Yu Yamada

Yu Yamada
Yu Yamada
山田優
	Yu Yamada in May 2025
Born	July 5, 1984 (age 42); Onna, Okinawa, Japan
Occupations	Model; actress; singer; TV personality;
Years active	1999–present
Employers	K-Dash; Pony Canyon;
Agent	K-Dash
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse	Shun Oguri (m. 2012)
Children	4
Relatives	Shintaro Yamada (brother)
Website	ameblo.jp/yamada-yu

Yu Yamada (山田優, Yamada Yū; born July 5, 1984) is a Japanese model, actress and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine.

Personal life

On March 14, 2012, Yamada married Japanese actor Shun Oguri,^[1] and is a mother of four children, the fourth one being born in 2022.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Name	Album information	Oricon album chart	Notes
2008	Myusic^[7]^[8]	Released: May 14, 2008 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, CD+DVD	38^[9]	Includes five singles previously released.^[9]

Singles

Single information	Notes
"Real You" Released: September 20, 2006 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 10 From album: Myusic
"Eyes on Me" Released: March 7, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 30 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Yu Yamada and this song featured in a 2007 television advertisement for Sofina Raycious cosmetics. B-side: "Feel My Heart" "Eyes on Me" is not to be confused with Faye Wong's song of the same name.
"Fly So High"^[10] Released: June 13, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 27 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Ending theme for the TV Tokyo anime series Blue Dragon. B-side: Little Raindrop
"Fiesta! Fiesta!" Released: September 5, 2007 Oricon Top 100 weekly peak: 47 From album: Myusic Label: Pony Canyon	Yu Yamada and this song featured in another 2007 television advertisement for Sofina Raycious. The B-side, "Palm", served as the ending theme to the Fuji TV horseracing show Umanade. Composed by Toshinobu Kubota.
"Leave All Behind" Released: April 23, 2008
"My All" Released: January 21, 2009
"Free" Released: May 20, 2009	Ending theme for the anime series Basquash!

Filmography

Movies

Route 58 (2003) as Rin
Kiseki wa Sora Kara Futte Kuru (2005) as Reiko Aoyama
Akihabara@Deep (2006) as Akira
Pulukogi (2007)
Surf's Up (Japanese dub) (2007) as Lani Aliikai
Kanna-san Daiseikō Desu! (2008) as Kanna
Shinjuku Swan (2015) as Ryoko
Eating Women (2018)

Dramas

Kabachitare! (2001)
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (2001)
Kangei Danjiki Goikkou-sama (2001)
Shiawase no Shippo (2002)
Cosmetic (2003)
Aisuru Tame ni Aisaretai Loved to Love (2003)
Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no youni... (2004)
Orange Days (2004)
Be-Bop High School (2004)
Nihon no Kowai Yoru "Daiseikubi" (2004)
X'mas Nante Daikirai (2004)
Tales of Japan (2004)
Be-Bop High School 2 (2005)
Fukigen na Gene (2005)
Yume de Aimashou (2005)
Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari "Happunkan" (2005)
Satomi Hakenden (2006)
Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi "Actress" (2006)
Zenibana (2006)
Damens' Walker (2006)
The Family (2007), Makiko Yasuda
Zenibana 2 (2007)
Nodame Cantabile in Europe (2008)
Gokusen 3 (2008)
Binbō Danshi (2008)
Seigi no Mikata (2008)
Akuma no Temari Uta (2009)
Mei-chan no Shitsuji (2009)
Gakeppuchi no Eri (2010)

Anime

Paradise Kiss (2005) as Yukari Hayasaka

References

↑ "Oguri Shun, Yamada Yu to marry on March 14". Tokyograph. March 12, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
↑ "小栗旬・山田優夫妻、第3子誕生していた LAで厳戒出産". topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp (in Japanese). June 2, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
↑ "山田優 LAで第3子出産！コロナ禍で見せた小栗旬の"配慮"". excite.co.jp (in Japanese). June 5, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
↑ "小栗旬・山田優夫妻、第3子誕生していた LAで厳戒出産". news-postseven.com (in Japanese). June 2, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
↑ "Yamada Yu and Oguri Shun welcome their third child". neotokyo2099.com. June 2, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
↑ "山田優「結婚式やった方がいい！」その理由とは？「みんなに集まってもらって逆にそういう時じゃないと…」". Sponichi (in Japanese). June 30, 2025. Archived from the original on June 30, 2025. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
↑ "MYUSIC". Apple Music. Archived from the original on March 21, 2026. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
↑ "山田優、聴き応え見応えたっぷりの1stアルバム". Barks (in Japanese). May 16, 2005. Archived from the original on March 21, 2026. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
1 2 "MYUSIC 山田優". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 22, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
↑ '“Fly So High”'. (September 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 9, page 126.

External links

K Dash Group Profile Archived January 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Yu Yamada at IMDb
Yu Yamada at JDorama

[1] "Oguri Shun, Yamada Yu to marry on March 14". Tokyograph. March 12, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2012.

[2] "小栗旬・山田優夫妻、第3子誕生していた LAで厳戒出産". topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp (in Japanese). June 2, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

[3] "山田優 LAで第3子出産！コロナ禍で見せた小栗旬の"配慮"". excite.co.jp (in Japanese). June 5, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

[4] "小栗旬・山田優夫妻、第3子誕生していた LAで厳戒出産". news-postseven.com (in Japanese). June 2, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

[5] "Yamada Yu and Oguri Shun welcome their third child". neotokyo2099.com. June 2, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

[6] "山田優「結婚式やった方がいい！」その理由とは？「みんなに集まってもらって逆にそういう時じゃないと…」". Sponichi (in Japanese). June 30, 2025. Archived from the original on June 30, 2025. Retrieved June 30, 2025.

[7] "MYUSIC". Apple Music. Archived from the original on March 21, 2026. Retrieved March 21, 2026.

[Barks_Myusic-8] "山田優、聴き応え見応えたっぷりの1stアルバム". Barks (in Japanese). May 16, 2005. Archived from the original on March 21, 2026. Retrieved March 21, 2026.

[Ori_Myu"-9] 1 2 "MYUSIC 山田優". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 22, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.

[10] '“Fly So High”'. (September 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 9, page 126.

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