Known for

Acting

Born

Dec 4, 1969 (56 years old)

Yui Asaka

Yui Asaka (born December 4, 1969, in Miyazaki, Japan) is a Japanese actress, singer, and former idol. She made her singing debut in 1985 with the single “Natsu Shoujo” and rose to wider fame as the lead in the third series of the cult television drama Sukeban Deka in 1987. Asaka subsequently appeared in Sukeban Deka: The Movie (1987) and Sukeban Deka: Kazama San Shimai no Gyakushū (1988), and starred as the heroine of the live-action manga adaptation YAWARA! (1989). After taking a break from show business in 1993, she returned in 1997 and later focused primarily on acting, appearing regularly in Japanese television dramas and variety shows.

Titles

Hikari Sentai Maskman

Series • 1987

Taira no Kiyomori

Series • 2012

Sukeban Deka III: Romance of the Ninja Girls

Series • 1986

Handoku!!!

Series • 2001

Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack of the Kazama Sisters

Movie • 1988

Sukeban Deka: The Movie

Movie • 1987

Kamaitachi no Yoru

Movie • 2002

Sukeban Deka III: The Three Sisters' Most Dangerous Journey, Eight Deadly Traps

Movie • 1987