Yuki Uchida Explained
Yūki Uchida |
Birth Name: | Uchida Yūki |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1975 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
Yearsactive: | 1989–2002, 2006–present |
Module: | Embed: | yes | Background: | solo_singer |
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(born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. Following her debut in the drama Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta (1992), she received her first lead role in the 1994 drama adaption of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
Uchida became a popular teen idol and began a short-lived music career with the single "Tenca wo Torou! (Uchida no Yabou)", which made her the first female singer in Oricon history to have their first single debut at the summit.[1] Uchida made her film debut starring in the 1995 adaption of Boys Over Flowers. By the late-1990s, Uchida began to shed her idol image and concentrated on her television career.
Uchida is best known as a character actress, recognized for her roles in Bambino! (2007) and , which ran for seven seasons starting in 2012.[2] She returned to the silver screen after ten years with Welcome to the Quiet Room (2010), earning praise for her performance.[3]
Biography
Uchida was born in Tokyo. She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991.[4]
She began her career as a model in commercials, notably for the confectionery company Lotte (ロッテ), then debuted in acting in 1992 in the drama Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta.[5] She became a swimsuit model for the swimwear company Unitika in 1993, and got popular as an idol, partly due to her then unusual tomboyish look with short hair and husky voice. She began to get large exposure in commercials and media, and hosted her own weekly 30mn late radio show, Yozora ni YOUKISS!, from April 1994 to March 2001 on Nippon Broadcasting.
She released her first single at the end of 1994, "TENCA wo Torou!", theme of one of her dramas, which ranked number 1 in the Oricon music charts, the first time for a solo debuting female singer, with a record of sales in this category only topped by Erika Sawajiri's debut single 12 years later.[6] She went on a successful singing career for the next two years, her first album ranking number 1, with hits written by Tetsuya Komuro (notably "Only You" and "Baby's Growing Up"). The latter part of Uchida's music career saw a pivot from idol music as she began to write her own lyrics, before ceasing activities as a singer in the late 1990s.[7] [8]
She was cast in many dramas and movies, often as the lead actress, most notably in the live movies adaptations of the famous manga Hana yori dango (Boys over Flowers) (as Makino) in 1995, and Cat's Eye (as Ai) in 1997. She retired from show business when she married actor Hidetaka Yoshioka on November 28, 2002, but returned to acting in 2006, after her divorce in December 2005.[9] After ten years away from the big screen, she made her comeback to cinema in 2007, in Takeshi Kitano's "Kantoku Banzai!", and in the leading role of "Welcome to the Quiet Room", movie set in a psychiatric hospital, in which she appears in all the scenes.[10] Since 2012, she has played anesthesiologist Hiromi Jonouchi in the popular medical drama, Doctor-X Surgeon Michiko Daimon.
Filmography
Film
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1998 | Bayside Shakedown Wangan Police Station Female Police Officers' Story
| | Fuji TV | |
2007 | Seichō Matsumoto Special: The Woman Who Took the Local Paper | | Nippon TV | |
2012 | Becoming Mrs. Hayami Special: First Part | | Fuji TV | |
If Moshimo (in episode 8 only) | Fuji TV | 1993 |
Jajauma Narashi | Fuji TV | 1993 |
Aogeba Tōtoshi | Fuji TV | 1994 |
Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari '94 Fuyu no Tokubetsu hen "Kokoro no Koe ga Kikoeru" | Fuji TV | 1994 |
Hanjuku Tamago | 半熟卵 | Fuji TV | 1994 |
Campus Note | キャンパス・ノート | TBS | 1996 |
Tsubasa o Kudasai! | 翼をください! | Fuji TV | 1996 |
Akimahende! | あきまへんで! | TBS | 1998 |
Amai Seikatsu | 甘い生活。 | NTV | 1999 |
