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Japanese actress and model (born 1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yu Takahashi (高橋 ユウ, Takahashi Yū, born January 19, 1991),[1][2] is a Japanese actress and model.
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Born | Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan | January 19, 1991||||
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Years active | 2006–present | ||||
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Children | 2 | ||||
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Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||
Hair color | Black | ||||
Eye color | Brown | ||||
Agency | Asia Promotion | ||||
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Kanji | 高橋 ユウ | ||||
Hiragana | たかはし ユウ | ||||
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Website | Official modeling profile |
Takahashi was born in Ōtsu, Shiga,[3] to a Filipino mother and a Japanese father.[4] She won the Grand Prix in a female vocal audition in 2006 held by the TV Tokyo show Output.[5]
Takahashi is represented by the Asia Promotion talent agency. She started her career as an exclusive model for the Cawaii! magazine and her first photo book, Yu, was released in 2008.[6] After that, she was an exclusive model for the Pinky magazine until 2009.[7]
She appeared regularly in the NHK Educational TV television program Kyō Kara Eikaiwa in 2007.[8] As an actress, she played Yuri Aso in TV Asahi's Kamen Rider Kiva[6] and starred in the 2008 film version, Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World.[9] She played a leading role in the 2012 film, Brand Guardians, with South Korean actor Yoon Shi-yoon.[10] In 2013, she played the role of Makoto/Sailor Jupiter in a musical remake of Sailor Moon: La Reconquista[11] and in 2014 in musical Sailor Moon: Petite Étrangère.
She is the younger sister of Maryjun Takahashi, who is also a model and actress.[12] She also has a brother who is a professional football player named Yuji Takahashi.[13]
In October 2018, she married K-1 fighter Hirotaka Urabe.[14]
On 22 September 2019, she announced that she was pregnant, and had given birth to a baby boy on 28 January 2020.[15]
On 28 June 2022, she announced that she was pregnant with her second child, and had given birth to a baby boy on 2 December of the same year.[16]
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