Yuki Uchida
Born
Uchida Yuki

(1975-11-16) November 16, 1975
Occupations
Years active1989–2002, 2006–present
Spouse
(m. 2002; div. 2005)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
Labels

Yuki Uchida (内田有紀, Uchida Yuki) (born November 16, 1975) is a Japanese actress, singer and former teen idol. Following her debut in Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta (1992), she received her first lead role in the 1994 drama adaption of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Uchida began her music career in 1994 with the single "Tenca wo Torou!", which made her the first female singer in Oricon history to have their first single debut at the summit.[1] Her debut studio album, Junjou Karen Otome Moyou (1995), charted at number one, and her further output saw similar success. Uchida made her film debut starring in the 1995 adaption of Boys Over Flowers.

The latter part of Uchida's music career saw a pivot from idol music as she began to write her own lyrics, before ceasing activities as a singer in the late 1990s.[2][3] In shedding her idol image, Uchida has become known as a character actress.[1]

Uchida is best recognized for her television roles in Bambino! (2007) and Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon, which ran for seven seasons starting in 2012.[4][1] She returned to the silver screen after ten years with Welcome to the Quiet Room (2010), earning praise for her performance.[5]

Biography

Uchida was born in Tokyo. She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991.[6]

She began her career as a model in commercials, notably for the confectionery company Lotte (ロッテ), then debuted in acting in 1992 in the drama Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta.[7] She became a swimsuit model for the swimwear company Unitika in 1993, and got popular as an idol, partly due to her then unusual tomboyish look with short hair and husky voice. She began to get large exposure in commercials and media, and hosted her own weekly 30mn late radio show, Yozora ni YOUKISS!, from April 1994 to March 2001 on Nippon Broadcasting.

She released her first single at the end of 1994, "TENCA wo Torou!", theme of one of her dramas, which ranked number 1 in the Oricon music charts, the first time for a solo debuting female singer, with a record of sales in this category only topped by Erika Sawajiri's debut single 12 years later.[8] She went on a successful singing career for the next two years, her first album ranking number 1, with hits written by Tetsuya Komuro (notably "Only You" and "Baby's Growing Up"), a career which she stopped in 2000 to concentrate on acting.

She was cast in many dramas and movies, often as the lead actress, most notably in the live movies adaptations of the famous manga Hana yori dango (Boys over Flowers) (as Makino) in 1995, and Cat's Eye (as Ai) in 1997. She retired from show business when she married actor Hidetaka Yoshioka on November 28, 2002, but returned to acting in 2006, after her divorce in December 2005.[9] After ten years away from the big screen, she made her comeback to cinema in 2007, in Takeshi Kitano's "Kantoku Banzai!", and in the leading role of "Welcome to the Quiet Room", movie set in a psychiatric hospital, in which she appears in all the scenes.[10] Since 2012, she has played anesthesiologist Hiromi Jonouchi in the popular medical drama, Doctor-X Surgeon Michiko Daimon.

Filmography

Movies

Romaji title Japanese title International title Year Notes
Hana Yori Dango 花より男子 (Boys Over Flowers) 1995
Cat's Eye Cat's Eye Cat's Eye 1997
BEAT BEAT BEAT 1998
Kantoku Banzai! 監督・ばんざい! Glory to the Filmmaker! 2007
Quiet Room Ni Yôkoso クワイエットルームにようこそ Welcome to the Quiet Room 2007
ZEN 禅 - ZEN Zen 2009
Bayside Shakedown 3 踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE3 ヤツらを解放せよ! Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose 2010
Bakamono ばかもの Bakamono 2010
Bayside Shakedown The Final 踊る大捜査線 THE FINAL 新たなる希望 The Bayside Shakedown the Final 2012
It's me, It's me 俺俺 It's me, It's me 2013
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 斉木楠雄のΨ難 2017

TV movie

Year Title Role Channel Notes
1998 Bayside Shakedown: Wangan Police Station Female Police Officers' Story Fuji TV
2002 Kita no Kuni Kara 2002: Yuigon Fuji TV
2007 Seichō Matsumoto Special: The Woman Who Took the Local Paper Nippon TV
2012 Becoming Mrs. Hayami Special: First Part Fuji TV
2022 Umeko: The Face of Female Education Tsuda Hatsu TV Asahi [11]

