Yuriko Yoshitaka
Yuriko Yoshitaka is a Japanese actress who is represented by the Japanese agency Amuse. Yoshitaka made her acting debut in 2006. She was given the lead role in the live-action adaptation of Hitomi Kanehara's award-winning novel "Snakes and Earrings" in 2007. Portraying Lui, a teenager whose life goes into a downward spiral after meeting the forked-tongued and tattooed Ama, the role was Yoshitaka's breakthrough role. The Japanese public began to take notice of her, and in a poll conducted by Oricon, Yoshitaka was the fifth promising young actress of 2009 and 2009's freshest female celebrity. In 2010, Oricon again conducted a poll on the most promising actress and she managed climb up to top the poll. Yoshitaka began to receive more work in 2008 as she appeared in Flow's music video "Arigatō" (ありがとう, "Thanks"), was given her first lead role in the comedy drama Konno-san to Asobo (紺野さんと遊ぼう, Let’s Play with Konno-san) and took up the lead role in the film Yubae Shōjo (夕映え少女, A Girl in the Sunset) before the theatrical release of her other lead film Snakes and Earrings. In 2009, Yoshitaka was given the role of the suicidal Kairi Hayakawa in the romantic-comedy drama Love Shuffle. Later in the year, she portrayed Yūki Matsunaga (松永 由岐, Matsunaga Yūki) in the police drama "Tokyo Dogs" with Shun Oguri and Hiro Mizushima as her co-stars.
Your Eyes Tell
as Akari KashiwagiA tragic accident lead to Kaori's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it...
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Gantz
as Tae KojimaAfter trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a...
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Gantz: Perfect Answer
as Tae KojimaSummoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows...
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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
as Yasuda, Ishida HiromiKaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated...
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Cyborg She
as Student in 22nd CenturyA lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out...
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Snakes and Earrings
as LuiWhile alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama....
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Noriko's Dinner Table
as Yuka / YokoA teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the...
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Himizu
as MikiAfter two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark...
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Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
as Yumi Ishida3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and...
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Killing for the Prosecution
as 橘沙穂Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public...
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Adrift in Tokyo
as FufumiA thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip...
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A Story of Yonosuke
as Shōko YosanoThe year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old...
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Galileo XX
as Misa KishitaniThis is an episode of Galileo in name only, since this story focuses exclusively on Utsumi...
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Midsummer's Equation
as Misa KishitaniMasaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective...
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Camellia
as Kamome (segment "Kamome")A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization...
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We Were There: True Love
as Nanami TakahashiDuring the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo...
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Yurigokoro
as MisakoRyosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot...
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Tokyo Rhapsody
as uncredited"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as...
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We Were There: First Love
as Nanami TakahashiWe Were There follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano & Nanami Takahashi. During their...
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Phone Call to the Bar
as Megumi KondoIn the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol...
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Your Friend
as HanaWhile researching a story on a school for problem children, Nakahara meets Emi, a college...
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Gravity's Clowns
as NatsukoOn the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright...
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Robo-G
as Sasaki YokoThree engineers cannot make a robot work in time for a science show, and hire a man to inhabit...
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Cannonball Wedlock
as Chie24-year-old OL Chie Ikeshita's (Yuriko Yoshitaka) motto is to try various things to enjoy life....
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A Girl in the Sunset
as (segment "Itaria no Uta")Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short...
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All to the Sea
as uncreditedNatsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in...
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CHiLDREN
as Miharu (young)The bestseller based on Kotaro Isaka, starring Kenji Sakaguchi, directed by Takashi Hara! Muto,...
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The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table
as HerselfA behind-the-scenes look at Sion Sono’s 2005 film Noriko’s Dinner Table.
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Hanako & Anne
as uncreditedA Japanese girl from a poor family named Hanako went on an adventure to study in a girl's...
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Time Limit Investigator
as Mayumi MyougadaniShūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have...
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Galileo
as Misa KishitaniNarrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu...
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Atsuhime
as uncreditedThe 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture,...
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Dear Radiance
as Murasaki Shikibu | MahiroMurasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale...
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Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
as GuestAfter participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of...
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Vampire Prosecutor
as RunaMin Tae Yeon isn't your typical vampire or your typical prosecutor. Rather than drinking blood...
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On a Starry Night
as Yukimiya SuzuSuzu Yukimiya, an obstetrician and gynaecologist who works at a hospital in a tranquil sea town,...
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Let's play with KONNO-SAN!
as Konno MiyukiThe story follows the daily - and strange - happenings of the sailor-suit-wearing high school...
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White Spring
as Nishida ShioriFormer yakuza Haruo is finally released from prison after completing his sentence. With nine...
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Tonsure
as Mika KashiwabaYabu is an unattractive and incompetent middle-aged publishing editor. Mika is a beautiful young...
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Love Shuffle
as Hayakawa KairiLove Shuffle is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TBS from 16 January to 20 March...
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Dearest
as Rio SanadaRio Sanada is the president of "Sanada Wellness" and an up-and-coming businesswoman who is...
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Homeroom on the Beachside
as Akara YashimaA private high school by the sea... All of the senior students devote themselves only to their...
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I Will Not Work Overtime, Period!
as Yui HigashiyamaHigashiyama Yui works as a director at Net Heroes, a web production company. Due to her...
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Ms. Justice
as Ririko TakemuraRiriko Takemura has worked as a prosecutor at the Yokohama District Public Prosecutor’s Office...
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MIOKA –MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU–
as Minegishi MiokaOne day, Taichi, an ordinary university student, meets Mioka, a girl who is like a storm. Taichi...
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Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
as Yoimachi ShinobuCan a coward commit suicide? Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close...
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Off the Record
as Keito MakabeKeito is a reporter for a weekly magazine. The magazine covers everything from corruption by...
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Tokyo Tarareba Girls
as 鎌田倫子30-year-old Kamata Rinko is single and a struggling scriptwriter. She has no boyfriend and keeps...
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The Wind, The Storm
as 伊藤野枝Noe Ito. Women's liberation activist in the Taisho era. 100 years ago, with a stroke of her...
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Tokyo Dogs
as Yuki MatsunagaKanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen...
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Dangerous Venus
as Kaede YagamiHakuro is single and works as a veterinarian. His father died when Hakuro was a child and his...
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The Reason I Can't Find My Love
as Saki OguraMore than half of women in their 20's to 30's admit to "currently lacking a boyfriend." Men,...
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Tofu Sisters
as Yoshitaka Kinuyo / Momen (voice) / YurikoA tv drama that fused mockumentary, drama, and animation. It was originally planned to be an...
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Tokyo Tarareba Musume 2020 Special
as Rinko Kamata (鎌田倫子)Depicts Rinko, who is 33 years old, heading for marriage.
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