The Official Yamada Yu Thread

[Beauty4123]

Name: Yamada Yu (山田優)
Full name: Yamada Yuko (山田優子)
Birthdate: July 5th, 1984
Birthplace: Okinawa-shi, Okinawa, Japan
Blood type: O
Height: 169cm
Weight: 47kg
Bust: 85cm
Waist: 60cm
Hips: 84cm
Shoe size: 26.5cm

Yamada graduated from Okinawa Actor's School. In 1999, while working as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine CanCam under an exclusive contract, she also worked as a singer in the group y'z factory (formed with two other students of the Okinawa Actor's School) and released a total of six singles and one album, but in 2002 the group disbanded.

Following the group's break up, Yamada moved to television, making her acting debut in the 2001 drama series Kabachitare! which led to many other drama roles such as in Kange! Danjiki Goikkosama, and Orange Days as well as hosting jobs for NTV’s Minna no Terebi and Fuji TV’s F1 Grand Prix. She has also starred in a few films acting alongside many prominent young stars including, Ryuhei Matsuda, Hiroki Narimiya and Shugo Oshinari.

Yamada has also appeared in advertisements for Nissin instant foods, Ezaki Glico, Vodafone cellular phones, Kanebo line of cosmetics, Canon and most recently Fujitsu Ten navigation systems.

In 2006 Yamada debuted as a solo artist with the single "REAL YOU" which was used as the theme song for the movie Akihabara@DEEP (starring Yamada herself) and peaked at #10 on the Oricon Charts.

Singles:

REAL YOU

Released: September 20, 2006
Oricon Top 100 Weekly Peak: #10
Copies Sold: 23,000

EYES ON ME

Released: March 7, 2007
Oricon Top 100 Weekly Peak: #30
Copies Sold: 5,079

Fly So High

Released: June 13, 2007
Oricon Top 100 Weekly Peak: #27
Copies Sold: 3,581

fiesta!fiesta!

Released: September 05, 2007
Oricon Top 100 Weekly Peak: #47
Copies Sold: 3,054

Upcoming Releases:
leave all behind
Release: April 23, 2008

Debut Album - "Untitled"
Release: May 14, 2008

REAL YOU: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzqTCetJu7A
EYES ON ME: http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...es-on-me_music
Fly So High: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcWIbNdpt4E
fiesta!fiesta!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYWdtVdibgE
leave all behind: http://www.dailymotion.com/FinalHikari/video/8201424

[fanmail]

I really want to hear her album. I've only heard "REAL YOU", and it wasn't that bad.

I've only heard parts of her song when she was on Arashi no Shukudaikun teaching them yoga. But I think I want to give her a listen, she's gorgeous and a good dancer I hear.

[Beauty4123]

speaking of arashi, she was on utawara with matsujun, lol. she danced to a janet jackson song really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF8XjFJIJ_Y

anyway, i personally think she's a great artist. hope you guys look into her music.

[fanmail]

Is her album actually called "Untitled" or is it just untitled for now?

[Beauty4123]

it's untitled for now, lol. no title yet.

[ayuayu798]

YAY!! Theres finally a yamada yu thread. I really love her music. I cant wait for the album

Why'd it take her so long to release an album?

[Beauty4123]

^ she also acts in dramas. she was with oguri shun in binbo danshi from january - march, so filming was probbably taking that time away from the album. i dunno, lol.

anyway, for whoever likes ken hirai, she also covered POP STAR on utawara:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwiBkMsj5x8

and here's yamada yu on utawara with the HINOI TEAM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en3ENjjBfB4

[Foxxy_Fuyumi]

Wo I am not anbig fan of her but 'leave all behind' is pretty good! Is a single or is a song from the album?

[Beauty4123]

it's her new single on april 23rd. i'm pretty sure it'll be on her debut album.

[Beauty4123]

yamada yu will be on MelodiX on april 8th. here's the new profile pic:

[Halla]

I really like Yu

I think she's a lot better singer than you'd expect, her being a popular model before & really "idol"-ish. not to mention she is definitely one of THE most gorgeous j-pop stars ever ...

I think all of her singles have been good except for "Fly So High" which was just really bland. "EYES ON ME" is the best, but I like her latest one a lot too.

[Beauty4123]

my top 2 favorites are EYES ON ME and REAL YOU.

[summersnow]

she's really very pretty!!
I only come across her in Nodame Cantabile SP, Orange Days and Binbo Danshi!
Is her music nice? Guess I should give it a try...

[Beauty4123]

Originally Posted by summersnow

she's really very pretty!!
I only come across her in Nodame Cantabile SP, Orange Days and Binbo Danshi!
Is her music nice? Guess I should give it a try...

definately try her music. i think you might like it.

[summersnow]

^I thought it's like any other typical pretty girls who have so-so vocal.
But I'm wrong. I'm really impressed with her well-trained vocal.
And she dances! I'm quite surprised! =)

[fanmail]

Originally Posted by Beauty4123

yamada yu will be on MelodiX on april 8th. here's the new profile pic:

BWAHHA.

Nice hair. Poodle.

^AW ~


Lisa, is any of her music upload here?

[Beauty4123]

all the music i can find is expired by now. i only have the "leave all behind" PV rip and "fly so high" single.