is a Japanese actress. She has played numerous roles in film and television, including lead roles in Snakes and Earrings, Yurigokoro, and the NHK asadora Hanako to Anne.
Career At age 16, her first year of high school, Yoshitaka joined the entertainment industry when she was scouted by an agency while shopping at Harajuku. Yoshitaka made her acting debut in 2006. She was given the lead role in the live-action adaptation of Hitomi Kanehara's award-winning novel Snakes and Earrings in 2007. Portraying Lui, a teenager whose life goes into a downward spiral after meeting the forked-tongued and tattooed Ama, the role was Yoshitaka's breakthrough role. The Japanese public began to take notice of her, and in a poll conducted by Oricon, Yoshitaka was the fifth promising young actress of 2009 and 2009's freshest female celebrity. In 2010, Oricon again conducted a poll on the most promising actress and she managed climb up to top the poll.
Yoshitaka began to receive more work in 2008 as she appeared in Flow's music video , was given her first lead role in the comedy drama and took up the lead role in the film before the theatrical release of her other lead film Snakes and Earrings.
In 2009, Yoshitaka was given the role of the suicidal Kairi Hayakawa in the romantic-comedy drama Love Shuffle. Later in the year, she portrayed in the police drama Tokyo Dogs with Shun Oguri and Hiro Mizushima as her co-stars.
In 2010, she starred as all three sisters in a short drama series titled . It was announced on May 13, 2010 that Yoshitaka was given her first lead role in a network television drama series called , portraying a university student with an incurable illness.
She played Tae Kojima in the two-part 2011 live-action adaptation of the sci-fi and action manga Gantz. She also took the lead role in Kōji Maeda's movie Konzen Tokkyū, portraying a young woman dating multiple men in hopes of finding the right one to marry. It premiered in Spring 2011.
From March 31, 2014 to September 27, 2014 she portrayed Hanako Muraoka (1893–1968) in , a Japanese television drama series, the 90th Asadora series broadcast on NHK. She hosted the 65th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve 2014 alongside Arashi.
Personal life While she was preparing for her role in Snakes and Earrings, Yoshitaka was involved in a traffic accident in September 2007, and suffered a fractured jaw. She was in the intensive care unit (ICU) for five days as a result.
Filmography
TV drama Year Title RoleNotesRef2006Jikō KeisatsuMayumiEpisode 6Childrenyoung MiharuTelevision filmPS RashōmonYukari SonodaEpisode 2Ii OnnaMika Nakamura2007Jodan Ja Nai!Episode 8Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari: Countdown2008Ashita no Kita YoshioShinobu Yoimachi AtsuhimeOtetsuTaiga dramaKonno-san to AsoboMiyuki Konno Lead roleAverageTaiyo to Umi no KyoshitsuAkari YashimaTonsureMika KashiwabaLead roleAverage 2The Naminori RestaurantMisaki2009Love ShuffleKairi HayakawaTrue Horror Stories: Chi Nurareta RyokanMoe YasudaLead role; short dramaShiroi HaruShiori NishidaIkemen Shin Sobaya TanteiGlicoEpisode 5Tokyo DogsYūki Matsunaga2010Tofu ShimaiThree sisters: Kinuyo, Momen, YurikoLead role; miniseriesMiokaMioka MinegishiLead role2011The Reason I can't Find LoveSaki OguraLead role2012Vampire Prosecutor 2Luna2013Galileo 2Misa Kishitani2014Hanako to AnneHanako MuraokaLead role; Asadora2017Tokyo Tarareba GirlsRinko KamataLead role2018Ms. JusticeRiriko TakemuraLead role2019I Will Not Work Overtime, PeriodYui HigashiyamaLead role2020Off the RecordKeito MakabeLead roleThe Dangerous VenusKaede Yagami2021DearestRio SanadaLead role2022Kaze yo Arashi yoItō NoeLead role; television film2023On a Starry NightSuzu YukimiyaLead role2024Dear RadianceMurasaki ShikibuLead role; Taiga drama
Film Year Title RoleNotesRef2005Zoo"Seven Rooms" Room 7 girl2006 Noriko's Dinner TableYuka Shimbara2007MaruyamachoSetaKayokyoku Dayo, Jinsei waAdrift in TokyoFufumi2008Yubae ShōjoLead roleCyborg SheStudent in the 22nd CenturyYour FriendsHanai KyōkoSnakes and EarringsLuiLead role2009Gravity's ClownsNatsukoKaiji 2Hiromi Ishida2010Subete wa Umi ni NaruShizuko2011GantzTae KojimaGantz: Perfect AnswerTae KojimaCannonball WedlockChieLead role2012Robo-GYoko SasakiWe Were There: First LoveNanami TakahashiLead role We Were There: True LoveNanami TakahashiLead role 2013The Story of YonosukeShoko Yosano Midsummer's EquationMisa Kishitani 2017YurigokoroMisakoLead role2018Killing for the ProsecutionSaho Tachibana2020Your Eyes TellAkari KashiwagiLead role2024Kaze yo Arashi yoItō NoeLead role2026The Samurai and the PrisonerChiyoho
Awards and nominations Year Organization Award Work Result Ref(s)200728th Yokohama Film FestivalBest NewcomerNoriko's Dinner Table200932nd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest NewcomerSnakes and Earrings51st Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Newcomer18th Japan Movie Critics AwardsBest New Actress201236th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHerself33rd Yokohama Film FestivalBest ActressCannonball Wedlock201468th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressThe Story of Yonosuke201841st Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActressYurigokoro202215th Tokyo Drama AwardsBest ActressDearest
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