Yui Aragaki

Born: 1988-06-11

Yui Aragaki is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyū and occasional radio show host. She is most well-known for her role in the 2007 movie "Koizora" (also known as "Sky of Love") which was a box office hit. Yui Aragaki was born in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture on June 11, 1988, and has two older sisters. After seeing an audition notice for the junior fashion magazine Nicola (ニコラ Nikora), she applied for it and won the Grand Prix award for the audition. In 2001, at the age of 13, she began her Nicola modelling career and was very well received as a Nicola model, having set a record for appearing on cover for 15 times. A fellow Nicola model Ayako Enomoto gave her the popular nickname "Gakki." At the age of 15, Aragaki moved to Tokyo and enrolled in Horikoshi High School, a private high school popular for being attended by many Japanese celebrities. In 2004, she decided to put her Nicola career on hold and expand her career path into gravure and acting, and she also appeared in variety shows and commercials, with her Pocky commercials being the most popular. A year later, she officially graduated from Nicola. Even so, she still appears in the magazine occasionally. In 2005, Aragaki took up a role in the TBS drama, Dragon Sakura, starring alongside Japanese idols like Tomohisa Yamashita and Masami Nagasawa. This marked a breakthrough in her acting career. Since then, she has been cast in many other dramas, like My Boss, My Hero and Gal Circle. She also starred in the 2007 tragic love story movie hit Koizora, for which she won her first award, the Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer. Currently, she has 5 newcomer awards. Aragaki won the Film prize at the 45th Golden Arrow Awards in 2008. Her tremendous number of movie shoots as well as the preparation for her debut album resulted in her suffering from work-related stress in 2007. Outside acting she also released her first album, Sora, and the single "Heavenly Days", a song from Koizora. "Memories", the theme song for Tokyo Serendipity, was included in her debut album. She also performed at Budokan. She was also the co-hosts for popular radio program Girls Locks in 2010-2012.


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Sky of Love

as Tahara Mika
Released: 2007-11-03

Mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he...

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The Wings of the Kirin

as Kaori Nakahara
Released: 2012-01-28

A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A...

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Hanamizuki

as Sae Hirasawa
Released: 2010-08-21

A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman.

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(Ab)normal Desire

as Natsuki Kiryu
Released: 2023-11-10

Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic...

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Mixed Doubles

as Tamako Tomita
Released: 2017-10-21

To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a...

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Code Blue: The Movie

as Megumi Shiraishi
Released: 2018-07-27

A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the...

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Legal High 2 SP

as Machiko Mayuzumi
Released: 2014-11-22

Attorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They...

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Have a Song on Your Lips

as Yuri Kashiwaga
Released: 2015-02-28

Yuri Kashiwaga was once known as a genius pianist. One day, she returns to her hometown in Goto...

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Ranma ½

as Akane Tendo
Released: 2011-12-09

Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for...

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The Colors Within

as Sister Hiyoshiko (voice)
Released: 2024-08-30

Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the 'colors' of others. Colors of...

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Sergeant Keroro The Super Duper Movie

as uncredited
Released: 2006-05-04

Sergeant Keroro and his four subordinates came from the planet Keron to the Earth to conquer....

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Twilight: Saya in Sasara

as Saya
Released: 2014-11-08

A drama about a struggling young widow with a baby whose dead husband returns to the world of...

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Ballad

as Princess Renheme
Released: 2009-09-05

Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named...

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Worlds Apart

as Makio Kōdai
Released: 2024-06-07

Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her...

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S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future

as Iruma Hayashi
Released: 2015-08-29

The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive,...

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Waruboro

as Yamada
Released: 2007-09-09

Under the influence of his delinquent friend, a former model student eschews schoolwork and...

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Ghost Book: Obake Zukan

as Teacher Yoko
Released: 2022-07-22

The forbidden book that will make any wish come true "The Ghostly Book of Books". However, in...

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Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu: Ganbare Jinrui! Shinshun Special!!

as uncredited
Released: 2021-01-02

Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One...

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I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore

as Hanazono Erika
Released: 2012-01-03

Ohno plays the role of Tarui Shotaro, an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was...

