Uchida Yuki

Uchida Yuki is a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s Japanese idol, model and singer.

She practiced fencing in high school and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991. She began her career as a model in commercials, notably for the confectionery company Lotte, then debuted in acting in 1992 in the drama Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta. 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!", the theme of one of her dramas, which ranked number 1 at 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. 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"), a career which she stopped in 2000 to concentrate on acting.

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. After 10 years away from the big screen, she made her come back 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.

Incidentally, popular actor Shun Oguri, big fan of Yuki Uchida, stated that he unintentionally started his career by joining Uchida's acting school in the 90s with the only hope of meeting her. Interestingly, he played Rui Hanazawa, Tsukushi Makino's first love, in the Japanese drama "Hana Yori Dango" ten years after she played Makino in the film.

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Name Uchida Yuki

Nationality Japanese

Gender Female

Born November 16, 1975

Age 46

Type Japanese

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Popularity #74

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Story follows high school student Saki Miyanaga and her classmates as they become absorbed in the game of mahjong. They target an upcoming national competition.

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Natsumi Uemura and Shuji Kashiwagi are two high school teachers who are due to marry in six months. On the eve of the opening ceremony of the new school year, Shuji binds with young Hikari Saeki, both unaware that they will meet face to face in class the next morning. While Shuji is trying to help H...

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After a year of working at a neighbourhood Italian restaurant, Ban Shogo, an enthusiastic, cocky young college student from Fukuoka, comes to Tokyo to perfect his cooking skills as a chef in Italian cuisine. He discovers he has much to learn and has to continually prove himself to the very competiti...

The story revolves around Kanzuki Shizuku, a young man who was estranged from his father, a world-famous wine critic. When his father passed away, he left behind a wine collection worth a fortune, but in order to inherit it, Shizuku must solve a series of puzzles left by his father to identify 6 win...

Yoshiyama Mihane is a third-year high school student. She's a member of her school photo club. On the eve of her summer vacation, she smells of lavender in the science lab and suddenly acquires the ability to jump in time. Fukamachi Shohei is Mihane's classmate. He actually comes from the year 2122...

An arson took it all away from Akiyama Kanon seven years ago. Her parents died in that fire, her brother was arrested as the prime suspect and her carefree life disappeared from that instant. She was shunned by the town as the sister of a murderer, yet she believes in her brother's innocence and oft...

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the...

In this unusual story, Matsuda plays a child welfare official Shirota working at a child consultation center, while Takahashi Katsumi plays a charitable yakuza boss Sabashima. These two lead completely different lives, but one day, their souls are suddenly switched. As a result, Shirota begins dispe...

Surgeon Daimon Michiko is sent to Totei University Hospital this time. Although it reigns as the top university hospital in the country, the hospital’s reputation has suffered greatly from various cover-ups, medical malpractice and fighting factions. Furthermore, the person who has snatched the seat...

Nicknamed Ishiko because she is obstinate, Ishida Shoko, 28, graduated major from her promotion to the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo but failed four times the bar exam. Although she told her people that it was not that she could not become a lawyer but that she should not, Ishiko dropped...

Higashiyama Yui works as a director at Net Heroes, a web production company. Due to her workaholic father and bad experiences in the past, she loathes working overtime. Even 2 years ago, she broke off her engagement to Taneda Kotaro because he was a workaholic. At her job, Higashiyama Yui always le...

Totei University Hospital has built a massive deficit. Investor Nicholas Tange, whose nickname is Vulture, comes up with a turnaround plan for the hospital. His plan implements restructuring and cost cutting. By Nicholas Tange’s request, Michiko Daimon begins to work at the Totei University Hospital...

It has been a year since the downfall of Hiruma Shigekatsu who had engaged in dirty hospital politics. Teito Medical University Hospital enters a new era with its first female hospital director. She touts “Patients first” and presses forward with big reforms to clean up the medical department. Howev...

