You-Ri Yamanaka (Yuka)
Overview
- Ethnicity
- Southeast Asian / Pacific Islander
- Age Range
- 39 - 49
- Height
- 5' 2" (1m 57cm)
- Weight
- 7st. 3lb. (46kg)
- Hair Colour
- Black
- Eye Colour
- Black
- Build
- Slim
Agent
-
City Actors ManagementAgent
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02077939888Contact
- Website
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Movement Director
Theatre |
My Neighbour Totoro Phelim McDermott / Royal Shakespeare Theatre |
Barbican Theatre |
| 2022 |
Lola
Theatre |
Tsunagu/Connect Kumiko Mendl/New Earth Theatre |
|
| 2022 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Jabra Jabra |
|
| 2022 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
The Trade Disk The Trade Disk |
|
| 2022 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
Spotify Japan Spotify |
|
| 2021 |
Min's Aunt
Television |
The Wheel of Time Sanna Hamri / Amazon Prime |
|
| 2021 |
Runner
Film |
The Valley Unfurls to Release its Song Adam Chodzko / Meadow Arts |
|
| 2021 |
R&D performer
Theatre |
Tsunagu/Connect Kumiko Mendl / New Earth Theatre |
Shorditch Town Hall |
| 2021 |
Shigeko (Lead)
Theatre |
The Mistake Jatinder Verma / Jatinder Verma Production |
Live Streamed |
| 2021 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Spotify Japan Spotify |
|
| 2021 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
New Epilepsy Project Takeda |
|
| 2021 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Audio Tour Guide for Musee Carnavalet, Paris Musee Carnavalet, Paris |
|
| 2021 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Japanese Course Cambridge International Examinations |
|
| 2021 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
DHL DHL |
|
| 2020 |
Shizuko
Theatre |
Island Chains Joey Jepp / New Earth Theatre |
Live Streamed |
| 2020 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
YouTube Works YouTube |
|
| 2019 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Kao Worldwide Kao |
|
| 2019 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Barclays Bank BBH |
|
| 2019 |
Story Teller/Kabuki dancer
Theatre |
The Monkey and The Crab Astrid Hilne / Victoria & Albert Museum |
Victoria & Albert Museum. Tour |
| 2018 |
Tomomi (Lead)
Theatre |
The Art of Gaman Ailin Connant / Theatre 503/Helen Milne Production |
Theatre 503 |
| 2018 |
Ditrctor
Theatre |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Nahda Arts for Social Theatre in Cairo, Egypt |
|
| 2018 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
The Royal Wedding Paul Wheeler / BBC Worldservice |
|
| 2018 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Cars Project Garage Company |
|
| 2018 |
Amy Middlebrooks
Voiceover |
First and Last Season 1 Netflix |
|
| 2018 |
Female participants, various others
Voiceover |
Magic for Humans Season 1 Netflix |
|
| 2018 |
Kathleen, various others
Voiceover |
Afflicted Season 1 Netflix |
|
| 2018 |
Lynn, various others
Voiceover |
Inside the World's Toughest Preson Season 3 Netflix |
|
| 2018 |
Linda, various others
Voiceover |
Amazing Interiors Netflix |
|
| 2018 |
Nancy Silverton, various others
Voiceover |
Sugar Rush Season 1 Netflix |
|
| 2018 |
Caroline, various others
Voiceover |
Derren Brown The Miracle Netflix |
|
| 2018 |
Morgan,various others
Voiceover |
Dark Tourist Netflix |
|
| 2018 |
Rhea Hurrle (later Woltman), Ann Hart
Voiceover |
The Mercury 13 Netflix |
|
| 2017 |
Gyulchatay
Theatre |
SOUL Tim Supple/Josephine Burton / DASH ARTS |
|
| 2017 |
Director
Theatre |
Our Country's Good The New National Theatre Tokyo Drama Studio |
The New National Theatre Tokyo Drama Studio |
| 2017 |
COPD doctor
