| Yuri Nakamura | |
| Native Name: | 中村 ゆり |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Citizenship: | South Korea |
| Birth Name: | Yuri Sei, Woori Song |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1998—present |
| Agent: | Alpha Agency |
[1] is a Japanese-born Korean actress and former singer. Her real name is or Woori Song .
Nakamura's father was a third-generation Japanese man and her mother was Korean and held citizenship in both South Korea and Japan.[1] Nakamura, like many other multiracial Asians, had two names: her Japanese name Yuri Sei, and her Korean name Woo-ri Song.
She passed the singing audition of Asayan in 1996. She later formed the music duo YuriMari with her friend Mari Izawa, and made her music debut in 1998 with the duo.[1] In 1999 the duo broke up.
Later on Nakamura became an actress under the name Yuri Nakamura and acted often in films, television dramas and music videos.
In 2007, she appeared in Break Through!s sequel Pacchigi! Love & Peace as Kyonja;[1] her performance in such became one of her more popular roles. In October 2008 Nakamura appeared in the company play 1945, which also contributed heavily to her popularity. Later in the year she won the Rookie Award of the 3rd Osaka Cinema Festival for her role in the film Pacchigi! Love & Peace.
Nakamura is good friends with actress and dancer Asuka Kitabayashi,[2] and they privately travel together.[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Gūzen ni mo Saiakuna Shōnen | Aoi | ||
| 2004 | Ana: Kaiki Ana Ningen | Hanae | ||
| Yuda | ||||
| 2007 | Sakuran | Maizuru | ||
| Pacchigi! Love & Peace | Keiko Ri | |||
| Tengoku kara no Love Letter | Yayoi Motomura | |||
| 2009 | Lala Pipo | Tomoko Sato | ||
| Mariko | ||||
| Meon: Lamp Way no Mukō ni | Ayaka | |||
| 2010 | Parade | Kiwako Shoen | ||
| Bungo Nihon Bungaku Cinema: Majutsu | Ayako | |||
| Kyōfu | Miyuki Ota | |||
| Sakuradamon-gai no Hen | Ino | |||
| Bakamono | Yuki Yamane | |||
| 2011 | I Wish | |||
| Ayashiki Bungō Kaidan: Ato no Hi | Tomiko Muro | |||
| Inu no omawarisan: Te no hira Wanko 3D | Kimiko Ban | |||
| Shuffle | Kaori Makino | |||
| 2012 | Natsuko Matsumoto | |||
| Tane maku Tabibito: Minori no Cha | Kanae Kurihara | |||
| Kogane o Daite Tobe | Keiko Kitagawa | |||
| Eden | Akane Nakazato | |||
| Boku no Naka no Otoko no Musume | Yuko Adachi | |||
| 2013 | Hyaku-nen no Tokei | Yukino Shibu (young) | ||
| Like Father, Like Son | Sachiko Miyazaki | |||
| 2014 | Genome Hazard | Han Yuri | ||
| Barairo no Būko | Michiru | |||
| My Hawaiian Discovery | Aiko Hayakawa | |||
| Entaku: Kokko, hito Natsu no Imagine | Tomomi Boku | |||
| Gekijōban Zero | Mayumi Aso | |||
| 2015 | Maestro! | |||
| Deer Deer | Akiko | |||
| 2016 | After the Storm | Manami | ||
| 2017 | The 8-Year Engagement | Mamiko Shimao | ||
| 2019 | Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito | |||
| Sleep in the Shadows | Kyōko Nagai | |||
| 21st Century Girl | ||||
| Iwane: Sword of Serenity | ||||
| Shadowfall | ||||
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 | Kana Maeda | ||
| 2015 | Zenkai no Uta | Ayaka Kawakami | [4] | |
| 2021 | Love Mooning | Kaoru Takizawa | [5] | |
| Arc | Haru | [6] | ||
| DIVOC-12 | [7] | |||
| 2022 | Motherhood | [8] | ||
| By the Window | [9] | |||
| 2023 | We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams | [10] | ||
| Baian the Assassin, M.D. | Okō | [11] | ||
| Ichiko | Natsumi | [12] | ||
| 2024 | Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood | [13] | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Damned File Season III: Valentine's Day Nakaku | Miyuki Okamoto | |||
| Tokio: Chichi e no Dengon | Episode 12 | ||||
| 2005 | Tokyo Friends | Misato | Episode 1 | ||
| 2008 | Tokyo Dai Kūshū | Shino Mizuhashi | |||
| Otome 025: Sobadateru Otome | Reina | ||||
| Otome 027: Totsugu Otome | Hitomi | ||||
| Otome 030: Shinjiru Otome | Natsumi | ||||
| Otome 032: Keppaku no Otome | Miwako | ||||
| Arigatō, Okan | Nozomi Iwai | ||||
| Kare Oyaji: Karessen to Yobanaide | Minako Isshiki | Episode 1 | |||
| Oyakōkō Play | Yukari Yokota | Episode 7 | |||
| 2009 | Triangle | Anna Hanai | KTV | ||
| Celeburi 3 | Michiko "Michikoman" Hoshimura | ||||
| Kaette kuru no ka! ? 33-Bu Tantei | Reiko-sensei | Fuji TV | |||
| Boss | Naomi Komiya | Episode 3 | |||
| Love Game | Sayuri Shijo | Episode 3 | |||
| Saru Lock | Eri | Episodes 1 and 5-1 | |||
| Tokyo Dogs | Fuji TV | Episode 2 | |||
| 2010 | Shinichi Hoshi Short Short: Kofūna Ai | NHK | |||
| Taxmen | Aki Mamiya | Episode 4 | |||
| Bungo –Nihon Bungaku Cinema–: Majutsu | Ayako | ||||
| Musical 3 | Aki Shiki | Tokyo MX | |||
| Azami Jō no Lullaby: Shirohebi no Namida | Yuki | MBS | |||
| Tsuki no Koibito | Yuki Kasahara | Fuji TV | |||
| GM: Odore Doctor | Masaki Izumi | TBS | Episode 2 | ||
| Ayashiki Bungō Kaidan: Ato no Hi | Tomiko Muro | ||||
| Minami no Teiō | Reiko | KTV | |||
| Ryōmaden | Uno | NHK | Episodes 40 and 41, Taiga drama | ||
| Mori no Asagao | Taeko Kuramochi | TV Tokyo | Episode 2 | ||
| Sono Machi no Ima wa | Uta | KTV | |||
| 2011 | Ohisama | Tae Nonaka | NHK | ||
| Doctors: Saikyō no Meii | Maki Sagara | TV Asahi | |||
| Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari 2011-nen Aki no Tokubetsu-hen: Janken | Shaeda Ishihara | Fuji TV | |||
| 2012 | Deka Kurokawa Suzuki | Sakiko Okabayashi | YTV | Episode 7 | |
| Umechan Sensei | Setsuko-sensei | NHK | Weeks 1 to 3, Asadora | ||
| Mirai Nikki –Another: World– | Tomoko Uehara | Fuji TV | |||
| Kazoku no Uta | Rinko Osawa | Episodes 2, 5, 6 and Final Episode | |||
| 37-Sai de Isha ni Natta Boku: Kenshui Junjō Monogatari | Kasumi Hanayama | KTV | Episode 7 | ||
| Keigo Highashino Mysteries | Sanae Ichihara | Fuji TV | Episode 4 | ||
| Pillow Talk: Bed no Omowaku | Yoshiko Yamana | KTV | |||
| Kekkon shinai | Chinatsu Tanaka | Fuji TV | |||
| Going My Home | Hitomi | KTV | Episode 3 | ||
| Yūsha Yoshihiko to Akuryō no Kagi | Furona | TV Tokyo | Episode 8 | ||
| 2013 | Apoyan: Hashiru Kokusai Kūkō | Megumi Koga | TBS | Episodes 1 and 7 | |
| Yuri Chika e: Mama kara no Dengon | Yuko Nakai | NBN | |||
| Mottomo Tōi Ginga | Ai Rikyo | TV Asahi | |||
| Y.O.U Yamabiko Ongaku Dōkō-kai | Kana Nakayama | KTV | |||
| 2014 | Iryū 4: Team Medical Dragon | Miyuki Higuchi | Fuji TV | Episodes 1 and 7 | |
| Hanako to Anne | Kasumi Muraoka | NHK | Weeks 14 to 15, Asadora | ||
| Tokumei Tantei | Yuki Tanabe | TV Asahi | Episode 1 | ||
| Tokyo Scarlett: Keishichō NS-gakari | Mayuko Yokoi | TBS | Episode 5 | ||
| Hero | Ayano Sakura | Fuji TV | Episode 7 | ||
| Shokubutsu Danshi Veranda | Street woman | Episode 11 | |||
| Osoroshi: Mishima-ya Henchō Hyakumonogatari | Oaya | Episode 4 to Final Episode | |||
| 2015 | Kyoto Hito no Hisokana Tanoshimi | Misato Toshi | |||
| Hamon | Ami Nishimura | ||||
| Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu | Chizuru | NHK | Episode 1 | ||
| Meikyū Sōsa | Ayako Takasu | TV Asahi | |||
| Enka: Gold Rush | Akemi | Wowow | |||
| Tantei no Tantei | Ayane Oda | Fuji TV | |||
| Mai Hanasaki ga Damattenai: Dai 2 Series | Kasumi Nishihara | NTV | Episode 9 | ||
| Kono Mystery ga sugoi! Bestseller Sakka kara no Chōsen-jō: Fuyu, Kitaru | Kyoko | TBS | |||
| Kōnodori | Misaki Kawamura | Episode 8 | |||
| 2016 | Nihon no Violin – Nagoya ga Unda Sekai no Maestro: Masakichi Suzuki Monogatari | Ryo Suzuki | |||
| Ryoko Shiraishi | Fuji TV | ||||
| 2019 | Poison Daughter, Holy Mother | Wowow | |||
| 2020 | Yell | Yurika Nagata | NHK | Asadora | |
| 2015 | Garasu no Ashi | Rinko Sano | [14] | ||
| 2018 | Good Doctor | Michi Togo | Fuji TV | [15] | |