is a Japanese actress and model.

Early life

Takahashi was born in

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, Shiga, to a Filipino mother and a Japanese father. She won the Grand Prix in a female vocal audition in 2006 held by the TV Tokyo show Output.

Career

Modelling career

Takahashi is represented by the Asia Promotion talent agency. She started her career as an exclusive model for the ''

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'' magazine and her first photo book, ''Yu'', was released in 2008. After that, she was an exclusive model for the '' Pinky'' magazine until 2009.

Acting career

She appeared regularly in the NHK Educational TV television program ''Kyō Kara Eikaiwa'' in 2007. As an actress, she played Yuri Aso in TV Asahi's ''

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'' and starred in the 2008 film version, '' Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World''. She played a leading role in the 2012 film, ''Brand Guardians'', with South Korean actor

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. In 2013, she played the role of Makoto/Sailor Jupiter in a musical remake of ''Sailor Moon: La Reconquista'' and in 2014 in musical ''Sailor Moon: Petite Étrangère''.

Personal life

She is the younger sister of Maryjun Takahashi, who is also a model and actress. She also has a brother who is a professional football player named Yuji Takahashi. In October 2018, she married K-1 fighter Hirotaka Urabe. On 22 September 2019, she announced that she was pregnant, and had given birth to a baby boy on 28 January 2020. On 28 June 2022, she announced that she was pregnant with her second child, and had given birth to a baby boy on 2 December of the same year.

Appearances

Films

* '' Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World'' (2008), Yuri Asō * ''Brand Guardians'' (2012) * ''Stolen Identity 2'' (2020)

TV dramas

* ''

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, 2008-2009), Yuri Asō * ''

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'' Episode 6 (TV Asahi, 2014), Sayaka Kirino * ''Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!: Best Seller Sakka Kara no Chōsenjō'' ( TBS, 2014), Mutsumi Sakashita * ''Kageriyuku Natsu'' ( WOWOW, 2015), Sachiko Haruki * ''Mondai no Aru Restaurant'' Episode 2 (

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, 2015) * ''

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'' (

, 2019), Sougo Tokiwa's true first love, "Ms. Sailor"

Stage

* ''Pu-Pu-Juice Pani☆Hosu'' (August 2013) * ''

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'' (AiiA Theater Tokyo, 13 September 2013 - 2015), Sailor Jupiter * ''Sonezaki Shinjū'' (September 2013) * ''WBB Vol.6 Soshite, Konya mo Nikolaschka!'' (June 2014)

Events

* Kansai Collection (2014 S/S, 2014 A/W, 2015 S/S) *

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(2011 A/W, 2012 A/W) * Girls Award (2010 S/S, 2010 A/W, 2011 A/W, 2012 A/W)

Bibliography

Magazines

* '' Pinky'',

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2004-2009, as an exclusive model until 2009 * ''

'', Shufunotomo 1996-2009, as an exclusive model from 2006 to 2009

Photobook

* ''Yu'' (Saibunkan Publishing, September 2008)

Awards

* The 68th Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan Arts Festival (2013): Best Newcomer * The 3rd Best Engagement 2015: Won (Family Category)

References

External links

Official blog
(Ameba)
Official Google+ Update

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Yu Japanese female models 21st-century Japanese actresses 1991 births Living people Japanese people of Filipino descent People from Ōtsu, Shiga Models from Shiga Prefecture