English Stage Name:
Yuu Kashii
Japanese Stage Name:
香椎由宇
Birth Name:
Yuuko Kashii
Nickname:
Yu, Yuu
Origin:
Ayase city, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type:
O
Height:
164 cm ( 5 ft 4 inches )
Weight:
49 kg ( 108 lbs)
Marital Status:
Married
Children:
Two sons (of which one has passed away in 2015)
Family:
Father, Mother, four brothers
Husband:
Joe Odagiri, actor
Past Relationships/ Ex-Boyfriends:
- Shun Oguri, actor
Rumored to have dated
Best Friends;
- Erika Sawajiri, actress
Hobbies：
- Swimming
- Playing tennis
- Playing softball
- Playing piano
- Taking photographs
Pets:
None
Personality:
Yu is said to be;
- out-spoken
Trivia:
- Yu has spent her six years in elementary school in Singapore due to her father’s job.
- Yu is the biggest fan of Aoi Miyazaki, actress. izuru was a team manager for a soccer team in high school.
- Yu likes to wear pants and a stole or scaf for her fashion in private.
- Yu likes taking pictures and her camera is the Nikon FM, which was given to her by her grandfather.
- Yu likes reading manga comics and used to go to Manga cafe every day before her debut. in Tokyo, they often exchange letters.
- Yu and her husband, Joe Odagiri have the same birthday, which is February 16. They got married on the same day in the year of 2008 (Yu’s birth year is 1987 and Joe’s is 1976).
- Yu and Joe had met at the set for shooting the movie, The Pavillion Salamandre in 2005.
- Yu and Joe had dated for two years before tying the knot.
- Yu and Joe’s second son has passed away in April, 2015.
- Yu is of mixed race; her maternal grandfather is American.