YURIKO YOSHITAKA WAS BORN ON JULY 22, 1988. SHE IS A JAPANESE ACTRESS WHO IS REPRESENTED BY THE JAPANESE AGENCY AMUSE.
YURIKO MADE HER ACTING DEBUT IN 2006. SHE WAS GIVEN THE LEAD ROLE IN THE LIVE-ACTION ADAPTATION OF HITOMI KANEHARA’S AWARD-WINNING NOVEL SNAKES AND EARRINGS IN 2007. PORTRAYING LUI, A TEENAGER WHOSE LIFE GOES INTO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL AFTER MEETING THE FORKED-TONGUED AND TATTOOED AMA, THE ROLE WAS HER BREAKTHROUGH ROLE.
THE JAPANESE PUBLIC BEGAN TO TAKE NOTICE OF HER, AND IN A POLL CONDUCTED BY ORICON, YOSHITAKA WAS THE FIFTH PROMISING YOUNG ACTRESS OF 2009 AND 2009’S FRESHEST FEMALE CELEBRITY. IN 2010, ORICON AGAIN CONDUCTED A POLL ON THE MOST PROMISING ACTRESS AND SHE MANAGED CLIMB UP TO TOP THE POLL.
SHE PLAYED TAE KOJIMA IN THE TWO-PART 2011 LIVE-ACTION ADAPTATION OF THE SCI-FI AND ACTION MANGA GANTZ. SHE ALSO TOOK THE LEAD ROLE IN KŌJI MAEDA’S MOVIE KONZEN TOKKYŪ, PORTRAYING A YOUNG WOMAN DATING MULTIPLE MEN IN HOPES OF FINDING THE RIGHT ONE TO MARRY. IT PREMIERED IN SPRING 2011.
