Yukie Nakama
Acting
Born October 30, 1979, Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
Yukie Nakama (born October 30, 1979) is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings. At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single "Moonlight to Daybreak" was released in 1996), and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday (2000)." In 2000, Nakama demonstrated her talent for comedy with her lead role in the Japanese television drama Trick which proved so popular that it had two more seasons and three film versions, but it was the top-rating TV series Gokusen (2002), a live-action version of the popular manga, that established her as one of Japan's most popular and bankable actresses. Nakama has featured in commercials for companies such as Nissin, Glico, Lotte, Asahi, Shiseido, au by KDDI, and has even served as a spokesperson for Japan Railways and the Japanese Tax Agency. She is managed by Production Ogi.
Filmography
- Blizzard Chase — 川端 由希子
- Scent of the Wind — Chikako Izumi
- 2025STEP OUT
- The Laughing Salesman — Iine Hoshiyo
- When I was a Child Everything Was Fine — Ogura An
- 2024テレビ報道記者〜ニュースをつないだ女たち〜
- Chimudondon — Yuko Higa
- 2022Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy — Trisha Elric
- 2021Joou no Houigaku ~Shikatsushi~
- Queen's Forensic Medicine: Necromancer
- 24 JAPAN — Urara Asakura
- 2020Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
- Secret of 10 — Yukiko Sendai
- Fake Affair — Yoshizawa Yoko
- 2017AIBOU: The Movie IV — Miyako Yashiro
- And Then There Were None — Ryo Shiramine
- Heaven — Maehata Shigeko
- School Counselor — Makiko Yoshioka
- The Noble Detective
- Beauty and the Fellow — Sawatari Ichiko
- 2015The Big Bee — Akamine
- 2014Giovanni's Island — Sawako (voice)
- Hanako & Anne — Hayama Renko
- 2014Sleeping Forest — special appearance
- The Good Listener — Sakura Mizusawa (DJ Kokoro)
- 2014Trick Shinsaku Special 3
- 2014Trick the Movie: Last Stage — Naoko Yamada
- 2014Woman Lived Mori Mitsuko — Mitsuko Mori
- Honey Trap — Natsumi Endo
- 2013Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion — Ichi Sasahara
- Saki — Saki Amihama
- The Island Teacher — Chihiro Natsumura
- 2013The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up — Makiko Norita
- 2013Trick Haha no Izumi Hen Cho Kanzen Ban
- Ghost Mama Investigation — Choko Uehara
- 2012Hanayome — Katakura Tomoe
- Renai Neet: Wasureta Koi no Hajimekata — Rin Kinoshita
- 2012Ryujin Mabuyer The Movie: Nanatsu no Mabui — Kinmamunsama
- 2012Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special
- Antarctica — Yukari Kuramochi
- Scalpel of Evil Women — Fuyumi
- The Beautiful Neighbor — Meyer Saki
- The Tempest — Manazuru / Neon Son
- 2010Abacus and Sword — Koma Inoshiyama
- 2010Flowers — Sato
- Japanese Americans — Shinobu Hiramatsu (Matsusawa)
- 2010Mesen — 堂島あかり
- 2010Trick Shinsaku Special 2 — Naoko Yamada
- 2010Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale — Naoko Yamada
- 2009Gokusen: The Movie — Kumiko Yamaguchi
- MR.BRAIN
- Ordinary Miracles — Kana Nakajo
- Untouchable — Ryoko Narumi
- 2008I Want to Be a Shellfish — Fusae Shimizu
- Elite Yankee Saburo
- Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! — Kimiko Yamamoto
- Joshideka — Kurumi Hatakeyama
- 2007The Lawyer of Shimane — Mizuho Yamazaki
- Love and Glory — Chiyo
- 2006Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace — Ejima
- Satomi Hakkenden — Fusehime
- 2006Trick: The Movie 2 — Naoko Yamada
- Haru and Natsu — Natsu Takakura
- 2005Shinobi: Heart Under Blade — Oboro
- 2005Trick Shinsaku Special
- Destiny of Love — Mika Kimoto / Yuri Kim
- 弟
- Kao — Mizuho Hirano（平野 瑞穂）
- Musashi — Yae / Koto
- 2003Song of the Canefields
- 2003g@me. — Katsuragi Chiharu
- AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo — Miyako Yashiro
- 2002Dragon King: The Beasts' Code — Special Appearance
- Gokusen — Kumiko Yamaguchi
- Night Hospital
- 2002Trick: The Movie — Naoko Yamada
- ナイト ホスピタル — Morisawa Maki
- 2001Drowning Fish — Maki Aikawa
- FACE〜見知らぬ恋人〜 — 相沢早紀
- 2001LOVE SONG — Akiko
- Love From a Lie
- 2001There's Always Tomorrow - The Movie — Receptionist
- There's Always Tomorrow, We Have Tomorrow — Receptionist
- Love 2000 — Mashiro Maria
- 2000Ring 0 — Sadako Yamamura
- Trick — Naoko Yamada
- 1999Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris — Female Camper
- Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
- P.S. I'm Fine, Shunpei
- 1998Document Love & Pop
- Invisible Girl Air — Kyoko
- 1998Love & Pop — Chieko Takamori
- 1998Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness — Lapis Lazuli (voice)
- Precious Time — Kaoru
- 1997Ano Subarashii Ai Wo Mou Ichido — Chieko Nakamori
- 1997Bayside Shakedown SP: Year-End Special Alert — Mayu Kitami
- D×D: Dangerous Angel × Death Hunter
- Haunted Junction — Asahina Mutsuki (voice), Theme Song Performance
- 1997Mokuyou no Kaidan'97: Akuryou Gakuen
- Shiawaseiro Shashinkan
- Can't Stand It Whatsoever
- 1996In Tomoko's Case — Sakiko Shimada
- Mischievous Kiss — Sonoko Yada