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My Take
Yukie Nakama's career makes more sense the longer you look at it. She came out of Urasoe, Okinawa, took the Elan d'or Newcomer Award in 2003, and then refused to be one thing: she could anchor a loud school comedy and play deadpan inside an oddball mystery, and neither felt like slumming. That range usually gets an actor called versatile and then quietly forgotten. Instead both registers became career-defining. Two decades on, with almost no noise around her, the work simply keeps accumulating.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yukie Nakama
- Name (Japanese)
- 仲間由紀恵
- Born
- October 30, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
- Origin
- Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 160 cm
- Occupation
- actor / singer / seiyū
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2003 Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.ogipro.com/talent/nakama/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yukienakama_official/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%B2%E9%96%93%E7%94%B1%E7%B4%80%E6%81%B5
Frequently asked questions
When was Yukie Nakama born?
Born October 30, 1979 (age 46).
Where is Yukie Nakama from?
Yukie Nakama is from Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
What does Yukie Nakama do?
Yukie Nakama works as actor, singer, seiyū.
How tall is Yukie Nakama?
Yukie Nakama is 160 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-26
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.