Commercials & Industrials |
Medical Project Paul Thomas / PerPharmance |
|
| 2017 |
Inflight Announcement
Voiceover |
HONG KONG DRAGON AIRLINES AWP |
|
| 2016 |
Toco Nikaido
Voiceover |
OUTLOOK Felicity Finch / BBC World Service |
|
| 2016 |
Artist/Witch
Film |
SERVANTS' QUARTERS Neville Raschid Aviary/Paul Raschid / Aviary Films |
|
| 2016 |
Director
Theatre |
A Midsummer Night's Dream EAST 15 Acting School |
|
| 2016 |
Director
Theatre |
Richard III EAST 15 Acting School |
|
| 2016 |
Director
Theatre |
The Crucible The New National Theatre Tokyo Drama Studio |
The New National Theatre Tokyo Drama Studio |
| 2016 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Radeon RX 400 Series AMD |
|
| 2016 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
VIDAL SASSOON Vidal Sassoon |
|
| 2016 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
AXA E-learning AXA |
|
| 2015 |
Key Shopper
Commercials & Industrials |
TESCO David Stoddart / Black Sheep |
|
| 2015 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
iRobot Roomba iRobot Corporation |
|
| 2015 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
ELT Cambridge International Examinations |
|
| 2015 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
WORKDAY McCann London |
|
| 2015 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Blackjack Roulette Baccarat Rational Group Ltd. |
|
| 2015 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
LEOcoin LEO corporate |
|
| 2015 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
O Level Listening Test Cambridge International Examinations, |
|
| 2015 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Dassault SDL Ltd. |
|
| 2014 |
Sergent Aziz
Voiceover |
TEMPO Pinewood Studios |
|
| 2014 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
International Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate Organization |
|
| 2014 |
Premier Relationship Manager
Commercials & Industrials |
HSBC HSBC |
|
| 2014 |
Inflight Announcement
Voiceover |
EMIRATES Inflight Studios |
|
| 2014 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS Juice Moving Images |
|
| 2014 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
MicRed MicRed |
|
| 2013 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
DHX Jr DHX Jr |
|
| 2013 |
Various characters
Voiceover |
DolceGusto Nescafe |
|
| 2013 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
ORACLE Oracle |
|
| 2013 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
AZTEC Genpact |
|
| 2013 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
TOUS TOUS Spain |
|
| 2012 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
BARRIORPOUCH Sugiyamagen |
|
| 2012 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
CORNING E-LEARNING The Big Word |
|
| 2012 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
EDU Vscan The Big Word |
|
| 2012 |
Various Characters
Voiceover |
TOY SoSound |
|
| 2012 |
Narration
Voiceover |
CORPORATION INSTRUCTION Japan Foundation |
|
| 2011 |
Ying McCoy
Television |
SILENT WITNESS 14 Sue Tully / BBC Television |
|
| 2011 |
Tsunami victims in Japan (Voice Over)
Television |
PANORAMA BBC |
|
| 2011 |
Nay
Theatre |
SIHANOUKVILLE Eleanor Rhode / Finborough Theatre |
Finborough Theatre |
| 2011 |
Shen The
Theatre |
Last Train to Christmas Jeremy Stockwell / Leicester Square Theatre |
Leicester Square Theatre |
| 2011 |
Mrs Ishizaki
Film |
YUKI Jonathan Beer / Lamb Films (Northern Ireland Screen) |
|
| 2011 |
Fan dancer/fighter
Film |
Le Fan Fan Sarah Baker / Baker Productions |
|
| 2011 |
In-flight Announcement
Voiceover |
PEACH AVIATION Inflight Studios |
|
| 2011 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
