Native name 山田 優 Children 1 Siblings Shintaro Yamada Agent K-Dash | Employer K-DashPony Canyon Years active 1999–present Name Yu Yamada | |
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Born July 5, 1984 (age 40) ( 1984-07-05 ) Okinawa, Japan Occupation ModelactresssingerTV personality Movies and TV shows Shinjuku Swan, Binbo Danshi, Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I, Vision ‑ The Woman, Orange Days Profiles |
Kawaii japanese model tgc 09 2nd stage yu yamada riena fujii karina midori kuzuoka
Yu Yamada (山田 優, Yamada Yū, born July 5, 1984, Okinawa) is a Japanese model, actress, and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine.
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- Career
- Personal life
- Movies
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Yu yamada pop star cover
Career

Yamada graduated from Okinawa Actors School. In 1999, while working as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine CanCam under an exclusive contract, she also worked as a singer in the group y'z factory (formed with two other students of the Okinawa Actors School) and released a total of six singles and one album, but in 2002 the group disbanded.

Following the group's break up, she moved to television, making her acting debut in the 2001 TV drama series Kabachitare! which led to many other drama roles such as in Kange! Danjiki Goikkosama, and Orange Days.
Personal life

On March 14, 2012, Yamada married Japanese actor Shun Oguri. She now has two children.