Yuu Kashii

Yūko Odagiri (小田切 悠子, Odagiri Yūko, born February 16, 1987 in Kanagawa, Japan), known by her stage name Yuu Kashii (香椎 由宇, Kashii Yuu), is a Japanese actress and model. She studied at Mejiro University, where she majored in English.

Yuu Kashii
香椎 由宇
Born
Yuuko Kashii

(1987-02-16) February 16, 1987
Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2001-present
Spouse(s)
​
(m. 2008)​
Children3
Awards13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix
2007 Yukan Club

History

Personal life

She married actor Joe Odagiri, who is exactly 11 years her senior, on February 16, 2008, the birthday the couple share.[1] She gave birth to two sons in both February 2011 and April 2014. The youngest son died a year later due to an intestinal obstruction.

Kashii's maternal grandfather is a European-American newspaper reporter, and thus her ethnic background is ¼ European. Kashii spent her childhood in Singapore[2] and attended elementary school there.[3] She has been said to have exactly the same dimensions for her right and left side of the face which led to a German doctor wanting to use her face as a specimen for research uses.[4]

Biography

Kashii got her start in the entertainment business as an in-house model for the Japanese teen magazine mc Sister in 2001. Her first acting role was in the movie adaptation of Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean in which she played the title character.

Filmography

Movies
YearEnglish TitleJapanese TitleRole
2005 Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (Rōrerai) ローレライ Paula Atsuko Ebner (Lorelei)
2005 Starlit High Noon (Mahiru no hoshizora) 真昼ノ星空 Saya
2005 Linda Linda Linda リンダ リンダ リンダ Kei Tachibana
2006 The Pavilion Salamandre (Pavilion sanshouo) パビリオン山椒魚 Azuki Ninomiya
2006 Death Note (Desu Nōto) デスノート Shiori Akino
2007 Mayonaka no machi (The N Town of Midnight) 真夜中の町ん Chie Kurokawa
2007 Kiiroi Namida (Yellow Tears) 黄色い涙 Tokie
2008 Sisterhood (Chikyû de Tatta Futari) (Two Girls on the Earth) 地球でたったふたり
2008 252: Signal of Life (252: Seizonsha Ari) ２５２ 生存者あり Saki Umino
2009 Tsurikichi Sanpei (Sanpei The Fisher Boy) 釣りキチ三平 Aiko Mihira
2009 Tenohira no shôsetsu (Palm-of-the-Hand Stories) 掌の小説 Misako
2010 Box! ボックス English teacher Yoko
2011 Wararaifu!! (What a Wonderful Life!!) ワラライフ!! Mari
2013 Beauties Á La Carte (Bijin no Ooi Ryôriten) を美人の大井ryôriten (short)
2013 SPEC: Closed - Zen no hen (Progress Version) SPEC～結～漸ノ篇 Jyokai Jyoukyokusai
2013 SPEC: Closed - Kô no hen (Crisscross Version ) (post-production) SPEC～結～爻ノ篇 Jyokai Jyoukyokusai

Dramas and television
YearEnglish TitleJapanese TitleRole
2003 Water Boys ウォーターボーイズ Kyoko Hanamura
2006 My Boss My Hero マイ☆ボス マイ☆ヒーロー Yuriko Minami
2007 Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Tôkyô Tawâ: Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton) 東京タワー: オカンとボクと、時々、オトン Manami Sasaki (Boku's girlfriend)
2007 Sexy Voice and Robo セクシーボイスアンドロボ Tsukiko Yamano
2007 Detective Conan Live Action Drama 2 名探偵 コナン 2 Shiho Miyano
2007 Yukan Club 有閑倶楽部 Noriko Hakushika
2008 Innocent Love イノセント・ラヴ Mizuki Sakurai
2009 Ketsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Hôhô (Method to Marry Women by Blood Type) 血液型別オンナが結婚する方法♪ Sachie Harukawa
2009 Meitantei no Okite (name throwing Detectives) 名探偵の掟 Mana Fujii
2009 Akahana no Sensei (Red-Nose Teacher) 赤鼻のセンセイ Haruka Nanase
2010 Mori no Asagao (Morning glory of Mori) モリのアサガオ Asami Sawasaki
2012 Sômatô Kabushiki Gaisha (Revolving Lantern Corporation (Soumato Corporation) 走馬灯株式会社 Kaminuma
2012 "Osozaki no Himawari ~Boku no Jinsei, Renewal~" (Late Blooming Sunflower ~My Life, Renewal~) 遅咲きのヒマワリ ~ボクの人生、リニューアル~ Ayaka Morishita
2013 Nobunaga no Chef (The Knife and the Sword - A Chef of Nobunaga) 信長のシェフ Nazo no Onna
2013 Galileo (season 2) ガリレオ (第2期) Yui Kojima
2013 Kurokôchi クロコーチ Machiko Sawa
2014 Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu きょうは会社休みます Tosaki Keiko (ep 8, 9)

Video games
YearEnglish TitleJapanese TitleRole
2005 Genji: Dawn of the Samurai 源氏物語：サムライの夜明け Lady Shizuka (PS2 Japanese version, voice)

References
  1. オダギリジョーさん、香椎由宇と結婚へ (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  2. "Who's that girl? Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine." The Star. Sunday October 29, 2006. Retrieved on November 9, 2011.
  3. HoriPro Kashii Yuu
  4. Yû Kashii at IMDb
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