Yuu Kashii

{{short description|Japanese actress and model}} {{Infobox person  | image = | name = Yuu Kashii<br>{{lang|ja|香椎由宇}} | birth_name = Yuuko Kashii | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|2|16}} | birth_place = Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}} | yearsactive = 2001–present | spouse = {{marriage|Joe Odagiri|2008}} | domesticpartner = | children = 3 | parents = | website = }} {{nihongo|'''Yūko Odagiri'''|小田切悠子|Odagiri Yūko|born February 16, 1987}}, known by her stage name {{nihongo|'''Yuu Kashii'''|香椎由宇|''Kashii Yuu''}}, is a Japanese actress and model. She studied at Mejiro University, where she majored in English.

==History== ===Personal life=== She married actor Joe Odagiri, who is exactly 11 years her senior, on February 16, 2008, the birthday the couple share.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_entertainment/TKY200712270280.html|script-title=ja:オダギリジョーさん、香椎由宇と結婚へ|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=December 28, 2007|language=ja|archive-date=December 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230075841/http://www.asahi.com/culture/news_entertainment/TKY200712270280.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She gave birth to two sons in both February 2011 and April 2014. The youngest son died a year later due to an intestinal obstruction.

Kashii's maternal grandfather is a European-American newspaper reporter, and thus her ethnic background is ¼ European. Kashii spent her childhood in Singapore<ref>"[http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/29/movies/15807231&sec=movies Who's that girl?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927085346/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/29/movies/15807231&sec=movies |date=September 27, 2013 }}." ''The Star''. Sunday October 29, 2006. Retrieved on November 9, 2011.</ref> and attended elementary school there.<ref>HoriPro [http://www.horipro.co.jp/talent/PF063/ Kashii Yuu]</ref> She has been said to have exactly the same dimensions for her right and left side of the face which led to a German doctor wanting to use her face as a specimen for research uses.<ref>{{IMDb name|id=1539737|name=Yû Kashii}}</ref>

===Biography=== Kashii got her start in the entertainment business as an in-house model for the Japanese teen magazine ''mc Sister'' in 2001. Her first acting role was in the movie adaptation of ''Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' in which she played the title character.

==Filmography==

===Film=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |2005 |''Linda Linda Linda'' |Kei Tachibana | |<ref>{{cite book|editor1=John Willis|editor2=Barry Monush|title=Screen World 2007: The Films of 2006 with over 1,000 Photographs|volume=58|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=2010|place=New York City|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uxunSeshPngC&pg=PA350 350]}}</ref> |- |2005 |''Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' |Paula Atsuko Ebner | |<ref>{{cite book|last=Galbraith|first=Stuart|title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2008|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC&pg=PA436 436]}}</ref> |- |2006 |''Death Note'' |Shiori Akino | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/report2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716195134/https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/report2.html|title=2006年6月8日プレミア試写会|publisher=Warner Brothers Japan|access-date=2025-01-07|archive-date=2006-07-16|quote=香椎由宇(秋野詩織)：}}</ref> |- |2025 |''Gosh!!'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102516/|title= THE オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!)このヤロウ MOVIE|access-date= 19 November 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |2026 |''Memorizu'' | | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/105245/|title= メモリィズ|access-date= 18 February 2026|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes ! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |2007 |''Yukan Club'' |Noriko Hakushika | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000003764/cast/|title= 有閑倶楽部の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 19 November 2024|website= The Television|language=ja}}</ref> |- |2007 |''Detective Conan: Confrontation with the Men in Black'' |Shiho Miyano | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization - Detective Conan Wiki |url=https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo_Returns!_Confrontation_with_the_Black_Organization |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=www.detectiveconanworld.com}}</ref> |- |2026 |''Sins of Kujo'' |Reiko Kameoka | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20260126/2/|title= 柳楽優弥×松村北斗「九条の大罪」4月2日配信決定! 初映像＆追加キャスト発表鞍馬蔵人役は生田斗真|access-date= 27 January 2026|date= 26 January 2026|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}

===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes ! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |2005 |''Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'' |Lady Shizuka |PS2 Japanese version |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20050428/scej.htm|title= SCEJ、アクションアドベンチャー「GENJI」主題歌は元ちとせさん、静御前役は香椎由宇さん|access-date= 19 November 2024|website= Game Watch|language=ja}}</ref> |- |} <!-- NEED SOURCE ===Movies=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:0.9em;" ! width="70" | Year !! width="240" | English Title !! width="240" | Japanese Title !! width="160" | Role |- | 2005 | Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (Rōrerai) | ローレライ | Paula Atsuko Ebner (Lorelei) |- | 2005 | Starlit High Noon (Mahiru no hoshizora) | 真昼ノ星空 | Saya |- | 2005 | Linda Linda Linda | リンダリンダリンダ | Kei Tachibana |- | 2006 | The Pavilion Salamandre (Pavilion sanshouo) | パビリオン山椒魚 | Azuki Ninomiya |- | 2006 | Death Note (Desu Nōto) | デスノート | Shiori Akino |- | 2007 | Mayonaka no machi (The N Town of Midnight) | 真夜中の町ん | Chie Kurokawa |- | 2007 | ''Kiiroi Namida'' (Yellow Tears) | 黄色い涙 || Tokie |- | 2008 | Sisterhood (Chikyû de Tatta Futari) (Two Girls on the Earth) | 地球でたったふたり | |- | 2008 | 252: Signal of Life (252: Seizonsha Ari) | 252 生存者あり | Saki Umino |- |2009 |Tsurikichi Sanpei (Sanpei The Fisher Boy) |釣りキチ三平 |Aiko Mihira |- |2009 |Tenohira no shôsetsu (Palm-of-the-Hand Stories) |掌の小説 |Misako |- |2010 |Box! |ボックス |English teacher Yoko |- |2011 |Wararaifu!! (What a Wonderful Life!!) |ワラライフ!! |Mari

|- |2013 |Beauties Á La Carte (Bijin no Ooi Ryôriten) |を美人の大井ryôriten |(short) |- | 2013 | SPEC: Closed - Zen no hen (Progress Version) | SPEC～結～漸ノ篇 | Jyokai Jyoukyokusai |- | 2013 | SPEC: Closed - Kô no hen (Crisscross Version ) (post-production) | SPEC～結～爻ノ篇 | Jyokai Jyoukyokusai |}

===Dramas and television=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:0.9em;" ! width="70" | Year !! width="240" | English Title !! width="240" | Japanese Title !! width="160" | Role |- | 2003 | Water Boys | ウォーターボーイズ | Kyoko Hanamura |- | 2006 | My Boss My Hero | マイ☆ボスマイ☆ヒーロー | Yuriko Minami |- | 2007 | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Tôkyô Tawâ: Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton) | 東京タワー: オカンとボクと、時々、オトン | Manami Sasaki (Boku's girlfriend)

|- | 2010 | Mori no Asagao (Morning glory of Mori) | モリのアサガオ | Asami Sawasaki |- | 2012 | Sômatô Kabushiki Gaisha (Revolving Lantern Corporation (Soumato Corporation) | 走馬灯株式会社 | Kaminuma |- | 2012 | "Osozaki no Himawari ~Boku no Jinsei, Renewal~" (Late Blooming Sunflower ~My Life, Renewal~) | 遅咲きのヒマワリ ~ボクの人生、リニューアル~ | Ayaka Morishita |- | 2013 | Nobunaga no Chef (The Knife and the Sword - A Chef of Nobunaga) | 信長のシェフ | Nazo no Onna |- | 2013 | Galileo (Season 2) | ガリレオ (第2期) | Yui Kojima |- | 2013 | Kurokôchi | クロコーチ | Machiko Sawa |- | 2014 | Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu | きょうは会社休みます | Tosaki Keiko (ep 8, 9) |- |2021 |Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou (Gosh!! - Police Dog Oliver and His Handler's Bizarre Case Files) |オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!)このヤロウ |Fortune Teller |- |2022 |Koi Nante, Honki de Yatte Dousuruno? (What do you really do about Love?) |恋なんて、本気でやってどうするの？ |Misaki Nakagawa |} -->

==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work(s) ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | 2008 | 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix | Best Supporting Actress | ''Yukan Club'' | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/award/ns-dramagp/ns-dgp-result.html|title= 歴代の受賞者・受賞作品|access-date= 19 November 2024|website= Nikkan Sports|language=ja}}</ref> |}

==References== {{Portal|Japan|Biography|Film|Television}} {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=1539737|name=Yû Kashii}} * [http://www.horipro.co.jp/talent/PF063/ HORIPRO Official site: 香椎由宇] (In Japanese)

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