Yūko Takeuchi
Yūko Takeuchi is a prominent Japanese actress known for her versatile roles in television and film. She gained recognition for her performances in 'Asakusa Kid' and 'Shinya Shokudo'. Takeuchi is celebrated for her expressive acting style and has established a solid reputation in the Japanese... Read More
Known for
不眠日 (2025)
In Hua'ao City, a brilliant detective with a flawless track record faces his toughest case yet when a string of seemingly perfect murders shakes...
阿修羅のごとく (2025)
In 1979 Tokyo, four distinct sisters uncover their aging father's affair, causing their happy facades and bottled-up emotions to slowly unravel.
プライベートバンカー (2025)
Private banker Anno Koichi is tasked with helping Iida Kumiko, the owner of a struggling dango shop after she falls victim to a financial...
Meiji Gekken: 1874 (2024)
A former samurai, a yakuza bodyguard, a devious spy, and a geisha assassin try to find their place in the rapidly evolving Meiji-era while...
My Home Hero (2023)
GOOD NIGHT WORLD (2023)
Four miserable members of a dysfunctional household have no idea that they've formed a happy family unit in an immersive VR game — with...
かぞく (2023)
Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist's own life experience, this film portrays the loss and regeneration of the life...
Like the Wind (2021)
Celebrated Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, Rabbit-Proof Fence) talks about his adventurous life and career in this frank and insightful...
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope (2021)
In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and...
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Credits
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide), and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) target the Fuu Family... |
Star | |
| 2019 |
The 47 Rōnin in DebtFeudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time... |
Riku | |
| 2019 |
The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -In Hong Kong, Dako, Boku-chan and Richard take a huge amount of money from people who are greedy. |
Ran Riu | |
| 2019 |
A Long GoodbyeMari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their... |
Mari Imamura | |
| 2019 |
QueenKo Himi (Yuko Takeuchi) works as a lawyer and she is also an expert in crisis management. Her clients are... |
Ko Himi(氷見 江) | |
| 2018 |
The Travelling Cat ChroniclesSatoru is a young man with a warm heart. He has a cat named Nana, but, due to circumstances, he... |
Noriko | |
| 2018 |
Miss SherlockSherlock has a peculiar character flaw. She does not open her heart to strangers. She is Japanese, but was born... |
Sara Shelly Futaba | |
| 2018 |
Innocent DaysSasaki Shinichi looks at his childhood friend Tanaka Yukino in court. Yukino is sentenced to death. She went to her... |
Tanaka Yukino | |
| 2017 |
A LifeWhen Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He left his... |
Danjo Mifuyu | |
| 2016 |
Kamoshirenai Joyûtachi - 2016 -If actresses Hirosue Ryoko, Igawa Haruka and Saito Yuki chose different paths at the turning point in their lives, what... |
Unknown character | |
| 2016 |
CreepyAfter having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active... |
Takakura Yasuko | |
| 2016 |
The Magnificent NineResidents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo... |
Toki | |
| 2016 |
The InerasableA novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room... |
I | |
| 2016 |
Kidan Piece of DarknessBased on Fuyumi Ono's best-selling books, these 10 tales of spookiness by six Japanese horror directors are designed to chill... |
Narrator | |
| 2015 |
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection"Box" Shuko Yoshino (played by Yuko Takeuchi), a researcher at a medical university, was suddenly hit in the head while... |
Unknown character | |
| 2015 | Unknown character | ||
| 2015 | Nobuko Ogata | ||
| 2014 |
Cape NostalgiaEtsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But... |
Midori Ryuzaki | |
| 2014 |
Airport 2013When there's a transfer flight delay, a put-upon ground staff worker at a small town airport has to deal with... |
Chigusa ohkouchi | |
| 2014 |
Seicho Matsumoto's Black GospelIn 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge... |
Yasuko Ehara | |
| 2013 |
Dandarin RulesLabor Standards Inspectors... are you aware of their existence? For the sake of the 52 million actively employed people across... |
Rin Danda | |
| 2013 |
Cheap Flight!!Aizawa Miharu (Takeuchi Yuko) receives an order to work for Cherry's Airlines from major airline. Cherry's Airlines is a low... |
Aizawa Miharu | |
| 2013 | 姬川玲子 | ||
| 2013 |
Strawberry NightReiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background,... |
Reiko Himekawa | |
| 2012 |
Strawberry NightReiko Himekawa is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she... |
Reiko Himekawa | |
| 2011 |
A Flawless ConciergeA comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests. |
The Culinary Expert | |
| 2011 |
A Ghost of a ChanceDefence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and... |
Suzuko Yabe / Fuko Hino | |
| 2011 |
HayabusaMay 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is... |
Megumi Mizusawa | |
| 2011 |
1778 Stories of Me and My WifeSci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer... |
Setsuko | |
| 2010 |
Strawberry NightReiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background,... |
Reiko Himekawa | |
| 2010 |
