Yuki Uchida

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name = Yuki Uchida


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birthname = Uchida Yuki
birthdate = Birth date and age|1975|11|16
birthplace = Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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occupation = Actress, ex-model, ex-singer
yearsactive = 1992-2002, 2006-present
spouse = Hidetaka Yoshioka (2002-2005)
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website = http://www.jap.co.jp/yuki/
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nihongo|Yuki Uchida|内田有紀|Uchida Yuki (born in Tokyo on November 16, 1975, blood type O, 1m65) is a japanese actress, model and (ex) singer, and a popular 90's japanese idol.

She began her carrier as a model in commercials, notably for the confectionery company Lotte (ロッテ), then debuted in acting in 1992 in the drama "Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta".

She became a swimsuit model for the swimwear company Unitika in 1993, and got popular as an idol, partly due to her then unusual tomboyish look with short hair and husky voice. She began to get large exposure in commercials and media, and hosted her own weekly 30mn late radio show, "Yorusora (nightsky) ni YOUKISS!", from April 1994 to March 2001 on Nippon Broadcasting ( [http://satellablog.blogspot.com/2008/05/listen-to-satellaview-they-played-pop.html Listen to one of her shows] ).

She released her first single at the end of 1994, "TENCA wo Torou!", theme of one of her drama, which ranked number 1 at oricon music charts, and began a successful singing career for the next two years, her first album ranking number 1, and with hits written by Tetsuya Komuro (notably "Only You" and "Baby's Growing Up"), a career which she stopped in 2000 to concentrate on acting.

She was cast in many dramas and movies, often as the lead actress, most notably in the live movies adaptations of the famous manga "Hana yori dango" (Boys over Flowers) (as Makino) in 1995, and "Cat's Eye" (as Ai) in 1997.

She retired from show-business when she married actor Hidetaka Yoshioka in November 28, 2002, but returned to acting in 2006, after her divorce in December 2005.

After 10 years away from the big screen, she made her come back to cinema in 2007, in Takeshi Kitano's "Kantoku Banzai!", and in the leading role of "Welcome to the Quiet Room", movie set in a psychiatric hospital, in which she is in all the scenes.

Filmography

Movies

* adapted from the novel (and later anime movie) "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"

Discography

Albums

Other videos

Photobooks

Trivia

*She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991.
*Popular actor Shun Oguri, then a big fan of hers, unintentionally started his career by joining Uchida's acting school in the 90's with the only hope of meeting her. Interestingly, he played Rui Hanazawa, Tsukushi Makino's first love, in the Japanese drama "Hana Yori Dango" ten years after she played Makino in the film.

External links

* [http://www.jap.co.jp/yuki/ Uchida official site] (jp)
* [http://www.sylvainbouchard.com/wpblog/?page_id=435 Uchida picture gallery] (300 pics)
* [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Uchida_Yuki Uchida's Drama details]
* [http://wiki.theppn.org/Uchida_Yuki Uchida on wiki.theppn]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879762/ Uchida on imdb]