Yukie Nakama
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol
. She was born in Okinawa
, Japan
, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.
At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single "Moonlight to Daybreak" was released in 1996), and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday (2000)."
In 2000, Nakama demonstrated her talent for comedy with her lead role in the Japanese television drama
Trick which proved so popular that it had two more seasons and three film versions, but it was the top-rating TV series Gokusen (2002), a live-action version of the popular manga
, that established her as one of Japan's most popular and bankable actresses.
Nakama has featured in commercials for companies such as Nissin, Glico, Lotte, Asahi, Shiseido, au by KDDI, and has even served as a spokesperson for Japan Railways and the Japanese Tax Agency. She is managed by Production Ogi.
Japan Academy Prize (film)
Japanese idol
In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...
. She was born in Okinawa
Okinawa Prefecture
is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.
At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single "Moonlight to Daybreak" was released in 1996), and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday (2000)."
In 2000, Nakama demonstrated her talent for comedy with her lead role in the Japanese television drama
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
Trick which proved so popular that it had two more seasons and three film versions, but it was the top-rating TV series Gokusen (2002), a live-action version of the popular manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
, that established her as one of Japan's most popular and bankable actresses.
Nakama has featured in commercials for companies such as Nissin, Glico, Lotte, Asahi, Shiseido, au by KDDI, and has even served as a spokesperson for Japan Railways and the Japanese Tax Agency. She is managed by Production Ogi.
Dramas
- Mou gaman dekinai (1996)
- Itazura na Kiss (1996)
- Tomoko no Baai (1996)
- Mokuyou no kaidan #15 (1997)
- Dangerous Angel x Death Hunter (1997) (Episode 4 guest star)
- Shiawase iro shashinkan (1997)
- Odoru daisousasen saimatsu tokubetsu keikai (1997)
- Kamisama mou sukoshi dake (1998)
- Hashire koumuin! (1998)
- Kimi to ita mirai no tame ni: I'll be Back (1999)
- P.S. Genki desu, Shunpei (1999)
- Nisennen no koi / Love 2000 (2000)
- TrickTrick (TV show)Trick comprises a comedic Japanese television dorama and movie series , as well as associated comic books, novelizations and meta-fiction novels about a failed magician and an arrogant physicist who debunks fraudulent spiritualists. It stars Hiroshi Abe and Yukie Nakama and is shown on TV Asahi...
(2000) - Face: Mishiranu koibito (2001)
- Ashita ga arusa (2001)
- Uso Koi (2001)
- Trick 2 (2002)
- GokusenGokusenis a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, a SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.In 2002, the manga was adapted into a...
(2002) - Night Hospital byouki wa nemuranai (2002)
- Musashi (2003)
- Gokusen Special Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi ... Yankumi namida no sotsugyoshiki (2003)
- Kao (2003)
- Satoukibi batake no uta / Songs from the Canefield (2003)
- Trick 3 (2003)
- Ranpo R (2004) (Episode 3 guest star)
- Tokyo Wankei (2004)
- Otouto (2004)
- Gokusen 2 (2005)
- Haru to Natsu (2005)
- Trick TV Special (2005)
- NHK Taiga DramaTaiga dramais the name NHK gives to the annual, year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shōroku and Takarazuka star Awashima Chikage, the network has hired a producer, director, writer, music...
"Kōmyō-ga-tsuji" (2006) - Satomi Hakkenden (2006)
- Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! (2007)
- Himawari: Natsume masako 27 nen no shôgai to haha no ai (2007)
- Joshi Deka (2007)
- Gokusen 3 (2008)
- Arifureta Kiseki (2009)
- Mr. BrainMr. Brainis a Japanese television drama starting on TBS on 23 May 2009.-Synopsis:Tsukumo Ryusuke is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and...
(Episode 6 guest actress) (2009) - UntouchableUntouchable (TV series)-Details:*Title: アンタッチャブル*Title : Untouchable*Format: Renzoku*Genre: Mystery, comedy*Episodes: 9*Viewership rating: 8.2 *Broadcast network: TV Asahi*Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-16 to 2009-Dec-18*Air time: Friday 21:00...
as Narumi Ryoko (TV Asahi, 2009) - Utsukushii Rinjin (2011)
- Tempest (2011)
Movies
- Tomoko no baai (1996)
- Love & PopLove & Pop' is director Hideaki Anno's first live action film, an adaptation of Ryū Murakami's novel, Topaz II. Released in 1998, it somewhat follows the film Tokyo Decadence, an adaptation of Topaz I filmed by Murakami himself...
(1998) - Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness (1998) voice:Lapis Lazuli
- Gamera 3: Awakening of IrysGamera 3: Awakening of Irysis a 1999 Kaiju film. It is the third and last film in the Gamera Heisei series, and the last to be distributed by Toho. It was released in the United States on DVD in 2003 under the title Gamera: Revenge of Iris.-Plot:...
(1999) - Ring 0: BirthdayRing 0: BirthdayRing 0: Birthday is a 2000 Japanese film. It's the prequel to the film Ring. It was directed by Norio Tsuruta, based on a screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi. The film's screenplay is based on the short story Lemonheart from the Birthday anthology by Koji Suzuki. There is also a manga adaptation...
