Yūka (actress)
Hiroko Okabe, known professionally as Yūka, is a Japanese actress, presenter, and former gravure idol. She is known for playing the lead role in NHK's drama Honjitsu wa Taian Nari and presenting the TBS variety show Ōsama no Brunch. From 1999 to 2001, she received the Golden Arrow Award every year. In 2003, she was given both a Golden Graph Award and the Japan Academy Prize for Best Newcomer.Appearances
Films
- Koi ni Utaeba, Yumi Sakurai
- Boku no Songokū, Songokū
- Reincarnation, Nagisa Sugiura
- Taishibōkei Tanita no Shain Shokudō, Nanako Haruno
- Black Butler, Hanae Wakatsuki
- Akumu-chan, Kotoha Hirashima
- Wood Job!, Miki Īda
- Galaxy Turnpike, Rei
- Jinsei no Yakusoku, Yukiko Ōba
- The Blue Hearts
- Gokko
- Hitsuji no Ki, Rieko Ōta
- You Shine in the Moonlit Night
TV dramas
- Ao no Jidai, Yuka
- The Sun Never Sets, Ami Isetani
- 20-sai no Kekkon, Renko Chūganji
- Love Story, Kano Kobayashi
- Zoku Heisei Fūfu Jawan
- Yūkaza Cinema
- Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Dramatic Syndrome
- Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3
- Taiga drama Shinsengumi!
- Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Aketekure
- Hoshi ni Negai o: 7jōma de Umareta 410-man no Hoshi, Yōko Satō
- Renai Shōsetsu "Duke", Kōko Tachibana
- 24-jikan Terebi Ai wa Chikyū o Sukuu "Yūki", Yoshie
- Oishinbo, Yūko Kurita
- Maru Maru Chibi Maruko Chan Episode 3
- Shinjitsu no Shuki BC Kyū Senpan Katō Tetsutarō "Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai", Fujiko Katō
- Gout Temps Nouveau, Yūka Tanaka
- Maō Episode 4-7, Makiko Naruse
- Koi no Karasawagi: Love Stories V "Sōgiya no Onna", Yuri Honda
- Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Episode 8, Teacher Izumi
- My Girl, Yōko Tsukamoto
- Bungō: Nihon Bungaku Cinema "Ōgon Fūkei", Okei
- Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni
- T-UP presents Thumbs Up!, Hana
- Honjitsu wa Taian Nari, Takako Yamai
- Papadol!, Haruka Hanamura
- Akumu-chan, Kotoha Hirashima
- Hakuba no Ōji-sama, Takako Hara
- Hell Teacher Nūbē, Minako
- Carolling: Christmas no Kiseki, Sūko Orihara
- Taiga drama Hana Moyu, Sugihisa
- Chikaemon, Osode
- Rinshō Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri, Nozomi Ono
- Hi no Ko, Yukimi Kajima
- Hitoshi Ueki and Nobosemon, Tomiko
- Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru
Dubbing
- Bunshinsaba, Lee Yoo-jin
- , Ellie
- Strings, Jhinna
Books
- Hirune no Honne
- Air
Photobooks
- ZIP
- Vim with Rei Yoshii
- Sirena
- Perfume
- Yūka CF Special Carat
- Innocent Yūka
- Memories of Innocent Yūka
- Koi ni Utaeba
- Yūka Body
- Yūka Gravure
- Yūka Gravure Tokusōban
Awards
- The 36th Golden Arrow Award: Graph Award
- The 37th Golden Arrow Award: Best Newcomer and Newcomer for Broadcasting Award
- The 38th Golden Arrow Award: Broadcasting Award
- The 26th Japan Academy Prize: Best Newcomer
- The 40th Golden Arrow Award: Golden Graph Award
