Yu Yamada Explained

Yu Yamada
Native Name:	山田 優
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	5 July 1984
Birth Place:	Onna, Okinawa, Japan
Height:	169 cm
Years Active:	1999–present
Agent:	K-Dash
Children:	4
Relatives:	Shintaro Yamada (brother)

is a Japanese model, actress and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine.

Personal life

On March 14, 2012, Yamada married Japanese actor Shun Oguri,^[1] and is a mother of four children, as of April 2020, according to reports made by an undisclosed acquaintance.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Discography

Singles

Single information	Notes
"Real You" Released: September 20, 2006 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 10 From album: Myusic
"Eyes on Me" Released: March 7, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 30 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Yu Yamada and this song featured in a 2007 television advertisement for Sofina Raycious cosmetics. B-side: "Feel My Heart" "Eyes on Me" is not to be confused with Faye Wong's song of the same name.
"Fly So High"^[6] Released: June 13, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 27 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Ending theme for the TV Tokyo anime series Blue Dragon. B-side: Little Raindrop
"Fiesta! Fiesta	" Released: September 5, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 47 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Yu Yamada and this song featured in another 2007 television advertisement for Sofina Raycious. The B-side, "Palm", served as the ending theme to the Fuji TV horseracing show Umanade. Composed by Toshinobu Kubota.
"Leave All Behind" Released: April 23, 2008
"My All" Released: January 21, 2009
"Free" Released: May 20, 2009	Ending theme for the anime series Basquash!

Filmography

Movies

• Route 58 (2003) as Rin
• Kiseki wa Sora Kara Futte Kuru (2005) as Reiko Aoyama
• Akihabara@Deep (2006) as Akira
• Pulukogi (2007)
• Surf's Up (Japanese dub) (2007) as Lani Aliikai
• Kanna-san, Daiseiko Desu! (2008) as Kanna
• Shinjuku Swan (2015) as Ryoko
• Eating Women (2018)

Dramas

• Kabachitare! (2001)
• Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (2001)
• Kangei Danjiki Goikkou-sama (2001)
• Shiawase no Shippo (2002)
• Cosmetic (2003)
• Aisuru Tame ni Aisaretai Loved to Love (2003)
• Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no youni... (2004)
• Orange Days (2004)
• Be-Bop High School (2004)
• Nihon no Kowai Yoru "Daiseikubi" (2004)
• X'mas Nante Daikirai (2004)
• Tales of Japan (2004)
• Be-Bop High School 2 (2005)
• Fukigen na Gene (2005)
• Yume de Aimashou (2005)
• Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari "Happunkan" (2005)
• Satomi Hakenden" (2006)
• Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi "Actress" (2006)
• Zenibana (2006)
• Damens' Walker (2006)
• The Family (2007), Makiko Yasuda
• Zenibana 2 (2007)
• Nodame Cantabile in Europe (2008)
• Gokusen 3 (2008)
• Binbō Danshi (2008)
• Seigi no Mikata (2008)
• Akuma no Temari Uta (2009)
• Mei-chan no Shitsuji (2009)
• Gakeppuchi no Eri (2010)

Anime

• Paradise Kiss (2005) as Yukari Hayasaka

External links

• K Dash Group Profile
  • Yu Yamada at JDorama

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oguri Shun, Yamada Yu to marry on March 14. March 12, 2012. Tokyograph. March 18, 2012.
2. Web site: June 2, 2020. 小栗旬・山田優夫妻、第3子誕生していた LAで厳戒出産. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605103913/https://topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp/article/postseven/entertainment/postseven-1568052. June 5, 2020. June 5, 2020. topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp. ja.
3. Web site: June 5, 2020. 山田優 LAで第3子出産！コロナ禍で見せた小栗旬の"配慮". live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605103616/https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Jisin_1865626/. June 5, 2020. June 5, 2020. excite.co.jp. ja.
4. Web site: June 2, 2020. 小栗旬・山田優夫妻、第3子誕生していた LAで厳戒出産. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605103636/https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20200602_1568052.html. June 5, 2020. June 5, 2020. news-postseven.com. ja.
5. Web site: June 2, 2020. Yamada Yu and Oguri Shun welcome their third child. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605105228/https://neotokyo2099.com/2020/06/02/yamada-yu-and-oguri-shun-welcome-their-third-child/. June 5, 2020. June 5, 2020. neotokyo2099.com.
6. '“Fly So High”'. (September 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 9, page 126.