is a Japanese actress and caster. She is represented by Amuse, Inc.
Biography Itaya graduated from Kyushu International University Comes High School and Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Junior College.
She worked as an exclusive model for PeeWee in 1994. In 1995, Itaya joined with Hanamaru Hakata (as Hakata Tsuruya at the time) and Otako Pū as South End×Yuka (stylized as SOUTH END×YUKA) and released the single "So.ta.i". She made her acting debut in the film avec mon mari, co-starring with Kentarō Ōtani, in which she won the Best New Talent award at the Yokohama Film Festival. After appearing in Perfect Love!, Itaya appeared in many television dramas and films.
Personal life On February 22, 2007, she married wardrobe stylist Hirohiko Furuta. Itaya gave birth to her eldest son in June 2008, and to her second son on August 9, 2012, and is now a mother of two children.
Filmography TV dramas Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1999 Perfect Love! Aya Tominaga 2008 Atsuhime Hirokawa Taiga drama 2015 Ishi-tachi no Renai Jijō Tomoko Ichikawa Kāsan, Ore wa Daijōbu Nurse Shintani TV movieIsan Sōzoku Rinko Kawamura 2016 Yassan: Tsukiji-hatsu! Oishī Jiken-bo Omoni Sniffer: Kyūkaku Sōsa-kan Emi Katayama 2017 The Stranger Within a Woman Michiko Ito 2021 Pension Metsa Fuki Episode 3Ochoyan Yū Asadora2022Tokyo Vice Mrs. Katagiri 2024Dear Radiance Takashina no Takako Taiga drama
Variety, cultural programmes Year Title Notes Ref. 2007 News Zero Tuesday caster 2010 History 10-Nen no Happyō: Anata ga Erabu 10 Genre No. 1 Presenter 2011Takumi Saito×Yuka Itaya: Eiga Kōbō 2016 Nonfiction W: Hollywood o Sukutta Utagoe –Shijō Saikyō no Ghost Singer to Yoba reta Onna– Narration 2022 Love Is Blind: Japan Co-host
Films Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1999 avec mon mari Mitsuko Aso 2001 Hikari no Ame Teruko Tsukida 2002 Dodge Go! Go! Sachie Yamada Tokyo.sora Yoko Tasogare Ryūsei-gun Mina Imai 2004 Survive Style 5+ President's Secretary 2005 A Stranger of Mine Ayumi Kurata Irasshaimase, Kanja-sama. Yen Shimizu Yokubō Ruiko Aota Lead role 2006 Berna no shippo Keiko Ito Akihabara@Deep Yui 2007 Sad Vacation Saeko Shiina Closed Note Seibi Yamazaki Kayōkyokuda yo, Jinsei wa Beautiful woman Apartment 1303 Neighbor next door 2010 Ōoku Ōoka Tadasuke Outrage Otomo woman 2012 Girl Takako Hirai Hotaru the Movie: It's Only A Little Light In My Life Sachiko Yamada 2014 Our Family 2016 You Lie in April Hiroko Seto 2017 March Comes in like a Lion Misaki 2018 Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together adult Ito Serika 2019 37 Seconds Fujimoto At the End of the Matinee Keiko 2021 Unlock Your Heart Yoriko Kimura 2022 A Hundred Flowers No Place to Go Michiko Kitabayashi Lead role2023 Analog Kazumi The Moon 2024 Sensei's Pious Lie Adabana French-Japanese film2025 Good Luck Rental Family American-Japanese film 2026 Euthanasia Special Zone Zakken!: The Cosmos Beneath Our Feet Rikako Sugino Love≠Comedy After the Song Hanae Nagasawa
Japanese dub Year Title Role Voice dub for Notes Ref.2015Extant Molly Woods Halle Berry
Awards Year Award Work Ref. 1999 21st Yokohama Film Festival Best New Talent avec mon mari 2005 60th Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress A Stranger of Mine
References
External links
Yuka Itaya at the Kinema Junpō Eiga Database Yuka Itaya at the TV Drama Database Yuka Itaya at the NHK Archives