Actor
Yukie Nakama
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.
Often works with
Katsuhisa Namase
8 titles together
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, Gokusen, Gokusen: The Movie
Hiroshi Abe
6 titles together
Trick: The Movie, Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale, Trick
Yoko Nogiwa
5 titles together
Trick: The Movie, Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale, Trick
Renji Ishibashi
3 titles together
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Trick: The Movie, The Big Bee
Toru Tezuka
3 titles together
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, Love & Pop, The Big Bee
Hiroki Narimiya
3 titles together
Gokusen, Gokusen: The Movie, Trick
Full filmography · 100
Blizzard Chase
as 川端 由希子
2026
When I was a Child Everything Was Fine
as Ogura An
2025
The Laughing Salesman
as Iine Hoshiyo
2025
Chimudondon
as Yuko Higa
2022
Queen's Forensic Medicine: Necromancer
cast
2021
24 JAPAN
as Urara Asakura
2020
Secret of 10
cast
2020
Fake Affair
as Yoshizawa Yoko and cast
2019
School Counselor
as Makiko Yoshioka
2017
The Noble Detective
cast
2017
And Then There Were None
as Ryo Shiramine
2017
Heaven
as Maehata Shigeko
2017