Kōri no Sekai | 氷の世界 | Fuji TV | 1999 |
Tenshi ga Kieta Machi | 天使が消えた街 | NTV | 2000 |
Namida o Fuite | 涙をふいて | Fuji TV | 2000 |
Dare Yorimo Mama wo Ai su | 誰よりもママを愛す | TBS | 2006 |
Maguro | マグロ | TV Asahi | 2007 |
Bambino! | バンビーノ! | NTV | 2007 |
Iryū 2: Team Medical Dragon 2 | 医龍-Team Medical Dragon-2 | Fuji TV | 2007 |
Innocent Love | イノセント・ラヴ | Fuji TV | 2008 |
Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari '08 Aki no Tokubetsu hen "Body Rental" | 世にも奇妙な物語 08'秋の特別編「ボディレンタル」 | Fuji TV | 2008 |
Kami no Shizuku | 神の雫 | NTV | 2009 |
Gine Sanfujinka no Onnatachi | ギネ 産婦人科の女たち | NTV | 2009 |
Kenji Onijima Hēhachirō | 検事・鬼島平八郎 | TV Asahi | 2010 |
Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta | 大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた | Fuji TV | 2011 |
Don Quixote | ドン★キホーテ | NTV | 2011 |
Kikyō | 帰郷 | TBS | 2011 |
Mirai Nikki: Another World | 未来日記-ANOTHER:WORLD- Episode 10 | Fuji TV | 2012 |
Bayside Shakedown: The Last TV Salary Man Keiji to Saigo no Nanjiken | 踊る大捜査線 THE LAST TV サラリーマン刑事と最後の難事件 | Fuji TV | 2012 |
Saki | サキ | KTV and Media Mix Japan | 2013 |
Kaen Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den | 火怨・北の英雄 アテルイ伝 | NHK | 2013 |
Doubles: Futari no Keiji | ダブルス〜二人の刑事 | TV Asahi | 2013 |
Zoku Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi | 続・最後から二番目の恋 | Fuji TV | 2014 |
Dr.Rintarō | Dr.倫太郎 | NTV | 2015 |
Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi | NHK BS Premium | 2016 |
Naomi and Kanako | Fuji TV | 2016 |
Segodon | NHK | 2018 |
1992 | Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta | Saki Aso | | [14] |
1993 | Under One Roof | Rina | | |
1994 | At Seventeen | Takumi Hidaka | Lead role | [15] |
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | Kazuko Yoshiyama | Lead role; miniseries | [16] |
2001 | Big Wing | Kumiko | Lead role | [17] |
2002 | Kita no Kuni Kara 2002: Yuigon | Yui Takamura | Two-part television miniseries | [18] |
2012 | Second to Last Love | Midori Hatanaka | | |
2012-2021 | | Hiromi Jonouchi | 7 seasons | |
2014 | Gunshi Kanbei | Nōhime | Taiga drama | [19] |
2018 | Manpuku | Saki Imai | Asadora | [20] |
2021 | The Grand Family | Aiko Takasu | | [21] |
2022 | Umeko: The Face of Female Education | Tsuda Hatsu | Television film | [22] |
2023 | Fixer | Reiko Sawamura | | [23] |
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Dubbing
Discography
Albums
Singles
Romaji title | Japanese title | Release date | Reference | Oricon |
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TENCA wo Torou! ~Uchida no Yabou~ | TENCAを取ろう~内田の野望 | 1994/10/21 | KIDS-220 | 1 |
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku | 明日は明日の風が吹く | 1995/04/05 | KIDS-240 | 3 |
Only You | Only You | 1995/04/21 | KIDS-250 | 2 |
Baby's Growing Up | Baby's Growing Up | 1995/08/19 | KIDS-270 | 5 |
Shiawase ni Naritai | 幸せになりたい | 1996/01/24 | KIDS-280 | 6 |
Ever & Ever (Uchida Yūki & m.C.A.T) | Ever & Ever | 1996/07/17 | KIDS-300 | 8 |
Aishiteru | アイシテル | 1997/02/21 | KIDS-330 | 23 |
Da.i.su.ki | Da.i.su.ki | 1997/05/21 | KIDS-340 | 29 |
Heartbreak Sniper | ハートブレイク スナイパー | 1998/09/23 | KIDS-370 | 32 |
Rakuen | 楽園 | 1999/08/25 | KIDS-430 | 28 |
Rakuen -Memorial Tracks- (maxi-single) | 楽園-Memorial Tracks | 1999/10/13 | KICS-763 | 67 | |
Others
- Concert videos
Uchida's live show | Yūki Uchida 1995 Concert | 1996 |
No make | (Live & interview) | 1996 |
Nakitakunalu | Yūki Uchida Concert 1996 | 1997 |
Minna DA I SU KI | Yūki Uchida Concert Tour 1997 | 1998 | |
- Other videos
Visual Queen of The Year '93: Yūki Uchida - La Palette | Swimsuit idol video | 1993 |
The Cat's Secret | Making of Cat's Eye | 1997 | |
- Photobooks
Visual queen of the year '93 | with models Hiroko Tanaka, Maiko Tono, Mitsuko Aoki, Mitchiko Endo. | 1993 |
YUKISS | First solo photobook | 1994 |
Yūki to tsuki to taiyo to | 有紀と月と太陽と - Second solo photobook | 1995 |
Yozora ni YOUKISS! | 夜空に YOUKISS! - photos, texts and poems taken from her radio show. | 1996 |
Cat's Eye | Cat's Eye movie photobook | 1997 | |
- Radio
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 来年には主演も決定、ボーイッシュから大人の女優へ 内田有紀再び脚光のワケ . 2023-11-08 . ORICON NEWS.