DOCOMO Japan Docomo |
|
| 2011 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
DOVE Japan Unilever |
|
| 2011 |
Various Character
Voiceover |
QUINTILES Conversis |
|
| 2011 |
Japanese Woman
Voiceover |
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IN USE Cambridge University Press |
|
| 2011 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
COLOMBIA SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE Conversis |
|
| 2011 |
In-flight Announcement
Voiceover |
S7 AIRLINES Inflight Studios |
|
| 2011 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
FUKUTOMI Sparkling Sun |
|
| 2011 |
Annoucement Messages
Voiceover |
INTERVAL INTERNATIONAL Success on Hold |
|
| 2010 |
Japanese Wife
Television |
REUNITED Simon Delaney / BBC Television |
|
| 2010 |
Yama
Television |
SPIRIT WARRIORS Jon East / BBC Television |
|
| 2010 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
CISCO AWP |
|
| 2010 |
Various Female Audience
Voiceover |
PARIS FASION WEEK Sonia Rykiel |
|
| 2010 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
POWER SESSION DHL Express |
|
| 2010 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
ELECTION CAMPAIGN JAPANESE EMBASSY |
|
| 2010 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
BIODIVERSITY United Nations |
|
| 2010 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
TYCO INTERNATIONAL GoLocalise Ltd |
|
| 2010 |
Journalist
Voiceover |
Nikkei Internet Nikkei Sha |
|
| 2010 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
AVON Foreign Voices |
|
| 2010 |
Workshop leader
Event |
ACTING WORKSHOP Tokyo Visual Arts College |
|
| 2010 |
Senior Acting Teacher
Event |
BODY AND ACTING Tamiya Kuriyama / New National Theatre Tokyo |
|
| 2010 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
OCS EUROPE Nikkeishya |
|
| 2010 |
Announcement Messages
Voiceover |
DOW JONES Success on Hold |
|
| 2009 |
Titania/Hippolyta
Theatre |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Jonathan Man / Southwark Playhouse |
Southwark Playhouse |
| 2009 |
Tsuyukusa
Theatre |
HANJO & HELL SCREEN by MISHIMA Kwong Loke / StoneCrabs Theatre |
Oval House |
| 2009 |
Okami- Japanese Proprietor
Voiceover |
National Geographic Chief TV |
|
| 2009 |
Workshop Leader
Event |
KABUKI DANCE WORKSHOP Gregory Ross / Department of Architecture, Cambridge University |
Cambridge University |
| 2009 |
Narrator/Various Characters
Voiceover |
TEACH YOURSELF JAPANESE/Spanish Version Larousse |
|
| 2009 |
Narration
Voiceover |
PHILLIPS SDL International |
|
| 2009 |
Harmony
Voiceover |
HARMONY SHOW New Lanark Mills |
|
| 2009 |
Gin
Voiceover |
MONSTER HUNTER Maveric Media Ltd |
|
| 2009 |
Annie McLeod
Voiceover |
DARK RIDE EXPERIENCE New Lanark Mills |
|
| 2009 |
Narration
Voiceover |
EASY LEARNING JAPANESE Harper Collins |
|
| 2009 |
Narration
Commercials & Industrials |
JSTV (Japan Sky TV) Nikkei-sha |
|
| 2009 |
In-flight Announcement
Voiceover |
TURKISH AIRLINES Foreign Voices |
|
| 2009 |
Announcement Messages
Voiceover |
BRITISH AIRWAYS Success on Hold |
|
| 2008 |
Narration
Commercials & Industrials |
NOKIA NOKIA |
|
| 2008 |
Yuka
Voiceover |
Vodafone Foreign Voices |
|
| 2008 |
Sophie
Voiceover |
APT TRANSTELEX Foreign Voices |
|
| 2008 |
Movement Director
Theatre |
DIDO AND AENEAS (opera) David Edwards / Temple Festival |
Middle Temple |
| 2008 |
TIA
Television |
THE LAST ENEMY Iain McDonald / BBC Television |
|
| 2008 |
Princess/Puppeteer
Theatre |
PRINCESS AND THE PEA Joy Haynes / Polka Theatre |
Polka Theatre |
| 2008 |
Japanese woman
Voiceover |
GMC Patch McQuaid / id audio |
|
| 2008 |
Various Characters/Presenter
Voiceover |
