Yuriko Yoshitaka
Known for Acting · 63 credits
- Born
- 1988-07-22 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- よしたかゆりこ · 吉高由里子
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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Hanako & Anne
2014
as Ando Hana / Muraoka Hana
Atsuhime
2008
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951
as Self - Red Team Host
Dear Radiance
2024
as Murasaki Shikibu | Mahiro
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
2003
as Guest
Galileo
2007
as Misa Kishitani
Time Limit Investigator
2006
as Mayumi Myougadani
Vampire Prosecutor
2011
as Runa
Tokyo Tarareba Girls
2017
as 鎌田倫子
Tokyo Dogs
2009
as Yuki Matsunaga
Dearest
2021
as Rio Sanada
On a Starry Night
2023
as Yukimiya Suzu
Love Shuffle
2009
as Hayakawa Kairi
I Will Not Work Overtime, Period!
2019
as Yui Higashiyama
Off the Record
2020
as Keito Makabe
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
2008
as Yoimachi Shinobu
Ms. Justice
2018
as Ririko Takemura
White Spring
2009
as Nishida Shiori
MIOKA –MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU–
2010
as Minegishi Mioka
Homeroom on the Beachside
2008
as Akara Yashima
Dangerous Venus
2020
as Kaede Yagami
The Reason I Can't Find My Love
2011
as Saki Ogura
The Wind, The Storm
2022
as 伊藤野枝
Tonsure
2008
as Mika Kashiwaba
Tofu Sisters
2010
as Yoshitaka Kinuyo / Momen (voice) / Yuriko
Let's play with KONNO-SAN!
2008
as Konno Miyuki
Tokyo Tarareba Girls 2020 Special
2020
as Rinko Kamata (鎌田倫子)
STAR CHIP GOLF
2025
as Herself
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]
2024
吉高由里子 プリンスエドワード島の旅
2025
M&Oplaysプロデュース「クランク・イン！」
2023
as ジュン
午後LIVE ニュースーン
2024
Movies (31)
The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026
as Chiyoho, Murashige's wife
Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011
as Tae Kojima
Gantz
2010
as Tae Kojima
Himizu
2012
as Miki
Your Eyes Tell
2020
as Akari Kashiwagi
Snakes and Earrings
2008
as Lui
Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
2011
as Hiromi Ishida
Cyborg She
2008
as Student in 22nd Century
A Story of Yonosuke
2013
as Shōko Yosano
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2009
as Hiromi Ishida
Galileo XX
2013
as Misa Kishitani
Adrift in Tokyo
2007
as Fufumi
Robo-G
2012
as Sasaki Yoko
Noriko's Dinner Table
2005
as Yuka / Yoko
We Were There: True Love
2012
as Nanami Takahashi
Gravity's Clowns
2009
as Natsuko
Phone Call to the Bar
2011
as Megumi Kondo
シャイニングな女たち
Your Friend
2008
as Hana
Cannonball Wedlock
2011
as Chie
Yurigokoro
2017
as Misako
Midsummer's Equation
2013
as Misa Kishitani
Camellia
2010
as Kamome (segment "Kamome")
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
We Were There: First Love
2012
as Nanami Takahashi
Killing for the Prosecution
2018
as Saho Tachibana
Making of Himizu
2012
as Self
CHiLDREN
2006
as Miharu (young)
The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table
2008
as Herself
All to the Sea
2010
A Girl in the Sunset
2008
as (segment "Itaria no Uta")
About 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 actre… With 63 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Yuriko Yoshitaka has appeared in 31 films and 32 TV shows.
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- The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026) — as Chiyoho, Murashige's wife
- Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011) — as Tae Kojima
- Gantz (2010) — as Tae Kojima
- Himizu (2012) — as Miki
- Your Eyes Tell (2020) — as Akari Kashiwagi
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