Yuki Uchida

(born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. Following her debut in the drama Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta, she received her first lead role in the 1994 drama adaption of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Uchida became a popular teen idol and began a short-lived music career with the single "Tenca wo Torou! (Uchida no Yabou)", which made her the first female singer in Oricon history to have their first single debut at the summit. Uchida made her film debut starring in the 1995 adaption of Boys Over Flowers. By the late-1990s, Uchida began to shed her idol image and concentrated on her television career.

Uchida is best known as a character actress, recognized for her roles in Bambino! (2007) and Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon, which ran for seven seasons starting in 2012. She returned to the silver screen after ten years with Welcome to the Quiet Room (2010), earning praise for her performance.

Biography Uchida was born in Tokyo. She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991.

She began her career 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, Yozora ni YOUKISS!, from April 1994 to March 2001 on Nippon Broadcasting.

She released her first single at the end of 1994, "TENCA wo Torou!", theme of one of her dramas, which ranked number 1 in the Oricon music charts, the first time for a solo debuting female singer, with a record of sales in this category only topped by Erika Sawajiri's debut single 12 years later. She went on a successful singing career for the next two years, her first album ranking number 1, with hits written by Tetsuya Komuro (notably "Only You" and "Baby's Growing Up"). The latter part of Uchida's music career saw a pivot from idol music as she began to write her own lyrics, before ceasing activities as a singer in the late 1990s. Since 2012, she has played anesthesiologist Hiromi Jonouchi in the popular medical drama, Doctor-X Surgeon Michiko Daimon.

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

On April 3, 2026, Uchida confirmed media reports of her remarriage by posting a photo on her official website announcing that she and former actor and current manager Takashi Kashiwabara have officially registered their marriage.

Filmography

Film Year Title RoleNotes

Television Year Title RoleNotes

Dubbing Ant-Man (2015), Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Hope van Dyne / Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) Avengers: Endgame (2019), Hope van Dyne / Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), Hope van Dyne / Wasp (Evangeline Lilly)

Discography

Albums

Singles

Others Concert videos

Uchida's live showYuki Uchida 1995 Concert1996 No make(Live & interview)1996 NakitakunaluYuki Uchida Concert 19961997 Minna DA I SU KIYuki Uchida Concert Tour 19971998

Other videos

Photobooks

Radio