TEACH YOURSELF JAPANESE/English Version Hodder & Stoughton Educational |
|
| 2007 |
Chieko
Theatre |
LEMON ELEGY Tim Baker / (Clwyd Theatr Cymru) |
Jermyn Street Theatre |
| 2007 |
Various
Theatre |
A FEW LITTLE DROPS Paul Davies / Fern Smith / Volcano Theatre Company |
Clwyd Theatr Cymru |
| 2007 |
Narration
Voiceover |
YOUNG CREATRO'S AWARD Lingo 24 |
|
| 2007 |
Character Voices
Voiceover |
ULITIMATE HOUSE i2i Television |
|
| 2007 |
Narration
Voiceover |
AVID PROMOTION VIDEO Voice Squad, Foreign Legion |
|
| 2007 |
Master of Ceremony
Voiceover |
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN TOKYO Japan External Trade Organisation |
Institute of Directors |
| 2006 |
Master of Ceremony
Commercials & Industrials |
THE INVEST IN JAPAN SYMPOSIUM Japan External Trade Organisation |
Institute of Directors |
| 2006 |
Various Characters
Voiceover |
JAPANORAMA (Jonathan Ross) BBC Television |
|
| 2006 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
ELT / Oxford University Press Oxford University Press |
|
| 2006 |
Kelly Wisner
Voiceover |
JONCKERS / cooperate Foreign Voices |
|
| 2006 |
Exploratory workshop
Theatre |
A FEW LITTLE DROPS Paul Davies/Fern Smith / Volcano Theatre |
|
| 2006 |
Movement Coach
Theatre |
NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE Tanushuka Marah / Comany Collisions |
|
| 2006 |
Raksha/Queen of Cobra
Theatre |
THE JUNGLEBOOK Andy Brereton / Watermill Theatre, Newbury |
|
| 2006 |
Chambermaid
Film |
TOKYO JIM Jamie Rafn / HLA/TCM Classic Shorts 2nd Winner |
|
| 2006 |
Butterfly
Film |
THEATRE OF SOULS John Hoye / Operating Productions |
|
| 2006 |
Various
Voiceover |
MERCK TRAINING Foreign Voices |
|
| 2006 |
Lei-Qo
Voiceover |
BATTALION WARS 2 Kuju Entertainment |
|
| 2006 |
Workshop Leader
Event |
JAPANESE MOVEMENT WORKSHOP Playback Theatre |
|
| 2006 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
NETG Foreign Voices |
|
| 2006 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
TV OF THE ENVIRONMENT Voice and Script International |
|
| 2006 |
Announcement Messages
Voiceover |
MCAFEE Success on Hold |
|
| 2006 |
Announcement Messages
Voiceover |
GLAXO SMITHKLINE Success on Hold |
|
| 2005 |
Alyona Ivanovna
Theatre |
UNDERGROUND Tristan Sharps / Dreamthinkspeak |
BITE05, Barbican, Theatre Royal, Brighton |
| 2005 |
Workshop Leader
Event |
For the Acting Teachers in Japan Megumi Kawaminami / Network Duo |
Morishita Studio, Tokyo |
| 2004 |
Movement Coach
Theatre |
THE WORLD OF SOUND Keiko Miyata / New National Theatre Tokyo |
|
| 2004 |
Workshop Leader
Event |
Summer Course Tamiya Kuriyama / New National Theatre Tokyo |
|
| 2004 |
Workshop Leader
Event |
HAMLET Yukio Ninagawa / Ninagawa Company |
Barbican |
| 2004 |
Workshop Leader
Event |
For the Professional Japanese Actors Mina Ikeuchi / Right Size |
Morishita Studio, Tokyo |
| 2004 |
Choreographer
Theatre |
HINTERLAND Jamie Harper / LAMDA |
|
| 2004 |
The Wife
Theatre |
THE DARKNESS IN A WOODEN BELL Hoonjae Kim / Lathos |
Greenwich Playhouse |
| 2004 |
Mark
Theatre |
MARK AND THE MARKED Michael Wicherek / Box Clever |
tour |
| 2004 |
Fairy/Musician
Theatre |
CAR STORY Michael Wicherek / Box Clever |
tour |
| 2004 |
Presenter
Television |
ALL TALK ENGLISH Linguaphone |
|
| 2003 |
Elder/Narrator/Dragon/Choreographer
Theatre |
SEA OF SILENCE Guy Holland / Quicksilver Theatre |
Leicester Haymarket and tour |
| 2003 |
Movement Coach
Theatre |
EVERYMAN-AN IMMORALITY PLAY Sandy Maberley / Theatre Melange |
Riverside Studio |
| 2003 |
Movement Coach
Theatre |
MODERN MAN Caitoriona McLaughlin / New End Theatre |
|
| 2003 |
Director
Theatre |
