Yūka

, known professionally as , is a Japanese actress, presenter, and former gravure idol. She is known for playing the lead role in NHK's drama Honjitsu wa Taian Nari and presenting the TBS variety show Ōsama no Brunch. From 1999 to 2001, she received the Golden Arrow Award every year. In 2003, she was given both a Golden Graph Award and the Japan Academy Prize for Best Newcomer.

Appearances

Films Koi ni Utaeba (2002), Yumi Sakurai Boku no Songokū (2003), Songokū Reincarnation (2005), Nagisa Sugiura Taishibōkei Tanita no Shain Shokudō (2013), Nanako Haruno Black Butler (2014), Hanae Wakatsuki Akumu-chan (2014), Kotoha Hirashima Wood Job! (2014), Miki Īda Galaxy Turnpike (2015), Rei Jinsei no Yakusoku (2016), Yukiko Ōba Over the Fence (2016), Yoko Ogata The Blue Hearts (2017) Gokko (2017) Hitsuji no Ki (2018), Rieko Ōta You Shine in the Moonlit Night (2019) Tokyo Taxi (2025), Kaoru Usami

TV dramas Ao no Jidai (TBS, 1998), Yuka The Sun Never Sets (Fuji TV, 2000), Ami Isetani 20-sai no Kekkon (TBS, 2000), Renko Chūganji Love Story (TBS, 2001), Kano Kobayashi Zoku Heisei Fūfu Jawan (NTV, 2002) Yūkaza Cinema (TV Asahi, 2002) Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Dramatic Syndrome (Fuji TV, 2001) Taiga drama Shinsengumi! (NHK, 2004) Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Aketekure (Fuji TV, 2004) Renai Shōsetsu "Duke" (TBS, 2006), Kōko Tachibana 24-jikan Terebi Ai wa Chikyū o Sukuu "Yūki" (NTV, 2006), Yoshie Oishinbo (Fuji TV, 2007-2009), Yūko Kurita Maru Maru Chibi Maruko Chan Episode 3 (Fuji TV, 2007) Shinjitsu no Shuki BC Kyū Senpan Katō Tetsutarō "Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai" (NTV, 2007), Fujiko Katō Gout Temps Nouveau (KTV, 2007), Yūka Tanaka Maō Episode 4-7 (TBS, 2008), Makiko Naruse Koi no Karasawagi: Love Stories V "Sōgiya no Onna" (NTV, 2008), Yuri Honda Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Episode 8 (TBS, 2009), Teacher Izumi My Girl (TV Asahi, 2009), Yōko Tsukamoto Bungō: Nihon Bungaku Cinema "Ōgon Fūkei" (TBS, 2010), Okei Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (NTV, 2011) T-UP presents Thumbs Up! (BS Fuji, 2011), Hana Honjitsu wa Taian Nari (NHK, 2012), Takako Yamai Akumu-chan (NTV, 2012), Kotoha Hirashima Hakuba no Ōji-sama (NTV, 2013), Takako Hara Hell Teacher Nūbē (NTV, 2014), Minako Carolling: Christmas no Kiseki (NHK BS, 2014), Sūko Orihara Taiga drama Hana Moyu (NHK, 2015), Sugihisa Chikaemon (NHK, 2016), Osode Rinshō Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri (NTV, 2016), Nozomi Ono Hi no Ko (Tōkai TV, 2016), Yukimi Kajima Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon (NHK, 2017), Tomiko Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru (NHK, 2019)

Dubbing Bunshinsaba (2004), Lee Yoo-jin Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ellie Strings (2007), Jhinna