Mirage" 1996-10-28 Mercury "Love Somebody" 1997-01-29 with Maxi Priest Mercury "Over and Over Again" 1997-07-16 Mercury "Freedom" 1998-02-04 Mercury "Shake it UP" 1998-05-13 Mercury "Love Somebody" 1998-10-28 with Maxi Priest Mercury "SOMETHING TO SAY" 1999-03-17 Mercury "Together" 1999-08-25 Mercury "Sora no mukōmade" (空のむこうまで) 2001-02-28 Kitty MME "Son'namondarō" (そんなもんだろう) 2002-11-13 Universal J "We can be Heroes" 2003-01-01 Universal J "Love Somebody" 2003-06-25 with Maxi Priest Universal J "Love Somebody (CINEMA Version II)" 2003-07-16 with Mýa Universal J "Last Christmas"/"Wake Me Up GO! GO!" 2004-11-03 with Butch Walker Epic Japan "Hug, Hug" 2007-04-25 Universal J "All my treasures" 2007-07-25 "FEEL LIVE" 2007-12-05 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" 2008-08-12 as "UZ" External links
Toshirō Mifune (1951) · Hisaya Morishige (1955) · Keiji Sada (1956) · Frankie Sakai (1957) · Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1958) · Hiroyuki Nagato (1959) · Rentaro Mikuni (1960) · Toshirō Mifune (1961) · Tatsuya Nakadai (1962) · Yorozuya Kinnosuke (1963) · Keiju Kobayashi (1964) · Toshirō Mifune (1965) · Hajime Hana (1966) · Bunta Sugawara (1975) · Tetsuya Watari (1976) · Ken Takakura (1977) · Ken Ogata (1978) · Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) · Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) · Toshiyuki Nagashima (1981) · Kiyoshi Atsumi (1982) · Ken Ogata (1983) · Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) · Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) · Kunie Tanaka (1986) · Takanori Jinnai (1987) · Hajime Hana (1988) · Rentaro Mikuni (1989) · Yoshio Harada (1990) · Naoto Takenaka (1991) · Masahiro Motoki (1992) · Hiroyuki Sanada (1993) · Eiji Okuda (1994) · Hiroyuki Sanada (1995) · Kōji Yakusho (1996) · Kōji Yakusho (1997) · Takeshi Kitano (1998) · Ken Takakura (1999) · Yūji Oda (2000) · Mansai Nomura (2001) · Kōichi Satō (2002) · Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) · Akira Terao (2004) · Hiroyuki Sanada (2005) · Ken Watanabe (2006) · Ryō Kase (2007) · Masahiro Motoki (2008)
Categories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Kawasaki (city)
- Japanese actors
- Japanese singers
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