Who is Juri Ueno (Japanese Actress)

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Ueno Juri's Biography, Photos, Films and Videos

You know Ueno Juri as a gifted pianist in the popular Nodame Cantabile Jdrama but when she's not sharing screentime with Tamaki Hiroshi (her beloved Chiaki-senpai in the series), the beautiful Juri is also an award-winning actress known for diverse roles in various dramas and movies.

Aside from Nodame, which won her a Best Actress title, Juri is also known for her award-winning roles in the 2004 movie Swing Girls and more recently, the Jdorama Last Friends.

If you want to see Juri Ueno photos, TV dramas and movies, TV commercials, and learn more about her, please read on.

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Juri Ueno on the poster for Gou: Hime-tachi no Sengoku

Juri Ueno on the poster for upcoming taiga drama "Gou: Hime-tachi no Sengoku" (2011) 

Updates for "GOU: Hime-tachi no Sengoku (The Princesses of the Warring States)"

Visit the following sites to learn more about Juri Ueno's upcoming taiga drama

GOU: Hime-tachi no Sengoku
NHK's Official Website for Gou: Hime-tachi no Sengoku starring Juri Ueno
Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~ - AsianMediaWiki
Oeyo, also known as Ogo, (played by Juri Ueno) is the third daughter of Azai Nagamasa and Oichi (Oda Nobunaga's younger sister). Towards the end of the war, Gou lost her parents and became known as one of the famous three sisters during the Warring Times.
GOU ~Hime-tachi no Sengoku~
The community tokugawa_gou on LiveJournal: updates for the upcoming 2011 Jdrama "The Warring States of the Princesses"

Juri Ueno's Profile and Filmography

Quick facts about this versatile and prolific actress

Juri Ueno

Name: Juri Ueno (Ueno Juri)
Nickname: Jurippe
Birth date: May 25, 1986
Birthplace: Kakogawa City, Hyogo, Japan
Blood type: A
Height: 5' 6" (167cm)
Hobbies: Music appreciation, cooking
Specialties: Tenor sax, track & field sprinting
Talent Agency: Amuse

Filmography / Movies
Joze to Tora to Sakana Tachi (2003) (Kanae)
2004 - Swing Girls (Tomoko Suzuki)
2004 - Chirusoku no Natsu (Mari Sugiyama)
2005 - Summer Time Machine Blues (2005) (Haruka Shibata)
2005 - Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu (Suzume Katakura)
2006 - Arch Angels (Fumio Shijo)
2006 - 7 Gatsu 24 ka Dori no Kurisumasu (Megumi Kamibayashi)
2006 - Niji no Megami Rainbow Song (Aoi Sato)
2006 - Shiawase no Switch (Rei Inada)
2006 - Deguchi no Nai Umi (Minako Narumi)
2008 - Kodomo no Kodomo
2008 - Guu-Guu Datte Neko de Aru (Naomi)
2008 - Kung-Fu Kun
2008 - Wanko the Movie 2 (Narrator)
2008 - Naoko (Naoko Shinomiya)
2009 - Killer Virgin Road
2009-2010 - Nodame Cantabile The Movie I and II (Megumi Noda aka "Nodame")


Filmography / Television
2003 - Teru Teru Kazoku (Akiko Iwata)
2003 - Okaasan to issho (Kaori Matsui)
2004 - Orange Days (Ayumi Kirishima)
2005 - Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo - Kyuketsuki Densetsu Satsujin Jiken (Miyuki Nanase)
2005 - Engine (Misae Hoshino)
2006 - Bokutachi no Sensou (Minami Kamoshita)
2006 - Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi (Ryoko Shimojo)
2006 - Nodame Cantabile (Megumi Noda)
2007 - Jodan Ja Nai! (Eren Takamura)
2007 - Marumaru Chibi Maruko-chan SP (Maruko-chan)
2008 - Nodame Cantabile New Year Special in Europe (Megumi Noda)
2008 - Loss Time Life
2008 - Last Friends (Ruka Kishimoto)
2009 - Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban
2010 - Sunao ni Narenakute
2011 - Gou: Himetachi no Sengoku

Information from Wikipedia. Photo courtesy of Amuse Japan

Juri Ueno in Swing Girls

A young Juri in her award-winning role as Tomoko in the 2004 film "Swing Girls"  

Juri Ueno's Awards and Accolades

As if we need more proof that she's an amazing actress.

Juri Ueno

2005
28th Japanese Academy Awards - Newcomer of the Year for Swing Girls
59th Mainichi Film Awards: Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award - Best Newcomer for Swing Girls and Chirusoku no Natsu
25th Yokohama Film Festival - Best New Talent for Swing Girls, Joze to tora to sakana tachi and Chirusoku no Natsu


2007
51st Television Drama Academy Awards - Best Lead Actress for Nodame Cantabile
Elan d'or Awards - Best Newcomer for Nodame Cantabile


2008
12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Award (Spring 2008) - Best Supporting Actress for Last Friends
The Galaxy Award - monthly award (June), for the performance in Last Friends
57th Television Drama Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actress for Last Friends
MTV Student Voice Award - Best Student Voice Actress
21st Japan Best Dressed Eyes Awards - Special Award
International Drama Festival in TOKYO Awards 2008 - Best Actress for Nodame Cantabile in Europe
Vogue - Women of the Year 2008


2009
TV Life 18th Annual Drama Awards 2008 - Best Supporting Actress for Last Friends
TV Navi Drama of The Year 2008 - Best Supporting Actress for Last Friends
17th Hashida Awards - Best Newcomer

Buy the Swing Girls (2004) DVD

Juri also won an award for her portrayal of the precocious Tomoko in this 2004 film. Don't miss this.