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Legal High SP

as Mayuzumi Machiko
Released: 2013-04-13

Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's...

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Cheer Cheer Cheer!

as Momoyama Momoko
Released: 2008-10-11

Momoko (Yui Aragaki) is a quiet and lonely high school girl who's only passion is to cheer...

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Tokyo Serendipity

as Yui Aoki
Released: 2007-08-18

Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new...

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True Love

as Asou Natsumi
Released: 2006-01-09

Natsumi which has been moved to a deceased mother's family in Izu, to change schools to the same...

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Xiang Yu

as uncredited
Released: 2006-05-17

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情热大陆 新垣结衣篇

as uncredited
Released: 2010-08-15

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Legal High

as 黛真知子
First aired: 2012-04-17

A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law...

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Code Blue

as Megumi Shiraishi
First aired: 2008-07-03

Four young physicians are assigned to the “Doctor Helicopter” system, the latest medical system...

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Digimon Data Squad

as Yoshino Fujieda (voice)
First aired: 2006-04-02

Masaru, is a second year Junior High student, and is undefeated in battle, He meets the Digital...

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The 13 Lords of the Shogun

as Yae
First aired: 2022-01-09

Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no...

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Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

as Seiko Hayata
First aired: 2023-04-10

The mystery of how Kazama Kimichika became so ruthless and unmatched will be revealed. Kyojo...

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Dragon Sakura

as Yoshino Kosaka
First aired: 2005-07-08

A struggling lawyer, Kenji Sakuragi, takes a position at private school Tatsuyama Gakuen to pay...

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S -The Last Policeman

as Iruma Hayashi
First aired: 2014-01-12

The NPS (Nationai Police Safetyrescue) was formed to combat extreme crimes like terrorism, which...

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The Full-Time Wife Escapist

as Moriyama Mikuri
First aired: 2016-10-11

A series of events leads single, 25-year-old Mikuri Moriyama and 36-year-old Hiramasa Tsuzaki to...

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Daddy is My Classmate

as Sachiko Obika
First aired: 2020-08-02

Author Tarō Obika is an obsessed single father who loves his daughter so much, he decides to go...

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My Boss, My Hero

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-07-08

Sakaki Makio, also known as "Tornado" is a tough 27-year-old high school drop-out. By academic...

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Smile

as Mishima Hana
First aired: 2009-04-17

Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun...

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The Full Throttle Girl

as Ayukawa Wakaba
First aired: 2011-07-11

Devoted to becoming an international lawyer, Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. Her hard work...

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Sh15uya

as Ema
First aired: 2005-01-10

Set in a virtual simulation of Shibuya, Tokyo which is regulated by an entity named Piece which...

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Weakest Beast

as Akira Shinkai
First aired: 2018-10-10

Seemingly perfect from the outside, Shinkai Akira was exhausted from worrying too much about how...

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The Memorandum of Kyoko Okitegami

as Kyoko Okitegami
First aired: 2015-10-10

Okitegami Kyoko is a beautiful private detective who has a deep love for money. She is also...

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Public Affairs Office in the Sky

as Rika Inaba
First aired: 2013-04-14

Rika Inaba is a beautiful and strong-headed director at the Teito Television Broadcasting...

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Gal Circle

as Nagisa
First aired: 2006-04-15

Kitajima Shinnosuke, a cowboy from the USA who goes to Shibuya to find a group of girls to dance...

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Fence

as Shiroma Kaoru
First aired: 2023-03-19

Komatsu Kie (Key), a magazine writer from Tokyo, teams up with Omine Sakura, an Okinawa native,...

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Ties: A Miraculous Colt

as Masako Matsushita
First aired: 2017-03-23

Based on novel "Kizuna ~ Aru Jinba no Monogatari~” by Akihiro Shimada (published from June, 2012...

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Seven Days of a Daddy and a Daughter

as Kawahara Koume
First aired: 2007-07-01

This home comedy tells the story of Kyoichiro and his teenage daughter Koume. One day, the two...

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Futari no Distance

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-08-15

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生命大躍進

as uncredited
First aired: 2015-05-10

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