Yui Sakuma

Yui Sakuma (佐久間 由衣, Sakuma Yui, born March 10, 1995) is a Japanese actress and model. Her acting roles have included Tokiko Sukegawa in the 96th NHK asadora Hiyokko and Yui Shida in the Fuji TV series Transit Girls.

Yui Sakuma
佐久間 由衣
Sakuma at Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019
Born	(1995-03-10) March 10, 1995 (age 30) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Model actress
Years active	2013–present
Agent	Platinum Production
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse	Go Ayano ​ (m. 2022)​
Children	1

Early life

Sakuma was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 10, 1995.^[1][2]

Career

In 2013, Sakuma auditioned as an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Vivi.^[2][3] She won the Girls Award '13A/W on September 28 of the same year,^[4] and first appeared on Vivi's December 2013 issue.^[3] She made her acting debut with Tao Tsuchiya in the 2014 film Jinrō Game Beast Side.^[5] She later starred in the 2015 Fuji Television drama Transit Girls.^[6] In 2017 she played the role of Tokiko Sukegawa in the 96th NHK asadora Hiyokko.^[7]

Personal life

On December 31, 2022, Sakuma announced that she and actor Go Ayano, who is thirteen years her senior, had tied the knot.^[8] On March 30, 2024, Sakuma and Ayano announced that they had welcomed the birth of their first child together.^[9]

Filmography

Magazines

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2013	Vivi	Exclusive model	[2]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Jinrō Game Beast Side	Hitomi Tsushima		[5]
2019	The Day's Organ	Yoshiko Kanda		[10]
	I Was a Secret Bitch	Hiromi	Lead role	[11]
	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	Satomi Ide		[12]
	Murders at the House of Death	Sumie Nabari		[13]
2020	Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots	Sayo Horigai	Lead role	[14]
2021	The Road to Murder: The Movie	Yuzuki		[15]
2023	Call Me Chihiro	Hitomi		[16]
	Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny	Hai Yin		[17]
2024	Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General	Hai Yin		[18]

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Transit Girls	Yui Shida	Lead role	[6]
2017	Hiyokko	Tokiko Sukegawa	Asadora	[19]
	Tomorrow's Promise	Kasumi Shirai		[20]
2018	We Are Rockets!	Asako Sakurazawa		[21]
	Signal	Midori Kitano		[22]
2020	The Road to Murder	Yuzuki	Miniseries	[15]
2021	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses	Mila Sekine	Miniseries	[23]
2022	Umeko: The Face of Female Education	Nagai Shige	Television film	[24]
	Hiru	Robo	Season 2	[25]
	Love with a Case	Nagisa Hattori		[26]
2023	Ranman	Aya Makino	Asadora	[27]

Advertisements

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2014	Coca-Cola 2014 FIFA World Cup		[28]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award-giving body	Category	Nominated work(s)	Result	Ref(s)
2019	Elle Cinema Awards 2019	ElleGirl Rising Star	I Was a Secret Bitch and others	Won	[29]
2020	74th Mainichi Film Awards	Best New Actress	I Was a Secret Bitch	Nominated	[30]