Yuriko Yoshitaka
Born: 1988-07-22 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Samurai and the Prisoner as Chiyoho, Murashige's wife
2025
- STAR CHIP GOLF as Herself
- 吉高由里子 プリンスエドワード島の旅
2024
- Dear Radiance as Murasaki Shikibu | Mahiro
- まひろと彰子 物語が生まれる地へ ～「光る君へ」トークショー[字]
- 午後LIVE ニュースーン
2023
- On a Starry Night as Yukimiya Suzu
- M&Oplaysプロデュース「クランク・イン！」 as ジュン
2022
- The Wind, The Storm as 伊藤野枝
2021
- Dearest as Rio Sanada
2020
- Your Eyes Tell as Akari Kashiwagi
- Off the Record as Keito Makabe
- Dangerous Venus as Kaede Yagami
- Tokyo Tarareba Girls 2020 Special as Rinko Kamata (鎌田倫子)
2019
- I Will Not Work Overtime, Period! as Yui Higashiyama
2018
- Ms. Justice as Ririko Takemura
- Killing for the Prosecution as Saho Tachibana
2017
- Tokyo Tarareba Girls as 鎌田倫子
- Yurigokoro as Misako
2014
- Hanako & Anne as Ando Hana / Muraoka Hana
2013
- Galileo XX as Misa Kishitani
- A Story of Yonosuke as Shōko Yosano
- Midsummer's Equation as Misa Kishitani
2012
- Himizu as Miki
- Making of Himizu as Self
- We Were There: True Love as Nanami Takahashi
- We Were There: First Love as Nanami Takahashi
- Robo-G as Sasaki Yoko
2011
- Vampire Prosecutor as Runa
- Gantz: Perfect Answer as Tae Kojima
- The Reason I Can't Find My Love as Saki Ogura
- Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler as Yumi Ishida
- Phone Call to the Bar as Megumi Kondo
- Cannonball Wedlock as Chie
2010
- Gantz as Tae Kojima
- MIOKA –MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU– as Minegishi Mioka
- Camellia as Kamome (segment "Kamome")
- Tofu Sisters as Yoshitaka Kinuyo / Momen (voice) / Yuriko
- All to the Sea
2009
- Tokyo Dogs as Yuki Matsunaga
- Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler as Hiromi Ishida
- Love Shuffle as Hayakawa Kairi
- White Spring as Nishida Shiori
- Gravity's Clowns as Natsuko
2008
- Atsuhime
- Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow as Yoimachi Shinobu
- Snakes and Earrings as Lui
- Cyborg She as Student in 22nd Century
- Homeroom on the Beachside as Akara Yashima
- Tonsure as Mika Kashiwaba
- Let's play with KONNO-SAN! as Konno Miyuki
- Your Friend as Hana
- A Girl in the Sunset as (segment "Itaria no Uta")
- The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table as Herself
2007
- Galileo as Misa Kishitani
- Adrift in Tokyo as Fufumi
- Tokyo Rhapsody
2006
- Time Limit Investigator as Mayumi Myougadani
- CHiLDREN as Miharu (young)
2005
- Noriko's Dinner Table as Yuka / Yoko
2003
1951
- NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen as Self - Red Team Host