Yuka Itaya(板谷 由夏, Itaya Yuka; born 22 June 1975, in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and caster. She is represented by Amuse, Inc.

Biography

  • Itaya graduated from Kyushu International University Comes High School and Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Junior College.
  • She worked as an exclusive model for PeeWee in 1994.
  • In 1995, Itaya joined with Hanamaru Hakata (As Hakata Tsuruya at the time) and Otako Pū as South End×Yuka (stylized as SOUTH END×YUKA) and released the single "So.ta.i".
  • Co-starring with Kentarō Ōtani, she acting debut in the film avec mon mari, in which she won the Best New Talent award at the Yokohama Film Festival. After appearing in Perfect Love!, Itaya appeared in many television dramas and films.
  • On 22 February 2007, she married wardrobe stylist Hirohiko Furuta. Itaya gave birth to her eldest son in June 2008, and to her second son on 9 August 2012, and is now a mother of two children.

Filmography

TV dramas

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1999Perfect Love!Aya Tominaga
2008AtsuhimeHirokawaTaiga drama
2015Ishi-tachi no Renai JijōTomoko Ichikawa
Kāsan, Ore wa DaijōbuNurse ShintaniTV movie
Isan SōzokuRinko Kawamura
2016Yassan: Tsukiji-hatsu! Oishī Jiken-boOmoni
Sniffer: Kyūkaku Sōsa-kanEmi Katayama
2017The Stranger Within a WomanMichiko Ito
2021Pension MetsaFukiEpisode 3
OchoyanYūAsadora
2022Tokyo ViceMrs. Katagiri
2024Dear RadianceTakashina no TakakoTaiga drama

Variety, cultural programmes

YearTitleNotesRef.
2007News ZeroTuesday caster
2010History 10-Nen no Happyō: Anata ga Erabu 10 Genre No. 1Presenter
2011Takumi Saito×Yuka Itaya: Eiga Kōbō
2016Nonfiction W: Hollywood o Sukutta Utagoe –Shijō Saikyō no Ghost Singer to Yoba reta Onna–Narration
2022Love Is Blind: JapanCo-host

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1999avec mon mariMitsuko Aso
2001Hikari no AmeTeruko Tsukida
2002Dodge Go! Go!Sachie Yamada
Tokyo.soraYoko
Tasogare Ryūsei-gunMina Imai
2004Survive Style 5+President's Secretary
2005A Stranger of MineAyumi Kurata
Irasshaimase, Kanja-sama.Yen Shimizu
YokubōRuiko AotaLead role
2006Berna no shippoKeiko Ito
Akihabara@DeepYui
2007Sad VacationSaeko Shiina
Closed NoteSeibi Yamazaki
Kayōkyokuda yo, Jinsei waBeautiful woman
Apartment 1303Neighbor next door
2010ŌokuŌoka Tadasuke
OutrageOtomo woman
2012GirlTakako Hirai
Hotaru the Movie: It's Only A Little Light In My LifeSachiko Yamada
2014Our Family
2016You Lie in AprilHiroko Seto
2017March Comes in like a LionMisaki
2018Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Togetheradult Ito Serika
201937 SecondsFujimoto
At the End of the MatineeKeiko
2021Unlock Your HeartYoriko Kimura
2022A Hundred Flowers
No Place to GoMichiko KitabayashiLead role
2023AnalogKazumi
The Moon
2024Sensei's Pious Lie
AdabanaFrench-Japanese film
2025Good Luck
Rental FamilyAmerican-Japanese film
2026Euthanasia Special Zone
Zakken!: The Cosmos Beneath Our FeetRikako Sugino
Love≠Comedy

Japanese dub

YearTitleRoleVoice dub forNotesRef.
2015ExtantMolly WoodsHalle Berry

Awards

YearAwardWorkRef.
199921st Yokohama Film Festival Best New Talentavec mon mari
200560th Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting ActressA Stranger of Mine

External links

  • (in Japanese)
  • (in Japanese)
  • (in Japanese)
  • on Instagram (in Japanese)
  • on Facebook (in Japanese)
  • at the Kinema Junpō Eiga Database (in Japanese)
  • at the TV Drama Database (in Japanese)
  • 2019-09-10 at the Wayback Machine at the NHK Archives (in Japanese)