Yu Takahashi (actress)

Yu Takahashi
Native name	高橋 ユウ
Born	(1991-01-19) 19 January 1991
Ethnicity	Japanese, Filipino
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2006–present
Agent	Asia Promotion
Known for	Kamen Rider Kiva Brand Guardians
Height
Relatives	Maryjun Takahashi (sister) Yuji Takahashi (brother)
Website	ameblo.jp/takahashiyudesu

Yu Takahashi (高橋 ユウ, Takahashi Yū, born January 19, 1991) is a Japanese actress and model. She is represented by the Asia Promotion talent agency.

Early life

Takahashi was born to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother. She won the Grand Prix in a female vocal audition in 2006 held by the TV Tokyo show Output.

Career

Modelling career

She started her career as an exclusive model for the Cawaii! magazine and released her first photo book, Yu, in 2008. After that, she was an exclusive model for the Pinky magazine until 2009.

Acting career

She appeared regularly in the NHK Educational TV television program Kyō Kara Eikaiwa in 2007. As an actress, she played Yuri Aso in TV Asahi's Kamen Rider Kiva and starred in the 2008 film version, Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World. She played a leading role in the 2012 film, Brand Guardians, with South Korean actor Yoon Shi-yoon. In 2013, she played the role of Makoto/Sailor Jupiter in a musical remake of Sailor Moon: La Reconquista and in 2014 in musical Sailor Moon: Petite Étrangère.

Personal life

She is the younger sister of Maryjun Takahashi, who is also a model and actress. She also has a brother who is a professional football player named Yuji Takahashi.

Appearances

Films

• Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (2008), Yuri Asō
• Brand Guardians (2012)

TV dramas

• Kamen Rider Kiva (TV Asahi, 2008-2009), Yuri Asō
• Shinigami-kun Episode 6 (TV Asahi, 2014), Sayaka Kirino
• Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!: Best Seller Sakka Kara no Chōsenjō (TBS, 2014), Mutsumi Sakashita
• Kageriyuku Natsu (WOWOW, 2015), Sachiko Haruki
• Mondai no Aru Restaurant Episode 2 (Fuji TV, 2015)

Stage

• Pu-Pu-Juice Pani☆Hosu (August 2013)
• Sailor Moon musicals (AiiA Theater Tokyo, 13 September 2013 - 2015), Sailor Jupiter
• Sonezaki Shinjū (September 2013)
• WBB Vol.6 Soshite, Konya mo Nikolaschka! (June 2014)

Events

• Kansai Collection (2014 S/S, 2014 A/W, 2015 S/S)
• Tokyo Girls Collection (2011 A/W, 2012 A/W)
• Girls Award (2010 S/S, 2010 A/W, 2011 A/W, 2012 A/W)

Bibliography

Magazines

• Pinky, Shueisha 2004-2009, as an exclusive model until 2009
• Cawaii!, Shufunotomo 1996-2009, as an exclusive model from 2006 to 2009

Photobook

• Yu (Saibunkan Publishing, September 2008) ISBN 9784775602980

Awards

• The 68th Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan Arts Festival (2013): Best Newcomer
• The 3rd Best Engagement 2015: Won (Family Category)

External links

• Official blog (Ameba) (Japanese)
• Official Google+ Update (Japanese)
• Asia Promotion agency profile (Japanese)
• Mammoth agency profile (Japanese)

Preceded by Mai Watanabe

Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter in the Sailor Moon musicals 2013-2015

Succeeded by N/A