Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Yuriko Yoshitaka is a Japanese actress who is represented by the Japanese agency Amuse. Yoshitaka made her acting debut in 2006. She was given the lead role in the live-action adaptation of Hitomi Kanehara's award-winning novel "Snakes and Earrings" in 2007. Portraying Lui, a teenager whose life goes into a downward spiral after meeting the forked-tongued and tattooed Ama, the role was Yoshitaka's breakthrough role. The Japanese public began to take notice of her, and in a poll conducted by Oricon, Yoshitaka was the fifth promising young actress of 2009 and 2009's freshest female celebrity. In 2010, Oricon again conducted a poll on the most promising actress and she managed climb up to top the poll. Yoshitaka began to receive more work in 2008 as she appeared in Flow's music video "Arigatō" (ありがとう, "Thanks"), was given her first lead role in the comedy drama Konno-san to Asobo (紺野さんと遊ぼう, Let’s Play with Konno-san) and took up the lead role in the film Yubae Shōjo (夕映え少女, A Girl in the Sunset) before the theatrical release of her other lead film Snakes and Earrings. In 2009, Yoshitaka was given the role of the suicidal Kairi Hayakawa in the romantic-comedy drama Love Shuffle. Later in the year, she portrayed Yūki Matsunaga (松永 由岐, Matsunaga Yūki) in the police drama "Tokyo Dogs" with Shun Oguri and Hiro Mizushima as her co-stars.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Snakes and Earrings | Lui | 2008 |
Cannonball Wedlock | Chie | 2011 |
Yurigokoro | Misako | 2017 |
A Girl in the Sunset | (segment "Itaria no Uta") | 2008 |
Your Eyes Tell | Akari Kashiwagi | 2020 |
A Story of Yonosuke | Shōko Yosano | 2013 |
Camellia | Kamome (segment "Kamome") | 2010 |
We Were There: True Love | Nanami Takahashi | 2012 |
We Were There: First Love | Nanami Takahashi | 2012 |
Midsummer's Equation | Misa Kishitani | 2013 |
Noriko's Dinner Table | Yuka / Yoko | 2005 |
Gantz: Perfect Answer | Tae Kojima | 2011 |
Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler | Yumi | 2011 |
Your Friend | Hana | 2008 |
Killing for the Prosecution | Saho Tachibana | 2018 |
Adrift in Tokyo | Fufumi | 2007 |
Robo-G | Sasaki Yoko | 2012 |
The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table | Herself | 2008 |
Gravity's Clowns | Natsuko | 2009 |
Galileo XX | Misa Kishitani | 2013 |
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler | 2009 | |
Gantz | Tae Kojima | 2010 |
All to the Sea | 2010 | |
CHiLDREN | Miharu (young) | 2006 |
Cyborg She | Student in 22nd Century | 2008 |
Himizu | Miki | 2011 |
Phone Call to the Bar | Megumi Kondo | 2011 |
Tokyo Rhapsody | 2007 | Series | Cast | Year |
Love Shuffle | Hayakawa Kairi | 2009 |
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow | Yoimachi Shinobu | 2008 |
Tokyo Dogs | Yuki Matsunaga | 2009 |
The Reason I Can't Find My Love | Saki Ogura | 2011 |
White Spring | Nishida Shiori | 2009 |
Homeroom on the Beachside | Akara Yashima | 2008 |
Tonsure | Mika Kashiwaba | 2008 |
Vampire Prosecutor | Runa | 2011 |
Galileo | Misa Kishitani | 2007 |
Tokyo Tarareba Girls | 카마타 린코 | 2017 |
Ms. Justice | Ririko Takemura | 2018 |
MIOKA –MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU– | Minegishi Mioka | 2010 |
Let's play with KONNO-SAN! | Konno Miyuki | 2008 |
I Will Not Work Overtime, Period! | Yui Higashiyama | 2019 |
Hanako & Anne | 2014 | |
Atsuhime | 2008 | |
Off the Record | Keito Makabe | 2020 |
Tokyo Tarareba Musume 2020 Special | Rinko Kamata (鎌田倫子) | 2020 |
Dangerous Venus | Kaede Yagami | 2020 |
Tofu Sisters | Yoshitaka Kinuyo / Momen (voice) / Yuriko | 2010 |
Dearest | Rio Sanada | 2021 |
The Wind, The Storm | 伊藤野枝 | 2022 |
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game | Guest | 2003 |
On a Starry Night | Yukimiya Suzu | 2023 |
M&Oplaysプロデュース「クランク・イン!」 | ジュン | 2023 |
Time Limit Investigator | Mayumi Myougadani | 2006 |
Dear Radiance | Murasaki Shikibu | Mahiro | 2024 |