Swing Girls [Blu-ray]

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Swing Girls is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Shinobu Yaguchi about the efforts of a group of high school girls to form a jazz band. Swing Girls is set in rural Yamagata prefecture, in northern Japan and the characters often use the local Yamagata-ben dialect for comic effect.
The film ranked 8th at the Japanese box office in 2004, and won seven prizes at the 2005 Japanese Academy Awards, including 'Most Popular Film' and 'Newcomer of the Year' awards for Yuta Hiraoka and Juri Ueno. The cast includes Yuta Hiraoka (Takuo, the leader of the band), Juri Ueno (Tomoko), Shihori Kanjiya (Yoshie), Yuika Motokariya (Sekiguchi) and Yukari Toyashima (Naomi). The actors performed their own music for the film. This film was not particularly popular outside of Japan, but was released onto DVD in region 4 format after its release in Japan.

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Juri played the tomboyish Ruka in this J-drama

Juri played the tomboyish Ruka in this TV series / Jdorama and she won Best Supporting Actress awards for her role. Make sure to watch it!

2008 Japanese Drama: Last Friends w/ English Subtitle

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Last Friends tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life.

Juri Ueno as Ruka

Juri as the boyish Ruka in the 2008 J-drama "Last Friends" 

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Juri Ueno as Nodame

Ueno as the zany but lovable Nodame in "Nodame Cantabile" 

Juri Ueno fleshes out Nodame in Nodame Cantabile like no other

The Jdorama that introduced me to Juri Ueno

The brilliant J-drama Nodame Cantabile is where I first saw and got impressed with Juri Ueno because her portrayal of the lead character Nodame is just so adorably awesome. Find out more about the live action Japanese drama and movies, get a song list for each episode, see the filming locations and meet Jurripe's Nodame co-stars Tamaki Hiroshi (Chiaki-senpai) and Eita (Mine) by visiting the following pages.

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Juri Ueno's TV Commercials

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Juri Ueno's movies and TV dramas

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Nodame Cantabile The Final Score The Movie / Concerto Love Final Score movie Japanese Dvd English Sub

Nodame Cantabile The Final Score The Movie / Concerto Love Final Score movie Japanese Dvd English Sub

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Nodame Cantabile / Concerto Love Award Winning Japanese Tv Drama with English Sub NTSC All Region (3 dvds in Digipak Boxset) Based on Hit Comic Book

Nodame Cantabile / Concerto Love Award Winning Japanese Tv Drama with English Sub NTSC All Region (3 dvds in Digipak Boxset) Based on Hit Comic Book

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2010 Japanese Drama : Hard to Say I Love You w/ Eng Sub

2010 Japanese Drama : Hard to Say I Love You w/ Eng Sub

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2008 Japanese Drama: Last Friends w/ English Subtitle

2008 Japanese Drama: Last Friends w/ English Subtitle

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2008 Japanese Tv Series: Loss Time Life

2008 Japanese Tv Series: Loss Time Life

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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers ( Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu ) ( Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers ( Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu ) ( Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

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Concerto Love Special in Europe Japanese Tv Drama with English Sub

Concerto Love Special in Europe Japanese Tv Drama with English Sub

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JAPANESE TV SERIES

JAPANESE TV SERIES " ENGINE " WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLE

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Gu Gu the Cat Japanese Movie Dvd with English Sub

Gu Gu the Cat Japanese Movie Dvd with English Sub

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Japanese Movie

Japanese Movie " Sea Without Exit" w/ English Subtitles

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The Nodame Cantabile - Shinobu Naguchi Movie Connection

A bit of trivia for all of you Nodame Cantabile fans.

In 2001, Nodame Cantabile cast members veteran actor Naoto Takenaka (Maestro Stresseman) and a relatively unknown Tamaki Hiroshi (Chiaki) appeared together in a Shinobu Naguchi film called Waterboys. Three years later, Takenaka was cast together with newcomer Juri Ueno (Nodame) in another Naguchi film titled Swing Girls. Both films reaped awards and helped launch the careers of Nodame Cantabile's two leads.

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Juri Ueno's Official Website | ueno-juri.com
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Juri Ueno
Juri Ueno/ UENO Juri) is a Japanese actress. She was born on May 25, 1986 in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture. Her sister is singer / songwriter Mana Ueno.
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Nodame Cantabile DVD box set 

Award-winning Japanese drama TV series

Nodame Cantabile / Concerto Love Award Winning Japanese Tv Drama with English Sub NTSC All Region (3 dvds in Digipak Boxset) Based on Hit Comic Book

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Juri Ueno has appeared in many films and J-dramas but I "discovered" her via this delightful TV show. She gives life to the title character Nodame. Watch it, you won't regret it!

Last Friends (Japanese drama) 

2008 Japanese Drama: Last Friends w/ English Subtitle

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Juri Ueno also shines in this poignant Japanese TV drama where she plays a girl struggling with gender identity disorder.