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM myself / Loughborough University |
|
| 2003 |
Steve
Theatre |
THE SECRET AGENCY William Galinsky / Playground Performing Arts Studio |
|
| 2003 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS Nikkeishya |
|
| 2003 |
Nova
Voiceover |
Gohst Characters Alchemy Studio |
|
| 2002 |
Movement Director
Theatre |
MAGIC FLUTE (OPERA) Devid Edwards / New National Theatre Tokyo |
|
| 2002 |
Movement Coach
Theatre |
MADAME BUTTERFLY (OPERA) Ian Rytherford / English National Opera |
London Coliseum |
| 2002 |
Choreographer
Theatre |
ILLYRIA Astrid Hilne / Bath Theatre Royal |
|
| 2002 |
Member of Exploratory Workshop
Theatre |
ELEPHANT VANISHES Simon McBurney / Complicite |
|
| 2002 |
Presenter
Television |
SPEAK ENGLISH Bob Marsden / De Agostini Japan |
|
| 2001 |
Priest/Concubine
Theatre |
THE PRIEST AND HIS LOVE Amy Jeavons / Horla |
Rose and Crown Theatre |
| 2001 |
Announcement Messages
Voiceover |
IBM Success on Hold |
|
| 2001 |
Various Characters/Presenter
Voiceover |
LEARNING JAPANESE (CD-rom and internet) Diverse Production / BBC Radio 4 |
|
| 2001 |
Director
Theatre |
IN THE GROVE myself / LAMDA |
|
| 2001 |
Director
Theatre |
SALOME myself / LAMDA |
|
| 2000 |
Movement Director
Theatre |
AGAMEMNON John Bashford / LAMDA |
|
| 2000 |
Narrator
Voiceover |
Audio Tour Guide for BARCELONA MARITIME MUSEUM Antenna Audio |
|
| 1999 |
Dancer
Theatre |
BOLERO myself / Splint |
Camden People's Theatre |
| 1999 |
Suppliant
Theatre |
SUPPLIANTS Elli Papaconstantinou / AthLon |
Gilded Baloon Theatre, Edinburgh Fest |
| 1998 |
Main character, You-Ri
Film |
YOU'RE WELCOME Photini Papadodima / Le Mur du Son Cinéma/1st Winner at Intl Short Film Fest in Greece |
in Greece and Paris |
| 1998 |
Narrator
Commercials & Industrials |
JAPAN AIR LINES Ishimaru / Fuji TV |
|
| 1998 |
Tecmessa
Theatre |
AJAX Elli Papaconstantinou / Icarus Production |
Jermyn Street Theatre |
| 1997 |
Carol Top
Theatre |
BLUEBEARDS CASTLE Eriko Shibata / Shuji Terayama |
ICA, Amalia Theatre in Greece |
| 1995 |
Dancer
Theatre |
Traditional Japanese Dance Show Kinshino Hanayagi / Kinshino Hanayagi Dance Co. |
various in Japan |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Summer Musical Theatre Course | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| 2001 | 1yr Movement Director Course | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| 1998 | Le Coq school | Ecole Phillipe Gaulier |
About me
Excellent movement skills, excellent pianist, intermediate accordion, very good soprano singing voice. Extensive experience in devised theatre and good classical theatre background as well. Currently working on Shakespeare. Also working as a movement director for theatre, opera, dancers and singers.Trained at LAMDA, Le Coq, and in traditional Japanese dance and Butoh.
Additional skills:
Kabuki dance, Butoh, Tai-Chi, Physical Theatre, Improvisation, Puppeteering.
Senior Acting Teacher at the Drama Studio at THE NEW NATIONAL THEATRE TOKYO.
Playwright. Translator / Interpreter.
Sprinting, Bowling, Gymnastics, Ice skating, Snooker, Volleyball, Table tennis, Tennis, Swimming.
Additional information:
BA in politics at Waseda University, Tokyo
MA in Directing at Drama Department at Royal Holloway University of London
License & Passport
| Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
| Languages Spoken | English, Japanese |
|---|---|
| Accents/Dialects | English - Received Pronunciation, Japanese, Japanese |
| Dance Styles | Contemporary, Jazz |
| Vocal Types | Soprano |
| Musical Skills | Accordion, Drums/Percussion, Percussion, Piano, Trumpet |
| Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |