Yūko Araki

is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Her most notable works are films Our Meal for Tomorrow, That Girl's Captives of Love (2018), See Hear Love (2023), Once Upon a Crime (2023), and Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (2024), as well as television series Code Blue (2017), Kiss that Kills (2018), Suits (2018–2020), and Roppongi Class (2022). She is represented by Stardust Promotion.

Life and career Araki was scouted on Takeshita Street in Harajuku when she was in the fifth grade by her agency, Stardust Promotion. She initially worked as a model for children's clothing catalogues before making her on-screen debut in May 2008 with a main role in Ikari o Nagero. She subsequently had minor roles in films such as Aoi Tori, Confessions, and Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan. She would experience a breakthrough in her career in 2014 when she became an exclusive model for the magazine Non-no, making her a flagship model.

In 2017, Araki had supporting roles in the shows Crisis: Special Security Squad and Code Blue Season 3. In July, she released her first photo book, "Girlfriend". In August, she was selected as the model for fashion brand SLY's 2017-18 fall/winter campaign.

In 2018, she appeared in several notable dramas, including the NTV drama Kiss That Kills and the Fuji TV drama Suits.

In January 2019, she played the leading role in Trace: Kasouken no Otoko. On July 12, 2019, with the film's release, she made her voice acting debut as Gabby Gabby in the Japanese dub of Toy Story 4. In October, she co-starred with Kora Kengo in the Fuji TV Thursday drama Motokare Mania, marking her first lead role in a terrestrial TV drama.

In February 2020, Araki was appointed as a Japanese brand ambassador for the French luxury fashion brand Dior, with whom she had frequently been affiliated with, attending their fashion shows since 2018. In October of the same year, she starred in her first drama as a solo lead in the Wowow drama series The Confession of the Sirens.

Araki graduated from her position as an exclusive model for Non-no in their December 2021 issue, which was released on October 20, 2021.

On March 26, 2022, she launched her official YouTube channel. Personal life On April 11, 2026, Araki and actor Yuto Nakajima jointly announced that they had officially registered their marriage. Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2008 Ikari o Nagero Naomi Lead role Aoi Tori Mai Katayama 2011 Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan Yurusenai, Aitai Mari Hashimoto 2015 Kazoku-gokko Omnibus film; appeared in "Hinnyū Club" Kaze no Tayori Kurumi Lead role 2016 Nakimushi Piero no Kekkonshiki Maki Inaba Intern! Haruka Kawakura Lead role Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Bookstore clerk 2017 Our Meal for Tomorrow Koharu Uemura Lead role Evil and the Mask Kaori 2018 That Girl's Captives of Love Shizuku 2021 The Crocodile That Lived for 100 Days Senpai (voice) 2022 The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie Beni Hasukabe 2023 See Hear Love Hibiki Aida Once Upon a Crime Cinderella 2024 Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Liao Previously Saved Version Mayumi 2026 Until We Meet Again Haruka Urushibara

Television series YearTitleRoleNotes 2009 Real Clothes Episode 7 2012 Dragon Seinendan Yuka 2013 Kamen Rider Wizard Chiaki Shimizu Episodes 34 and 35 2015 A Girl's Breakfast Risa Arai Prison School Anzu Yokoyama 2016 Your Home is My Business! Madoka Murata Love Love Alien Sonomi Ishibashi Lead role Million Yen Women Hiraki Nanaka Code Blue Season 3 Yokomine Akari 2018 Kiss that Kills Mikoto Namiki We Are Rockets! Aoi Fujitani 2019 Motokare Mania Yurika Lead role 2022 The Forbidden Magic Tomoka Makimura Television film Roppongi Class Yuka Kusunoki

Dubbing YearTitleRoleNotes 2019Toy Story 4 Gabby Gabby

Music video appearances YearTitleArtist 2007 "Taiyō no Nihohi" Naotarō Moriyama 2009 "Lady Don't Cry" D-51 2010 "echoes" universe 2011 "Someday Again: Mataau Hi Made" Love "Gomen ne, Mama" Yu-A "Majime na Hito" suzumoku 2013 "for You." Hazzie 2014 "Mrs. Summer" Galileo Galilei 2015 "Mirai (Ashita)" BtoB 2016 "Bokura no Tame ni..." Ketsumeishi 2021 "Hanauranai" Vaundy

Accolades She was honoured with Excellence Award at 2020 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards for her work in the industry.