Drama

Romaji title Japanese title Channel Year
Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta その時、ハートは盜まれた Fuji TV 1992
Hitotsu Yane no Shita ひとつ屋根の下 Fuji TV 1993
If Moshimo (in episode 8 only) If もしも Fuji TV 1993
Jajauma Narashi じゃじゃ馬慣らし Fuji TV 1993
Aogeba Tōtoshi 仰げば尊し Fuji TV 1994
Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari '94 Fuyu no Tokubetsu hen "Kokoro no Koe ga Kikoeru" 世にも奇妙な物語 94'冬の特別編「心の声が聞こえる」 Fuji TV 1994
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo 時をかける少女 Fuji TV 1994
Jū Nana Sai 17才 Fuji TV 1994
Hanjuku Tamago 半熟卵 Fuji TV 1994
Campus Note キャンパス・ノート TBS 1996
Tsubasa o Kudasai! 翼をください! Fuji TV 1996
Akimahende! あきまへんで! TBS 1998
Amai Seikatsu 甘い生活。 NTV 1999
Kōri no Sekai 氷の世界 Fuji TV 1999
Tenshi ga Kieta Machi 天使が消えた街 NTV 2000
Namida o Fuite 涙をふいて Fuji TV 2000
Big Wing ビッグウイング TBS 2001
Dare Yorimo Mama wo Ai su 誰よりもママを愛す TBS 2006
Maguro マグロ TV Asahi 2007
Bambino! バンビーノ! NTV 2007
Iryū 2: Team Medical Dragon 2 医龍-Team Medical Dragon-2 Fuji TV 2007
Innocent Love イノセント・ラヴ Fuji TV 2008
Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari '08 Aki no Tokubetsu hen "Body Rental" 世にも奇妙な物語 08'秋の特別編「ボディレンタル」 Fuji TV 2008
Kami no Shizuku 神の雫 NTV 2009
Gine Sanfujinka no Onnatachi ギネ 産婦人科の女たち NTV 2009
Kenji Onijima Hēhachirō 検事・鬼島平八郎 TV Asahi 2010
Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta 大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた Fuji TV 2011
Don Quixote ドン★キホーテ NTV 2011
Kikyō 帰郷 TBS 2011
Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi 最後から二番目の恋 Fuji TV 2012
Mirai Nikki: Another World 未来日記-ANOTHER:WORLD- Episode 10 Fuji TV 2012
Bayside Shakedown: The Last TV Salary Man Keiji to Saigo no Nanjiken 踊る大捜査線 THE LAST TV サラリーマン刑事と最後の難事件 Fuji TV 2012
Doctor-X: Gekai Daimon Michiko ドクターX〜外科医・大門未知子〜 Series 1-7 TV Asahi 2012-2021
Saki サキ KTV and Media Mix Japan 2013
Kaen Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den 火怨・北の英雄 アテルイ伝 NHK 2013
Doubles: Futari no Keiji ダブルス〜二人の刑事 TV Asahi 2013
Gunshi Kanbei 軍師官兵衛 NHK 2014
Zoku Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi 続・最後から二番目の恋 Fuji TV 2014
Dr.Rintarō Dr.倫太郎 NTV 2015
Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi はぶらし/女友だち NHK BS Premium 2016
Naomi and Kanako ナオミとカナコ Fuji TV 2016
Segodon 西郷どん NHK 2018
Manpuku まんぷく NHK 2018
The Grand Family 華麗なる一族 Wowow 2021
Fixer フィクサー[12] Wowow 2023

Dubbing

Discography

Albums

Romaji title Japanese title Release date Reference Oricon
Junjou Karen Otome Moyou 純情可憐乙女模様 1995/02/08 KICS-470 1
Mi-Chemin Mi-Chemin 1995/09/21 KICS-510 3
Merry Christmas For You Merry Christmas For You 1995/11/22 KICS-530 19
Ai no Baka 愛のバカ 1996/03/23 KICS-540 20
nakitakunalu 泣きたくなる 1996/10/10 KICS-600 18
Present - Uchida Yuki Best Album Present ~内田有紀 Best Album~ 1997/12/03 KICS-630 33

Singles

Romaji title Japanese title Release date Reference Oricon
TENCA wo Torou! ~Uchida no Yabou~ TENCAを取ろう~内田の野望 1994/10/21 KIDS-220 1
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku 明日は明日の風が吹く 1995/04/05 KIDS-240 3
Only You Only You 1995/04/21 KIDS-250 2
Baby's Growing Up Baby's Growing Up 1995/08/19 KIDS-270 5
Shiawase ni Naritai 幸せになりたい 1996/01/24 KIDS-280 6
Ever & Ever (Uchida Yuki & m.C.A.T) Ever & Ever 1996/07/17 KIDS-300 8
Aishiteru アイシテル 1997/02/21 KIDS-330 23
Da.i.su.ki Da.i.su.ki 1997/05/21 KIDS-340 29
Heartbreak Sniper ハートブレイク スナイパー 1998/09/23 KIDS-370 32
Rakuen 楽園 1999/08/25 KIDS-430 28
Rakuen -Memorial Tracks- (maxi-single) 楽園-Memorial Tracks 1999/10/13 KICS-763 67

Others

Concert videos
Uchida's live show Yuki Uchida 1995 Concert 1996
No make (Live & interview) 1996
Nakitakunalu Yuki Uchida Concert 1996 1997
Minna DA I SU KI Yuki Uchida Concert Tour 1997 1998
Other videos
Visual Queen of The Year '93: Yuki Uchida - La Palette Swimsuit idol video 1993
The Cat's Secret Making of Cat's Eye 1997
Photobooks
Visual queen of the year '93 with models Hiroko Tanaka, Maiko Tono, Mitsuko Aoki, Mitchiko Endo. 1993
YUKISS First solo photobook 1994
Yuki to tsuki to taiyo to 有紀と月と太陽と - Second solo photobook 1995
Yozora ni YOUKISS! 夜空に YOUKISS! - photos, texts and poems taken from her radio show. 1996
Cat's Eye Cat's Eye movie photobook 1997
Radio
Romaji title Japanese title Broadcaster Release date
Yozora ni YOUKISS! 夜空に YOUKISS! Nippon Broadcasting 1994–2001
Article 21 Radio Charity MusicSon 第21回 ラジオ・チャリティー・ミュージックソン (Dai 21 Kai Rajio . Charitei . MyujikkuSon) Nippon Broadcasting 1995
Yuki Uchida's Dusk Street Kids 内田有紀の夕暮れストリートキッズ (Uchida Yuki no Yuugure SutoritoKizzu) St.GIGA (via Satellaview)[17] 1995

References

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  9. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/special/2005hakyoku/KFullNormal20051222013.html News about the divorce (japanese)
  10. http://www.quietroom-movie.com/ Movie official site (japanese)
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