This drama is set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and depicts the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke, a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei, the executive managing director of a steel firm. For reasons not yet entirely clear, Daisuke seems to dislike his own son and when Teppei finds ou...

In Iryu 2, Asada Ryutaro is waging a new battle against the realities of Japan's medical care system. The government has developed legislation to combat the recent inflation of medical expenses; hospitals have entered an era of bankruptcy if they are not independently managed. At the same time, merg...

When Kirisawa Shogo was a high school student, he was a brilliant amateur boxer. He won 4 boxing tournaments and he seemed to have a bright future in the sport. During his university student days, he quit the sport of boxing. Life went on for Kirisawa Shogo. But, after his beloved wife died, his lif...

Investigations into a mysterious woman, Toko, began when Sonoe, a teacher and colleague from Toko, was found dead as a result of what appeared to be an unfortunate accident. Eiki, an insurance investigator, and Takeshi, an ambitious police inspector, find links between this case and the death of Tok...

Rintaro Hino is a 41-year-old psychiatrist, working at a university hospital. He is an excellent doctor with keen insight and intuition. He even sees the Chief Cabinet Secretary as a patient. Dr. Rintaro has written books and appears as a guest on TV. Some patients have to wait more than 2 months to...

From the 2011 drama, Utsukushi Rinjin, Nakama Yukie reprises the character Saki. This time round, as Saki Amihama, she will be targeting the men. With the facade of an angel, she draws the men to her, only to lead them to a destructive end. Like a moth to the flame... but where is the line drawn bet...

A worldwide pandemic causes the medical system to collapse across the world, including Japan. Under this very difficult situation, the best university hospital in Japan, Totei University Hospital, makes the decision to focus on infectious disease and internal treatments, while postponing any noncrit...

Ding decides to leave the house in the name of continuing his studies when his father brings back a woman while his mother died a few days ago because of his father's infidelity. Jeed, who is also experiencing tensions at home because of her father's past infidelity, drives without worrying about sp...

This is the second live-action television adaptation of the novel of the same name. It aired as a five-episode Japanese television live-action TV series broadcast on Fuji Television between February 19 and March 19, 1994, directed by Masayuki Ochiai and Yūichi Satō, with screenplay by Ryōichi Kimizu...

45-year-old Kamon Hiro works as a librarian because she loves books. Although she is worshiped as the “aloof beauty” and “ideal female” for her beautiful, gentle smile and amiability, she actually dislikes people. Hiro has been hurt countless times, and Choji, the only guy she loved wholeheartedly i...

The peaceful everyday lives of a group of classmates are disrupted by the sudden return of their childhood friend, Takumi.

First friends, first clubs, first love, first everything. This drama covers entering college til graduation, a four year time span. Haruka is a college freshman at Shonan University. She is a student in the physics department. She always wanted to live the lifestyle of a college student and now she...

Oda Naomi aspired to become a curator at an art gallery, but she currently works in a department store. Her job is to cater to VIP customers. She is not happy with her current position. One day, her friend since their college days, Hattori Kanako visits Naomi at her apartment. Kanako tells Naomi tha...

Miyanaga Saki, a first-year student at Kiyosumi High School, lacks enthusiasm for mahjong and plays it so that it will end with neither a win nor a loss. One day, she is influenced by Haramura Nodoka’s genius mahjong tactics and decides to join the mahjong club. Nodoka is the titleholder of the nati...

Drama about a high school girl's growing pains. The heroine is painfully aware of her own childishness and finds it difficult to approach the boy she has a crush for, who is two years her senior at school. One of her classmates is a girl who seems far more grown-up and experienced. The heroine fir...

The murder of Sudo Isao, a used car salesman, occurred in Shizuoka Prefecture in 2008. Detective Kusaka Satoru of the Susuno prefectural police station in Shizuoka is checking his history. He learns that Sudo's young son, Obata Mamoru, who was born from a previous marriage, died in a kidnapping in S...

