Yūka (actress)

Hiroko Okabe (岡部 広子, Okabe Hiroko, born 27 June 1980), known professionally as Yūka (優香, Yūka), is a Japanese actress, presenter, and former gravure idol.^[2][3] She is known for playing the lead role in NHK's drama Honjitsu wa Taian Nari^[4] and presenting the TBS variety show Ōsama no Brunch.^[5] From 1999 to 2001, she received the Golden Arrow Award every year.^[6] In 2003, she was given both a Golden Graph Award and the Japan Academy Prize for Best Newcomer.^[7]

Yūka
優香
Born	Hiroko Okabe (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980 (age 44) Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Nationality	Japanese
Occupations	Actress tarento
Years active	1997–present
Agent	Horipro
Known for	Honjitsu wa Taian Nari Akumu-chan Black Butler
Spouse	Munetaka Aoki ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1
Website	www.horipro.co.jp/yuka/

Appearances

Films

• Koi ni Utaeba (2002), Yumi Sakurai^[8]
• Boku no Songokū (2003), Songokū^[9]
• Reincarnation (2005), Nagisa Sugiura^[10]
• Taishibōkei Tanita no Shain Shokudō (2013), Nanako Haruno^[11]
• Black Butler (2014), Hanae Wakatsuki^[12]
• Akumu-chan (2014), Kotoha Hirashima^[13]
• Wood Job! (2014), Miki Īda^[14]
• Galaxy Turnpike (2015), Rei^[15]
• Jinsei no Yakusoku (2016), Yukiko Ōba^[16]
• The Blue Hearts (2017)
• Gokko (2017)
• Hitsuji no Ki (2018), Rieko Ōta
• You Shine in the Moonlit Night (2019)

TV dramas

• Ao no Jidai (TBS, 1998), Yuka^[17]
• The Sun Never Sets (Fuji TV, 2000), Ami Isetani^[18]
• 20-sai no Kekkon (TBS, 2000), Renko Chūganji^[19]
• Love Story (TBS, 2001), Kano Kobayashi^[20]
• Zoku Heisei Fūfu Jawan (NTV, 2002)^[21]
• Yūkaza Cinema (TV Asahi, 2002)^[22]
• Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Dramatic Syndrome (Fuji TV, 2001)^[17]
• Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3 (Fuji TV, 2003)^[23]
• Taiga drama Shinsengumi! (NHK, 2004)^[24]
• Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Aketekure (Fuji TV, 2004)^[17]
• Hoshi ni Negai o: 7jōma de Umareta 410-man no Hoshi (Fuji TV, 2005), Yōko Satō^[25]
• Renai Shōsetsu "Duke" (TBS, 2006), Kōko Tachibana^[26]
• 24-jikan Terebi Ai wa Chikyū o Sukuu "Yūki" (NTV, 2006), Yoshie^[27]
• Oishinbo (Fuji TV, 2007-2009), Yūko Kurita^[28]
• Maru Maru Chibi Maruko Chan Episode 3 (Fuji TV, 2007)^[29]
• 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^[30]
• Koi no Karasawagi: Love Stories V "Sōgiya no Onna" (NTV, 2008), Yuri Honda^[31]
• Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Episode 8 (TBS, 2009), Teacher Izumi^[32]
• My Girl (TV Asahi, 2009), Yōko Tsukamoto^[33]
• Bungō: Nihon Bungaku Cinema "Ōgon Fūkei" (TBS, 2010), Okei^[34]
• Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (NTV, 2011)^[35]
• T-UP presents Thumbs Up! (BS Fuji, 2011), Hana^[36]
• Honjitsu wa Taian Nari (NHK, 2012), Takako Yamai^[4]
• Papadol! (TBS, 2012), Haruka Hanamura^[37]
• Akumu-chan (NTV, 2012), Kotoha Hirashima^[38]
• Hakuba no Ōji-sama (NTV, 2013), Takako Hara^[39]
• Hell Teacher Nūbē (NTV, 2014), Minako^[40]
• Carolling: Christmas no Kiseki (NHK BS, 2014), Sūko Orihara^[41]
• Taiga drama Hana Moyu (NHK, 2015), Sugihisa^[42]
• Chikaemon (NHK, 2016), Osode^[43]
• Rinshō Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri (NTV, 2016), Nozomi Ono^[44]
• Hi no Ko (Tōkai TV, 2016), Yukimi Kajima^[45]
• Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon (NHK, 2017), Tomiko
• Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru (NHK, 2019)

Dubbing

• Bunshinsaba (2004), Lee Yoo-jin^[46]
• Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ellie^[47]
• Strings (2007), Jhinna^[48]

Bibliography

Books

• Hirune no Honne (Kadokawa Shoten, October 2000) ISBN 4048836293^[49]
• Air (Shogakukan, June 2002) ISBN 4094190260^[50]

Photobooks

• ZIP (Eichi Shuppan, April 1998) ISBN 4754211901^[51]
• Vim with Rei Yoshii (Eichi Shuppan, April 1998) ISBN 4754211898^[52]
• Sirena (TIS, 1998) ISBN 4886181791^[53]
• Perfume (Wani Books, April 1999) ISBN 4847025288^[54]
• Yūka CF Special Carat (Futabasha, July 2000) ISBN 4575472794^[55]
• Innocent Yūka (Shueisha, April 2000) ISBN 4087803058^[56]
• Memories of Innocent Yūka (Shueisha, May 2000) ISBN 4087803090^[57]
• Koi ni Utaeba (Kadokawa Shoten, October 2002) ISBN 4048535269^[58]
• Yūka Body (Kodansha, March 2012) ISBN 4062175495^[59]
• Yūka Gravure (Kodansha, March 2012) ISBN 4062175487^[60]
• Yūka Gravure Tokusōban (Kodansha, March 2012) ISBN 4062176491^[61]

Awards

• The 36th Golden Arrow Award: Graph Award (1999)^[6]
• The 37th Golden Arrow Award: Best Newcomer and Newcomer for Broadcasting Award (2000)^[6]
• The 38th Golden Arrow Award: Broadcasting Award (2001)^[6]
• The 26th Japan Academy Prize: Best Newcomer (2003)^[7]
• The 40th Golden Arrow Award: Golden Graph Award (2003)^[6]