Natsukawa Yui

Just after I watch Kekkon Dekinai Otoko, I fall in love with Natsukawa Yui!!!I know she is 40 yet she is my Anego!!!

She has a charm that other artist doesnt have. Maybe her pure smile. Anyone like her as I do? Anyone has photo of her, please share

http://www.ladiesgallery.net/722/Yui%20Natsukawa.html
(two photo of her really really damm nice)

I first saw Yui in Aoi Tori and was immediately struck by her beauty and acting ability...what a tragic figure she played.
It took watching two episodes of Kekkon Dekinai Otoko before I realized this was the same actress...her beauty and acting have matured wonderfully.
Good photos of her are surprisingly hard to find...

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wow..thanks. yes her photo is very difficut to find...I searc google and could not find any decent picture...but I will keep searching till I found her wallpaper to put on my desktop :D:D:D

Movies
1993 - Sora ga Konna ni Aoi Wake ga Nai
1994 - Yoru ga Mata kuru
1995 - GONIN2
1995 - Kura
1995 - Wana THE TRAP
1997 - Watashitachi ga Suki Datta Koto
1999 - Shikoku
2001 - Acacia no Michi
2001 - Distance (http://www.kore-eda.com/distance/index.htm)
2001 - Onmyouji
2003 - Trunk
2003 - Mibu Gishi Den
2003 - Sotsugyou (http://sotsugyo.toho-movie.com/)
2003 - Spy Sorge (http://www.spy-sorge.com/)
2003 - Zatoichi (http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/zatoichi/)
2003 - Yudan Taiteki
2006 - Hana yori mo naho (http://kore-eda.com/hana/top.html)
2006 - Gedo Senki Earthsea (http://www.ghibli.jp/ged/) VO
2007 - Tennen Kokekko(http://www.tenkoke.com/)


TV Dramas
1992 - Ai to Iu Mei no Motoni ~ FujiTV
1993 - Taniguchi Rokuzou Shouten ~ TBS
1993 - Mokuyoubi no Shokutaku ~ TBS
1993 - Uso demo Iikara ~ YTV
1993 - Ningen Document ~ Natsume Masako Monogatari ~ FujiTV
1994 - Sengoku Bushi no Yuukyuu Kyuuka ~ NHK
1994 - Kazoku A ~ TBS
1997 - Aoi Tori ~ TBS
1998 - Kekkon Zenya ~ NHK
1999 - Takamura Kaoru Suspense ~ NHK
2000 - Kiyoura Keigo ~ TKU
2000 - Net Violence ~ Mei no Shiranu Hitobito kara no Bouryoku ~ NHK
2001 - Aru Hi, Arashi no Youni ~ NHK (http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/archives/arashi/index.html)
2002 - Natsu no Yakusoku ~ HTB (http://www.htb.co.jp/tv/yakusoku/)
2003 - Anata no Tonari Dareka Iru ~ FujiTV
2004 - Kikutei Yaozen no Hitobito ~ NHK (http://www3.nhk.or.jp/drama/archives/kikutei/index.html)
2004 - Ningen no Shoumei ~ FujiTV
2005 - 87% Watashi no Gonen Seizon Ritsu ~ NTV (http://www.ntv.co.jp/87/)
2005 - Yoshitsune ~ NHK
2005 - Hotaru no Hake ~ NTV (http://www.ntv.co.jp/hotaru/)
2006 - Taigan no Kanojo ~ WOWOW (http://www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/taigan/index.html)
2006 - Kekkon Dekinai Otoko ~ Kansai TV
2007 - Haha to Mama to Watashi. Juunenme no Saikai ~ TV Asahi
(http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/bungeisya/)

You could try searching by her kanji name: ‰ÄìŒ‹ˆß

Yui appears in the latest CM for Chugoku Electric Power
http://www.energia.co.jp/

Anime Dad wrote:You could try searching by her kanji name: ‰ÄìŒ‹ˆß

Yeah, I tried that...really good pictures are just hard to come by

Wow, she was really good in Kekkon Dekinai Otoko... No wonder she won an award for that role... Impressive.