- Web site: 2023-11-06 . 内田有紀のプロフィール(身長、生年月日、出身地 など) . 2023-11-08 . ORICON NEWS.
- Web site: Edwards . Russell . 2007-12-04 . Welcome to the Quiet Room . 2023-11-08 . Variety . en-US.
- http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/243102/ Oricon Style profile (japanese)
- Web site: Works . Yuki Uchida . January 30, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219152005/http://www.jap.co.jp/yuki/works.html . December 19, 2008 . Official profile (japanese)
- http://d.hatena.ne.jp/f96109/20070226/1173320878 (japanese)
- Web site: CLAMP Vol.65 . 2023-11-08 . www.fujitv.co.jp.
- Web site: 来年には主演も決定、ボーイッシュから大人の女優へ 内田有紀再び脚光のワケ . 2023-11-08 . ORICON NEWS.
- http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/special/2005hakyoku/KFullNormal20051222013.html News about the divorce (japanese)
- http://www.quietroom-movie.com/ Movie official site (japanese)
- Web site: 花より男子(1995). June 19, 2024. eiga.com.
- Web site: CAT'S EYE(1997). June 19, 2024. eiga.com.
- Web site: 「ドクターX」映画化決定 主演・米倉涼子が熱望「私たちの12年の想いがこもった作品」. June 19, 2024. eiga.com.
- Web site: 内田有紀 結婚、引退、そして…いつでも「一生懸命」. June 19, 2024. December 12, 2015. Sponichi.
- Web site: 17才 at seventeen. June 20, 2024. TV drama database.
- Web site: 時をかける少女. June 19, 2024. TV drama database.
- Web site: Big Wing. June 19, 2024. TBS.
- Web site: 「北の国から」機にゴール/内田、吉岡さんが挙式. June 19, 2024. The Shikoku Shimbun.
- Web site: 軍師官兵衛. June 19, 2024. allcinema.
- Web site: まんぷくの出演者・キャスト一覧. June 16, 2024. The Television.
- Web site: 吉岡里帆、松本穂香が「連続ドラマW 華麗なる一族」出演、万俵家の家族写真も公開. December 21, 2020. Natalie.
- Web site: 田中圭が伊藤博文に 広瀬すず主演ドラマ『津田梅子』、ディーン・フジオカら共演陣発表. February 4, 2022. Crank-in. 3 February 2022.
- Web site: 「連続ドラマW フィクサー」ビジュアル&予告、唐沢寿明が政界を舞台に暗躍. April 21, 2023. Natalie.
- Web site: アントマン. August 3, 2020. Star Channel.
- Web site: アントマン&ワスプ. August 3, 2020. Star Channel.
- Web site: アベンジャーズ/エンドゲーム – ふきカエル大作戦 日本語吹替え専門. January 14, 2022. fukikaeru.com.
- Web site: 『アントマン3』木内秀信、内田有紀ら吹替続投 最凶の敵カーンは中村和正. February 6, 2023. Cinema Today. 31 January 2023.
- http://satellablog.blogspot.com/2008/05/listen-to-satellaview-they-played-pop.html Listen to one of her shows