general | January 05, 2026

Yuu Kashii’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

IntroJapanese actress
IsActor 
Model 
FromJapan 
TypeFashion 
Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Genderfemale
Birth16 February 1987, Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Age:33 years
Family
Spouse:Joe Odagiri

Yūko Odagiri (小田切 悠子, Odagiri Yūko, born February 16, 1987 in Kanagawa, Japan), known by her stage name Yuu Kashii (香椎 由宇, Kashii Yuu), is a Japanese actress and model. She studied at Mejiro University, where she majored in English.

History

Personal life

She married actor Joe Odagiri, who is exactly 11 years her senior, on February 16, 2008, the birthday the couple share. She gave birth to two sons in both February 2011 and April 2014. The youngest son died a year later due to an intestinal obstruction.

Kashii’s maternal grandfather is a European-American newspaper reporter, and thus her ethnic background is ¼ European. Kashii spent her childhood in Singapore and attended elementary school there. She has been said to have exactly the same dimensions for her right and left side of the face which led to a German doctor wanting to use her face as a specimen for research uses.

Biography

Kashii got her start in the entertainment business as an in-house model for the Japanese teen magazine mc Sister in 2001. Her first acting role was in the movie adaptation of Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean in which she played the title character.

Filmography

Movies

YearEnglish TitleJapanese TitleRole
2005Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (Rōrerai)ローレライPaula Atsuko Ebner (Lorelei)
2005Starlit High Noon (Mahiru no hoshizora)真昼ノ星空Saya
2005Linda Linda Lindaリンダ リンダ リンダKei Tachibana
2006The Pavillion Salamandre (Pavillion sanshouo)パビリオン山椒魚Azuki Ninomiya
2006Death Note (Desu Nōto)デスノートShiori Akino
2007Mayonaka no machi (The N Town of Midnight)真夜中の町んChie Kurokawa
2007Kiiroi Namida (Yellow Tears)黄色い涙Tokie
2008Sisterhood (Chikyû de Tatta Futari) (Two Girls on the Earth)地球でたったふたり
2008252: Signal of Life (252: Seizonsha Ari)252 生存者ありSaki Umino
2009Tsurikichi Sanpei (Sanpei The Fisher Boy)釣りキチ三平Aiko Mihira
2009Tenohira no shôsetsu (Palm-of-the-Hand Stories)掌の小説Misako
2010Box!ボックスEnglish teacher Yoko
2011Wararaifu!! (What a Wonderful Life!!)ワラライフ!!Mari
2013Beauties Á La Carte (Bijin no Ooi Ryôriten)を美人の大井ryôriten(short)
2013SPEC: Closed – Zen no hen (Progress Version)SPEC~結~漸ノ篇Jyokai Jyoukyokusai
2013SPEC: Closed – Kô no hen (Crisscross Version ) (post-production)SPEC~結~爻ノ篇Jyokai Jyoukyokusai

Dramas and television

YearEnglish TitleJapanese TitleRole
2003Water BoysウォーターボーイズKyoko Hanamura
2006My Boss My Heroマイ☆ボス マイ☆ヒーローYuriko Minami
2007Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Tôkyô Tawâ: Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton)東京タワー: オカンとボクと、時々、オトンManami Sasaki (Boku’s girlfriend)
2007Sexy Voice and RoboセクシーボイスアンドロボTsukiko Yamano
2007Detective Conan Live Action Drama 2名探偵 コナン 2Shiho Miyano
2007Yukan Club有閑倶楽部Noriko Hakushika
2008Innocent Loveイノセント・ラヴMizuki Sakurai
2009Ketsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Hôhô (Method to Marry Women by Blood Type)血液型別オンナが結婚する方法♪Sachie Harukawa
2009Meitantei no Okite (name throwing Detectives)名探偵の掟Mana Fujii
2009Akahana no Sensei (Red-Nose Teacher)赤鼻のセンセイHaruka Nanase
2010Mori no Asagao (Morning glory of Mori)モリのアサガオAsami Sawasaki
2012Sômatô Kabushiki Gaisha (Revolving Lantern Corporation (Soumato Corporation)走馬灯株式会社Kaminuma
2012“Osozaki no Himawari ~Boku no Jinsei, Renewal~” (Late Blooming Sunflower ~My Life, Renewal~)遅咲きのヒマワリ ~ボクの人生、リニューアル~Ayaka Morishita
2013Nobunaga no Chef (The Knife and the Sword – A Chef of Nobunaga)信長のシェフNazo no Onna
2013Galileo (season 2)ガリレオ (第2期)Yui Kojima
2013KurokôchiクロコーチMachiko Sawa
2014Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasuきょうは会社休みますTosaki Keiko (ep 8, 9)

Video games

YearEnglish TitleJapanese TitleRole
2005Genji: Dawn of the Samurai源氏物語:サムライの夜明けLady Shizuka (PS2 Japanese version, voice)