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Juri Ueno

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Juri Ueno
When a successful cisgender man who's got it all figured out becomes pregnant, he's forced to confront social inequities he'd never considered before.
 
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He's Expecting (2022– )
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The boyish Ueno Juri was born in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. Her mother died while Juri was at junior high school. She was athletic at elementary school and also had piano lessons. She began wearing contact lenses at junior high school. She applied to become a model for a fashion magazine, but failed in the year 2000. The agent, however, kept her on. This agency was called Will and later would become part of Amuse. She did commercial work for P&G in 2001. She began acting in the year 2000, but came to the public's attention five years later when she appeared in the popular Swing Girls movie. She had thought about becoming a singer, but had taken her mother's advice to try acting earlier. Her role garnered her the Newcomer Of The Year prize at the Japanese Academy Awards. She actually can play the saxophone and had had lessons since childhood. She was further popular a year later when she was cast and appeared in the TV serial version of the Nodame Cantabile manga series, which was based on the relationship of novice Classical musicians. Her role won the Best Lead Actress price at the 51st Television Drama Academy. The serial was a major commercial success, which naturally meant the role would be reprised several times. These were not her last awards. The press chimed in with Vogue Japan naming her one of its females of the year for 2008. Another monetary success was 2013's Girl In A Sunny Place, which was also based on a novel. She acted in a South Korean film in 2015. Ueno married Triceratops musicians Wada Sho on 26.05.2016. They had been dating for nine months. Her older sister is singer and adult model Ueno Mana. Her oldest sister is a DJ called Saori. She is managed by the Amuse Agency and does corporate advertising for things like construction companies. She likes music, cooking (prefers fish) and playing the saxophone.
BornMay 25, 1986
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Swing Girls (2004)
    Swing Girls
    7.6
    • Tomoko Suzuki (Tenor Sax)
    • 2004
    The Stars Converge (2003)
    The Stars Converge
    6.5
    • Mari Sugiyama
    • 2003
    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
    7.3
    • Kanae
    • 2003
    Lee Beom-su, Kim Sang-ho, Han Hyo-joo, Kim Hee-won, Park Seo-joon, and Kim Dae-myung in The Beauty Inside (2015)
    The Beauty Inside
    7.3
    • Woo-jin
    • 2015

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    • Rinjin X (2023)
      Rinjin X
      4.8
      • Ryouko Kashiwagi
      • 2023
    • Takumi Saitô and Juri Ueno in He's Expecting (2022)
      He's Expecting
      3.2
      TV Series
      • Aki Seto
      • 2022
    • Is Love Sustainable? (2022)
      Is Love Sustainable?
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Kyoka Sawada
      • 2022
    • Asagao: Forensic Doctor (2019)
      Asagao: Forensic Doctor
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Asagao Maki
      • 2019–2021
    • Ryohei Suzuki, Nana Eikura, and Ryoma Takeuchi in Ship of Theseus (2020)
      Ship of Theseus
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Yuki Tamura
      • 2020
    • Good Doctor (2018)
      Good Doctor
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Natsumi Seto
      • 2018
    • Tatsuya Fuji, Juri Ueno, and Lily Franky in My Dad and Mr. Ito (2016)
      My Dad and Mr. Ito
      6.7
      • Aya
      • 2016
    • Yell for the Blue Sky (2016)
      Yell for the Blue Sky
      6.1
      • Instructor Sugimura Yoko
      • 2016
    • The State of Union (2016)
      The State of Union
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Hanako Kumagai
      • 2016
    • Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! (2015)
      Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • 2015
    • Juri Ueno in Secret Message (2015)
      Secret Message
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Haruka
      • 2015
    • Lee Beom-su, Kim Sang-ho, Han Hyo-joo, Kim Hee-won, Park Seo-joon, and Kim Dae-myung in The Beauty Inside (2015)
      The Beauty Inside
      7.3
      • Woo-jin
      • 2015
    • Tôma Ikuta, Shun Oguri, and Juri Ueno in Ouroboros (2015)
      Ouroboros
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Mizuki Hibino
      • 2015
    • Arisu no toge (2014)
      Arisu no toge
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Asumi Mizuno
      • 2014
    • 26-seiki fokkusu
      TV Movie
      • Fumiko sawano
      • 2014

    Soundtrack



    • Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
      TV Mini Series
      • performer: "Kaban no Banka"
      • 2009

    Videos5

    Trailer
    Trailer 1:53
    Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:07
    Official Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:07
    Official Trailer
    The Beauty Inside
    Trailer 1:51
    The Beauty Inside
    51
    Main (Korean Subtitles)
    Trailer 1:49
    Main (Korean Subtitles)
    Main
    Trailer 2:17
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    • Height
      • 5′ 5¾″ (1.67 m)
    • Born
      • May 25, 1986
      • Kakogawa, Japan
    • Spouse
      • Sho WadaMay 26, 2016 - present
    • Other works
      Commercials for Daiwa House

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      She excelled at track and ran short distance races until the first grade of middle school. Because of problems with hyperventilation, she then gave up running.
    • Nickname
      • Jurippe

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