Yuu Kashii

Yūko Odagiri (小田切 悠子, Odagiri Yūko, born February 16, 1987 in Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan), known by her stage name Yuu Kashii (香椎 由宇, Kashii Yuu), is a Japanese actress and model. She studied at Mejiro University, where she majored in English.

Yuu Kashii 香椎 由宇
Born	Yuuko Kashii (1987-02-16) February 16, 1987 (age 38) Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2001-present
Spouse	Joe Odagiri ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	3

History

Personal life

She married actor Joe Odagiri, who is exactly 11 years her senior, on February 16, 2008, the birthday the couple share.^[1] She gave birth to two sons in both February 2011 and April 2014. The youngest son died a year later due to an intestinal obstruction.

Kashii's maternal grandfather is a European-American newspaper reporter, and thus her ethnic background is ¼ European. Kashii spent her childhood in Singapore^[2] and attended elementary school there.^[3] She has been said to have exactly the same dimensions for her right and left side of the face which led to a German doctor wanting to use her face as a specimen for research uses.^[4]

Biography

Kashii got her start in the entertainment business as an in-house model for the Japanese teen magazine mc Sister in 2001. Her first acting role was in the movie adaptation of Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean in which she played the title character.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Linda Linda Linda	Kei Tachibana		[5]
2005	Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean	Paula Atsuko Ebner		[6]
2006	Death Note	Shiori Akino		[7]
2025	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses: The Movie			[8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Yukan Club	Noriko Hakushika		[9]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Genji: Dawn of the Samurai	Lady Shizuka	PS2 Japanese version	[10]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2008	11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Supporting Actress	Yukan Club	Won	[11]

References

• Japan portal
• Biography portal
• Film portal
• Television portal

1. オダギリジョーさん、香椎由宇と結婚へ (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
2. "Who's that girl? Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine." The Star. Sunday October 29, 2006. Retrieved on November 9, 2011.
3. HoriPro Kashii Yuu
4. Yû Kashii at IMDb
5. John Willis; Barry Monush, eds. (2010). Screen World 2007: The Films of 2006 with over 1,000 Photographs. Vol. 58. New York City: Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 350.
6. Galbraith, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 436.
7. "2006年6月8日プレミア試写会". Warner Brothers Japan. Archived from the original on 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2025-01-07. 香椎由宇(秋野詩織)：
8. "THE オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!)このヤロウ MOVIE". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
9. "有閑倶楽部の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
10. "SCEJ、アクションアドベンチャー「GENJI」主題歌は元ちとせさん、静御前役は香椎由宇さん". Game Watch (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
11. "歴代の受賞者・受賞作品". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2024.

External links

• Yû Kashii at IMDb
• HORIPRO Official site: 香椎由宇 (In Japanese)