(2000) - Oboreru sakana (2001)
- Love Song (2001)
- Trick Movie (2002)
- Ashita ga arusa, The Movie (2002)
- G@meG@meG@me is a 2003 Japanese thriller film, based on a novel by Keigo Higashino.- Plot :Advertising executive Shunsuke Sakuma is at the top of his game. Winning numerous advertising awards, the cool Shunsuke lives a life most men only dream of. He luckily lands a new massive product campaign for Mikado...
(2003) - Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
- Trick 2 (2006)
- Oh! OkuOh! Okuis a Japanese historic romance drama film released on December 23, 2006, by Fuji Television. The film revolves around the Ejima-Ikushima affair of 1714...
(2006) - Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai (2008)
- Gokusen the Movie (2009)
- Flowers (2010)
- Gekijoban Trick - Reinoryokusha Battle Royale (2010)
Anime
- Haunted JunctionHaunted Junctionis a comedy anime and manga series created by Nemu Mukudori. The manga was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! by MediaWorks from 1996 to 2001. The anime, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Deen, aired between 2 April 1997 and 25 June 1997.- Themes :This series explores...
, theme song performances "Kokoro ni watashi ga futari iru" & "Tremolo" (1997) - The Prince of Darkness (Nadesico)The Prince of Darkness (Nadesico), or Prince of Darkness Nadesico, is a 1998 anime film written and directed by Tatsuo Sato, and it is a sequel to the series Martian Successor Nadesico. The story is a direct sequel to Nadesico: The Blank of Three Years, a video game for the Sega Saturn that takes place immediately after the manga...
(1998)
Video Games
- Rockman X4Mega Man X4Mega Man X4, known as , is a video game developed by Capcom. It is the fourth game in the Mega Man X series and the second game in the series to be released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The two versions were released simultaneously in Japan on August 1, 1997...
, theme song performances, "Makenai Ai ga kitto aru" & "One More Chance" (1997)
Single
- "Moonlight to Daybreak" (1996) (1996) True Love StoryTrue Love Storyis a series of four dating sims . True Love Story and True Love Story 2 were released by ASCII for the PlayStation...
theme song (1997) (1997) Mega Man X4Mega Man X4Mega Man X4, known as , is a video game developed by Capcom. It is the fourth game in the Mega Man X series and the second game in the series to be released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The two versions were released simultaneously in Japan on August 1, 1997...
OP & ED and Don't Leave Me Alone, DaisyDon't Leave Me Alone, Daisyis a 1986 manga series that was adapted into an anime series from Studio DEEN in 1997. It was licensed for release in the US by Bandai and released in 2000 as a two-disc set with only subtitles. The series is currently unlicensed and out-of-print.-Plot:...
Ending Theme (1997) Haunted JunctionHaunted Junctionis a comedy anime and manga series created by Nemu Mukudori. The manga was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! by MediaWorks from 1996 to 2001. The anime, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Deen, aired between 2 April 1997 and 25 June 1997.- Themes :This series explores...
(1998) - "Birthday/I Feel You" (2000) Ring 0: BirthdayRing 0: BirthdayRing 0: Birthday is a 2000 Japanese film. It's the prequel to the film Ring. It was directed by Norio Tsuruta, based on a screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi. The film's screenplay is based on the short story Lemonheart from the Birthday anthology by Koji Suzuki. There is also a manga adaptation...
image song (2001) (2006) [as Yukie with Downloads]
TV commercials/advertisements
- au by KDDI
- ShiseidoShiseidois a major Japanese hair care and cosmetics producer. It is the oldest cosmetics company in the world and the fourth largest cosmetics company in the world.-History:...
Tsubaki - Takeda Pharmaceuticals Benza Block
- PanasonicPanasonicPanasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
Nanocare - LotteLotte (conglomerate)Lotte Co., Ltd. is a South Korean-Japanese Jaebeol and one of the largest food and shopping groups in South Korea and Japan. Lotte was established in June 1948, in Tokyo, by Japanese-educated, Korean businessman Shin Kyuk-Ho – also known as...
XylitolXylitolXylitol is a sugar alcohol sweetener used as a naturally occurring sugar substitute. It is found in the fibers of many fruits and vegetables, and can be extracted from various berries, oats, and mushrooms, as well as fibrous material such as corn husks and sugar cane bagasse, and birch... - JA Kyosai
- Japan RailwaysJapan RailwaysThe Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as , consists of seven for-profit companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987...
JR West - Nissin Chicken Ramen
- KirinKirinKirin may refer to:People*Ivica Kirin , politician, former Interior Minister of Croatia*Kirin Kiki , Japanese TV and film actressCompanies* Kirin Brewery Company, a Japanese brewing company...
Ururu-cha - PockyPockyis a Japanese snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico Company of Japan.-History:Pocky was first sold in 1966, and consists of a biscuit stick coated with chocolate. It was named after the Japanese onomatopoetic word for the sound Pocky makes when bitten, pokkin . The original was followed by...
Glico - Sapporo Beer Mugi to Hoppu
Awards
Japanese Drama Academy Awards:- Spring 2002: Best Actress for Gokusen
- Spring 2003: Best Actress for Kao
- Fall 2003: Best Actress for Trick 3
- Summer 2004: Best Dresser for Tokyo Wankei
- Winter 2005: Best Actress for Gokusen 2
Japan Academy Prize (film)
- 2009: Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai