| Yuu Kashii Japanese: 香椎 由宇 | |
| Birth Name: | Yuuko Kashii |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Yearsactive: | 2001-present |
| Children: | 3 |
| Awards: | 13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix 2007 Yukan Club |
, known by her stage name, is a Japanese actress and model. She studied at Mejiro University, where she majored in English.
She married actor Joe Odagiri, who is exactly 11 years her senior, on February 16, 2008, the birthday the couple share.[1] She gave birth to two sons in both February 2011 and April 2014. The youngest son died a year later due to an intestinal obstruction.
Kashii's maternal grandfather is a European-American newspaper reporter, and thus her ethnic background is ¼ European. Kashii spent her childhood in Singapore[2] and attended elementary school there.[3] She has been said to have exactly the same dimensions for her right and left side of the face which led to a German doctor wanting to use her face as a specimen for research uses.
Kashii got her start in the entertainment business as an in-house model for the Japanese teen magazine mc Sister in 2001. Her first acting role was in the movie adaptation of in which she played the title character.
| Year | English Title | Japanese Title | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | (Rōrerai) | ローレライ | Paula Atsuko Ebner (Lorelei) | ||
| 2005 | Starlit High Noon (Mahiru no hoshizora) | 真昼ノ星空 | Saya | ||
| 2005 | Linda Linda Linda | リンダ リンダ リンダ | Kei Tachibana | ||
| 2006 | The Pavilion Salamandre (Pavilion sanshouo) | パビリオン山椒魚 | Azuki Ninomiya | ||
| 2006 | Death Note (Desu Nōto) | デスノート | Shiori Akino | ||
| 2007 | Mayonaka no machi (The N Town of Midnight) | 真夜中の町ん | Chie Kurokawa | ||
| 2007 | Kiiroi Namida (Yellow Tears) | 黄色い涙 | Tokie | ||
| 2008 | Sisterhood (Chikyû de Tatta Futari) (Two Girls on the Earth) | 地球でたったふたり | |||
| 2008 | (252: Seizonsha Ari) | ２５２ 生存者あり | Saki Umino | ||
| 2009 | Tsurikichi Sanpei (Sanpei The Fisher Boy) | 釣りキチ三平 | Aiko Mihira | ||
| 2009 | Tenohira no shôsetsu (Palm-of-the-Hand Stories) | 掌の小説 | Misako | ||
| 2010 | Box! | ボックス | English teacher Yoko | ||
| 2011 | Wararaifu! | (What a Wonderful Life!!) | ワラライフ! | Mari | |
| 2013 | Beauties Á La Carte (Bijin no Ooi Ryôriten) | を美人の大井ryôriten | (short) | ||
| 2013 | (Progress Version) | SPEC～結～漸ノ篇 | Jyokai Jyoukyokusai | ||
| 2013 | (Crisscross Version) (post-production) | SPEC～結～爻ノ篇 | Jyokai Jyoukyokusai |
| Year | English Title | Japanese Title | Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Water Boys | ウォーターボーイズ | Kyoko Hanamura | |||
| 2006 | My Boss My Hero | マイ☆ボス マイ☆ヒーロー | Yuriko Minami | |||
| 2007 | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Tôkyô Tawâ: Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton) | 東京タワー: オカンとボクと、時々、オトン | Manami Sasaki (Boku's girlfriend) | |||
| 2007 | Sexy Voice and Robo | セクシーボイスアンドロボ | Tsukiko Yamano | |||
| 2007 | Detective Conan Live Action Drama 2 | 名探偵 コナン 2 | Shiho Miyano | |||
| 2007 | Yukan Club | 有閑倶楽部 | Noriko Hakushika | |||
| 2008 | Innocent Love | イノセント・ラヴ | Mizuki Sakurai | |||
| 2009 | Ketsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Hôhô (Method to Marry Women by Blood Type) | 血液型別オンナが結婚する方法♪ | Sachie Harukawa | |||
| 2009 | Meitantei no Okite (name throwing Detectives) | 名探偵の掟 | Mana Fujii | |||
| 2009 | Akahana no Sensei (Red-Nose Teacher) | 赤鼻のセンセイ | Haruka Nanase | |||
| 2010 | Mori no Asagao (Morning glory of Mori) | モリのアサガオ | Asami Sawasaki | |||
| 2012 | Sômatô Kabushiki Gaisha (Revolving Lantern Corporation (Soumato Corporation) | 走馬灯株式会社 | Kaminuma | |||
| 2012 | "Osozaki no Himawari ~Boku no Jinsei, Renewal~" (Late Blooming Sunflower ~My Life, Renewal~) | 遅咲きのヒマワリ ~ボクの人生、リニューアル~ | Ayaka Morishita | |||
| 2013 | Nobunaga no Chef (The Knife and the Sword - A Chef of Nobunaga) | 信長のシェフ | Nazo no Onna | |||
| 2013 | Galileo (Season 2) | ガリレオ (第2期) | Yui Kojima | |||
| 2013 | クロコーチ | Machiko Sawa | ||||
| 2014 | きょうは会社休みます | Tosaki Keiko (ep 8, 9) | ||||
| 2021 | Oliver na Inu, (Gosh! | ) Konoyarou(Gosh | - Police Dog Oliver and His Handler's Bizarre Case Files) | オリバーな犬、(Gosh! | )このヤロウ | Fortune Teller |
| 2022 | Koi Nante, Honki de Yatte Dousuruno?(What do you really do about Love?) | 恋なんて、本気でやってどうするの？ | Misaki Nakagawa |