English Stage Name:
Yu Yamada
Japanese Stage Name:
山田優
Birth Name:
Yu Yamada
Nickname:
Yu
Origin:
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type:
O
Height:
169 cm ( 5 ft 6 inches)
Weight:
44 kg ( 97 lbs)
Measurements:
78 -56-82 cm (31- 22 -33 inches)
Marital Status:
Married (since 2012)
Children:
One daughter
Family:
Father, Mother, two younger brothers
Husband:
Shun Oguri, actor
Past Relationships/ Ex-Boyfriends:
- Hideaki Ito, actor
Officially have dated in 2005
- Naohito Fujiki, actor
Rumored to have dated in 2007
Best Friends;
- Maki Nishiyama, model
- Moe Oshikiri, model
- Karina, model
Hobbies：
- Reading comic books
- Cooking and baking
- Drawing Japanese Calligraphy
- Swimming
- Dancing
Pets:
one dog
Personality:
Yu is said to be;
- easy to cry
- competitive
- shy when meeting new people
Trivia:
- Yu’s mother is Mikako Yamada, who is the first Miss Okinawa and a model. She is the president of “Miss Universe Japan” school in Okinawa.
- Yu’s younger brother is Shintaro Yamada, who is actor.
- Yu and her brother, Shintaro are very close. Right after he moved to Tokyo from Okinawa, they had live together in the same condo for a few years.
- Yu had dated Shun Oguri for four years before getting married in March, 2012. They had met on the set of filming the TV drama, “Binbo Danshi”.
- Yu had initially debuted as a dancer and vocal of B.B. Waves, when she was 11 years old.
- Before debuting, Yu wanted to be a doctor when growing up.
- Yu loves collecting hats and currently owns more than 50 of them.