ABOUT

Yui Aragaki (Aragaki Yui, born June 11, 1988) is a Japanese model, actress and seiyu. Born in Naha, Okinawa, she was nicknamed Gakky in 2001 by Ayako Enomoto.

After seeing an audition notice for the junior fashion magazine nicola, Yui applied and won the Grand Prix award for the audition. After that, she became a nicomo (nicola model) and because of her fashion sense and logical personality, gained many fans. In 2004, she put her modeling in nicola on hold to expand her current career into gravure, appearing on variety shows, and acting. In 2005, she officially graduated from the magazine. The same year, she was in the TBS drama Dragon Zakura. This began her entrance into the acting world and she has gone on to appear in other shows since. Even though she has graduated from nicola, she still appears in the magazine occasionally.

2006 marked the release of her first photobook, Chura Chura, which is regional dialect for something that is beautiful, while in late 2007, her debut album was released, called "Sora".

FILMOGRAPHY

TV Dramas:

Papa to Musume no Nanokakan (TBS, 2007)
My Boss My Hero (NTV, 2006)
Galcir (NTV, 2006)
Kanojo no Koibumi (TV Asahi 2006)
True Love (Fuji TV 2006)
Dragon Zakura (TBS, 2005)
Sh15uya (TV Asahi, 2005)

Movies:

Koizora / Sky of Love (2007)
Koisuru Madori (2007)
Waruboro (2007)

Commercials:

Glico Pocky (2006)
NTT East (2006)
CibaVision Dailies Aqua (2006)
Meiji Chocolate (2005)
JT Senoby (2005)

DISCOGRAPHY

Albums:

2007.12.05: Sora

LINKS OUT

Official Site
Wikipedia (English)
Wikipedia (Japanese)
DramaWiki
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