is a Japanese former

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and gravure model from Nabari,

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. She worked under the Horipro talent agency.

Career

Even though she had been featured as a guest or assistant in several shows during the 1990s and early 2000s, it was after the first Mōdoru Audition (a portmanteau of the words "Mode", "Model" and "Idol") in 2003 that she effectively broke into the world of entertainment. Since then she's been featured in several commercials (such as

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or ECC), magazines and variety shows, as well as the 2007

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Series '' Juken Sentai Gekiranger''. As a gravure idol she's also released a photobook and three image DVDs, but she eventually retired in 2010 for unknown reasons. After retiring, she married with Tomohiro Hara in 2011. She gave birth to her first child, a baby girl in 2013.

Television

* '' Juken Sentai Gekiranger'' as Ran Uzaki/Geki Yellow (2007) * ''

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'' as Asami Shinohara (2005)

Film

*'' Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle'' as Ran Uzaki/Geki Yellow (2007) *'' Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs Boukenger'' as Ran Uzaki/Geki Yellow (2008) *'' Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger'' as Ran Uzaki/Geki Yellow (2009)

References

Mina Fukui
at Horipro
Personal BBS
Japanese gravure models Japanese women television personalities 1984 births People from Mie Prefecture Living people {{Japan-tv-actor-stub