Yui and the rest of the cast at the press conference of the upcoming movie, Tennen Kokekko, which opens in theatres next month.

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The movie is based on the shojo manga of the same name by Kuramochi Fusako and directed by "Linda Linda Linda" director Yamashita Nobuhiro.

It is a story of first-love, revolving around Soyo (Kaho), the only student in her year at a rural branch school with a total roll of six, and Osawa (Okada Masaki), a handsome transfer student from Tokyo.

Carlanox wrote:She has a charm that other artist doesnt have. Maybe her pure smile. Anyone like her as I do?

Yeah, she has a really nice smile and wonderful dimples... I thought she was much prettier than he co-star, Kuninaka Ryoko. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Wow, she was really good in Kekkon Dekinai Otoko... No wonder she won an award for that role... Impressive.

She also won the same award for Aoi Tori, ten years ago

15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress ~ Natsukawa Yui--Aoi Tori

runpup wrote:She also won the same award for Aoi Tori, ten years ago

15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress ~ Natsukawa Yui--Aoi Tori

Yup, saw that in her DramaWiki bio... :thumbsup:

Found some pics. :)

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I guess all actresses go through a swimsuit phase. ;)

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bmwracer wrote:I guess all actresses go through a swimsuit phase. ;)

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Ooooh, hehe. I just love Yui's soft features and sweet smile. Her hairstyle in Kekkon Dekinai Otoko suits her perfectly. And her eyes just sparkles!

bakafool wrote:Ooooh, hehe. I just love Yui's soft features and sweet smile. Her hairstyle in Kekkon Dekinai Otoko suits her perfectly. And her eyes just sparkles!

LOL, I figured you'd post here after I read your comments in the Kekkon thread...

Interestingly, Enna didn't like Yui-chan's 'do in the drama.......

bmwracer wrote:
LOL, I figured you'd post here after I read your comments in the Kekkon thread...

Interestingly, Enna didn't like Yui-chan's 'do in the drama.......

hehe. Well, I guess preferences differ but I think her hairstyle fit her because she was playing an older woman. Her beauty is now more mature (ie. her features are softer, and face rounder), so long hair probably wouldn't work. Perhaps Enna wanted something more wacky, or probably something more 'stylish' like Uchida Yuki in Bambino but that wouldn't be consistent with Yui's Hayasaka character.

bmwracer wrote:Interestingly, Enna didn't like Yui-chan's 'do in the drama.......

bakafool wrote:
hehe. Well, I guess preferences differ but I think her hairstyle fit her because she was playing an older woman. Her beauty is now more mature (ie. her features are softer, and face rounder), so long hair probably wouldn't work. Perhaps Enna wanted something more wacky, or probably something more 'stylish' like Uchida Yuki in Bambino but that wouldn't be consistent with Yui's Hayasaka character.

No you missed my point entirely. I know her hairstyle suited the look they were going for as a more mature doctor, with a boring lifestyle, in Kekkon. There is just something about her that bothers me. Even in the recent pics that were posted here, there is a look in her eyes I don't like. I can't tell you why I feel this way, I just do. We all can't be big fans of the same celebrities, but that doesn't make my opinions wrong. So enjoy Yui-chan to your hearts content and leave my name out of it. :sweat:

Enna wrote:

No you missed my point entirely. I know her hairstyle suited the look they were going for as a more mature doctor, with a boring lifestyle, in Kekkon. There is just something about her that bothers me. Even in the recent pics that were posted here, there is a look in her eyes I don't like. I can't tell you why I feel this way, I just do. We all can't be big fans of the same celebrities, but that doesn't make my opinions wrong. So enjoy Yui-chan to your hearts content and leave my name out of it. :sweat:

Oh sorry, I didn't read any of your posts so I just drew conclusions from bmwracer. Didn't mean to offend you in any way.

Enna wrote:So enjoy Yui-chan to your hearts content and leave my name out of it. :sweat:

Yikes. :sweat:

I was just reiterating what you said in the Kekkon thread... There's no reason to snap at either of us, much less bakafool. :sweat:

Sumimasen.