Yuki Uchida

Yūki Uchida
Born
Uchida Yūki

(1975-11-16) November 16, 1975 (age 48)
Nihonbashi, Chūō-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
Years active1989–2002, 2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2002; div. 2005)​
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • Vocals
Labels

Yūki Uchida (内田有紀, Uchida Yūki) (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 Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon, which ran for seven seasons starting in 2012.[1][2] She returned to the silver screen after ten years with Welcome to the Quiet Room (2010), earning praise for her performance.[3]

Biography

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1995 Boys Over Flowers Tsukushi Makino Lead role [11]
1997 Cat's Eye Ai Kisugi Lead role [12]
2010 Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose Natsumi Shinohara [13]
2024 Doctor-X: The Movie Hiromi Jonouchi [14]
2025 The Solitary Gourmet Shiho [15]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1992 Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta Saki Aso [16]
1993 Under One Roof Rina [16]
1994 At Seventeen Takumi Hidaka Lead role [17]
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Kazuko Yoshiyama Lead role; miniseries [18]
2001 Big Wing Kumiko Lead role [19]
2002 Kita no Kuni Kara 2002: Yuigon Yui Takamura Two-part television miniseries [20]
2012 Second to Last Love Midori Hatanaka [16]
2012-2021 Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon Hiromi Jonouchi 7 seasons [14]
2014 Gunshi Kanbei Nōhime Taiga drama [21]
2018 Manpuku Saki Imai Asadora [22]
2021 The Grand Family Aiko Takasu [23]
2022 Umeko: The Face of Female Education Tsuda Hatsu Television film [24]
2023 Fixer Reiko Sawamura [25]
2024 Swallows Yūko Kusaoke [26]

Dubbing

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Discography

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Albums

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Romaji title Japanese title Release date Reference Oricon
Junjou Karen Otome Moyou 純情可憐乙女模様 1995/02/08 KICS-470 1
Mi-Chemin Mi-Chemin 1995/09/21 KICS-510 3
Merry Christmas For You Merry Christmas For You 1995/11/22 KICS-530 19
Ai no Baka 愛のバカ 1996/03/23 KICS-540 20
nakitakunalu 泣きたくなる 1996/10/10 KICS-600 18
Present Present ~内田有紀 Best Album~ 1997/12/03 KICS-630 33

Singles

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Romaji title Japanese title Release date Reference Oricon
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

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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
Romaji title Japanese title Broadcaster Release date
Yozora ni YOUKISS! 夜空に YOUKISS! Nippon Broadcasting 1994–2001
Article 21 Radio Charity MusicSon 第21回 ラジオ・チャリティー・ミュージックソン (Dai 21 Kai Rajio . Charitei . MyujikkuSon) Nippon Broadcasting 1995
Yūki Uchida's Dusk Street Kids 内田有紀の夕暮れストリートキッズ (Uchida Yūki no Yuugure SutoritoKizzu) St.GIGA (via Satellaview)[31] 1995

References

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  3. ^ Edwards, Russell (2007-12-04). "Welcome to the Quiet Room". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  4. ^ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/243102/ Oricon Style profile (japanese)
  5. ^ "Works". Yuki Uchida. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2009. Official profile (japanese)
  6. ^ http://d.hatena.ne.jp/f96109/20070226/1173320878 (japanese)
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  9. ^ http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/special/2005hakyoku/KFullNormal20051222013.html News about the divorce (japanese)
  10. ^ http://www.quietroom-movie.com/ Movie official site (japanese)
  11. ^ "花より男子(1995)". eiga.com. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "CAT'S EYE(1997)". eiga.com. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
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  26. ^ "【東京ドラマアウォード】「連ドラ部門」大賞は『VIVANT』 草なぎ剛が主演男優賞 『ふてほど』最多4冠【受賞結果掲載】". Oricon. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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  31. ^ http://satellablog.blogspot.com/2008/05/listen-to-satellaview-they-played-pop.html Listen to one of her shows
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