July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over 3 months, hoping to conquer this last obstacle to his dream of the country's unification. Standing at the gate of the castle, a lone man facing the menacing guards shouted out: "Do not throw your lives away. Tre...

At Sasai Memorial Hospital, where a hospital is seen as the hospitality industry and patients are priority, its doctors plagued with all sorts of problems. Mano Chiaki, a young doctor, is stalked by a monster patient who persistently harasses her. Her trusted senior, Hamaguchi Yoko, has a cheerful p...

They were classmates in high school, spent their youth together in the school choir and certainly had similar dreams. But on a rainy night, 20 years later, Furusawa Mizue suddenly came to the home of popular writer Makabe Suzune, with her young son. She lost her job, her money, and even the house sh...

To deal with the increasing violent crime rate in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, a special investigation team is formed at the Shinjuku Police Station. Detective Shunsuke Yamashita and Detective Keiichi Tashiro begin work at the special investigation team. Detective Shunsuke Yamashita doesn't care abou...

Segodon follows the life of the historical figure Takamori Saigo. He was born the first son of a lower-class samurai. He was exiled two times and went through three marriages. Takamori Saigo was one of the central figures of the Meiji Restoration but later rebelled against the government over dissat...

TV drama producer Yoshino Chiaki is now 48 and still single. Nagakura Wahei who works at the Tourist Promotion Department of Kamakura City’s municipal office is 52. When combined, their total age adds up to 100. And yet, these two still constantly bicker whenever they meet. This is the story of adul...

The 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive difficult times in Osaka with her husband, from the pre-Second World War to the era of rapid economic development. Together, they overcome various setbacks before succeeding in creating instant noodles. ~~ Bas...

A car accident killed a couple, orphaning their six children. At that time, the eldest child, Tatsuya, was only 18 and had to attend marathon training. Lacking the confidence to take good care of his siblings, he separately relocated them to the homes of their relatives and adopters. However, after...

Even though her husband died of illness six years ago, she is a cheerful and energetic mother who raises three daughters with one female hand, a pretty Miha and childish eldest daughter, a second daughter of a high school student, and a calm and mature youngest child. A story full of laughter unfold...

Set in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department of a university hospital. Hiragi Nachi is a reserved obstetrician, who is in her fifth year of working as a C-section surgeon in the maternity ward of the hospital. Because of a traumatic incident, she follows a philosophy of preserving life and would...

Koizumi’s last lead role in a drama series was in 2001 in TBS’s “Koi wo Nannen Yasundemasu ka.” This time, she will play a 45-year-old single woman who works as a TV drama producer. Starting to feel anxious about her health and her future, she visits an old house in Kamakura where she intends to liv...

Heihachiro Onijima became a prosecutor at the age of 44 and he is also raising his two nephews all by himself, who were left alone after his sister's suicide. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Nemuranu Oni" (東京地検特捜部長・鬼島平八郎 “眠らぬ鬼”) written by Nabeshima Masaha...

Daisuke Manpyo is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyo is in for difficult...

Takano Tatsurou is the kind of no-good person, who never takes anything seriously. He works with the local yakuza and has a street job, where he takes punches for money. He did this ever since his father abandoned him when he was young. His life changes completely when he finds out he has an older h...

A heartwarming home drama told from the perspective of 11-year-old Kaoru, who says his family is often called weird/unusual. It revolves around the lives of stay-at-home dad, lawyer and breadwinner mother, tomboyish oldest daughter and SNAG oldest son. A mysterious neighbor also gets involved.

Nowadays, kids have their parents wrapped around their fingers. While they appear to despise their parents, they are actually insecure and want someone to give them love, guidance, and support. Although Katsura is sometimes absent-minded, she is a strong, independent woman. Junichiro proposes to her...

Kumiko Yoshikawa joins the Big Wing company at Tokyo International Airport. It's her first day and she is full of enthusiasm, but that leads her into trouble. She gives an old lady who is running late for her plane a piggy-back to the departure lounge only to delay the flight's departure even more....

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