Summer Romance Shines in Rainbow ColorTaiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his... |
Shiori Kitamura | |
| 2010 |
FlowersFlowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the... |
Kaoru | |
| 2010 |
Golden SlumberWhen easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's... |
Haruko Higuchi | |
| 2009 |
No More CryAbandoned by his father as a boy, Yuta grows up as the foster son of a restaurant owner and takes... |
Tetsuko | |
| 2009 |
FlashForwardWhen the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future... |
Keiko Arahida | |
| 2009 |
The Triumphant Return of General RougeA year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital... |
Kimiko Taguchi | |
| 2008 |
The Glorious Team BatistaToho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S.... |
Kimiko Taguchi | |
| 2008 |
Flower Shop Without RoseSingle father Eiji runs a flower shop. A blind woman passing by changes his life forever, but their relationship quickly... |
Miou Shirato | |
| 2007 |
Midnight EagleA stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers... |
Keiko Arisawa | |
| 2007 |
The World According to ChocolatThis work is based on the 2007 Sony Ericsson Foma SO903i mobile advertising idea to extend into a 50-minute fantasy... |
Chocolat | |
| 2007 |
Closed NoteKae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a... |
Ibuki Mano | |
| 2007 |
Dog in a SidecarThe film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate agent, while helping... |
Yoko | |
| 2005 |
Spring SnowBased on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit... |
Satoko Ayakura | |
| 2005 |
Fukigen na GeneYoshiko Aoi is a budding researcher in ethology, the study of animal behavior. "Men=male" are born unfaithful. But through her... |
Aoi Yoshiko | |
| 2004 |
Be with YouTakumi and his six-year-old son, Yuji, haven't come to terms with their wife and mother's death. One day, they meet... |
Mio Aio | |
| 2004 |
Heaven's BookstoreKenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets... |
Shoko / Natsuko | |
| 2004 | 藤倉英子 | ||
| 2004 |
PrideHaru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only... |
Aki Murase | |
| 2003 |
ワルシャワの秋Japanese-language drama television film written by Masatake Tamukai, directed by Hiroki Hayashi, and produced by Takahiro Kasagi. The film was... |
Unknown character | |
| 2003 |
Always SmilingYumi, a 23-year-old office worker, is fired from her job out of the blue. A few days later, coming from... |
Yumi Kurasawa | |
| 2003 |
Night of the Shooting StarsWorking long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami. Shogo's therapy... |
Kana Aoshima | |
| 2003 |
YomigaeriWhen dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the... |
Aoi Tachibana | |
| 2002 |
The Queen of Lunchtime CuisineNatsumi takes a job at Kitchen Macaroni, a family-run restaurant known for its omelets, pretending to be the fiancée of... |
Mugita Natsumi | |
| 2001 |
School TeachersSentaro Sakuragi (Tsuyoshi Domoto) moves to Tokyo from Osaka. He works now as an substitute elementary school teacher, in place... |
Motoko Asakura | |
| 2001 |
My HusbandA sexy renegade male chauvinist rock singer by day, a bossed around, lousy dressed and demurring husband by night. Yuichi,... |
Sakura Arai | |
| 2001 | 志村倫子 | ||
| 2000 | 松野 美雪 | ||
| 1999 |
AsukaThe 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candy-maker, Asuka is... |
速田(宮本)あすか | |
| 1999 | Unknown character | ||
| 1998 |
Who Do You Think You Are?While working in the leisurely atmosphere at a food company's factory, Futaro is asked to return to their corporate headquarters... |
Yuri Kimura | |
| 1998 |
Innocent WorldHigh school student Ami was born through a fertilization technique. Her brother is developmentally challenged and is immature for his... |
Ami | |
| 1998 |
RingA mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and... |
Tomoko Oishi | |
| 1997 |
Good PersonAfter graduating from college, Yuuji lands the job of his dreams at the company that manufactures his favorite running shoes.... |
Unknown character | |
| 1996 |
Shin Mokuyou no Kaidan: CyborgAfter an accident overseas, mild-mannered teen Akira Kaidō returns to Japan as a battle-type cyborg. Working with agent G.O., he... |
Yuka |
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Got a question about Yūko Takeuchi?
Yūko Takeuchi's most successful films include 'Crows Zero', 'Asakusa Kid', and 'Shinya Shokudo', which have all received critical acclaim and commercial success.
Yes, Yūko Takeuchi won the Best Actress award at the 2006 Japanese Academy Awards for her outstanding performance in 'Crows Zero'.
Yūko Takeuchi's first film was 'Kamikaze Girls' released in 2004, where she played a supporting role that helped launch her career.
Yūko Takeuchi is known for her expressive and versatile acting style, which allows her to portray a wide range of characters convincingly.
Yes, Yūko Takeuchi has been involved in numerous television dramas, most notably her lead role in the series 'Miss Sherlock'.
Yūko Takeuchi's estimated net worth is approximately $5 million, reflecting her successful career in acting.
Some notable television series featuring Yūko Takeuchi include 'Miss Sherlock', 'Shinya Shokudo', and 'The Emperor's Cook', each showcasing her range as an actress.
Yūko Takeuchi was born in Yokohama, Japan, and began her acting career in the early 2000s, quickly rising to fame in the Japanese film and television industry.