Yui Okada

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Yui Okada
岡田 唯
Born (1987-12-28) December 28, 1987 (age 36)
Other namesOkayan, Yuiyan
Occupations
Musical career
Genres
Years active2004–2010
Labels
  • Piccolo Town

Yui Okada (岡田 唯, Okada Yui) (born December 28, 1987, in

Up-Front Agency. She is currently no longer in the entertainment business, having retired to study beauty.[2]

Biography

History

In June 2004, Okada passed

Hello! Pro Eggs), along with 32 other girls. She was chosen out of over 10,500 applicants.[3] Two months later, in August, she was put into a group with Morning Musume member Rika Ishikawa and sole "Hello! Project Shin Unit Audition" winner Erika Miyoshi.[3] The group was named "V-u-den".[4]
Their debut single, "Koi no Nukegara", was released on September 23.

In January 2006, she was added to the new

Okinawa and titled "I Doll" (a pun on "Idol"), was released in February, with the DVD released the following month.[5] Okada was cast in the film Sukeban Deka: Codename Saki Asamiya as Tae Konno, released on September 30, 2006.[6]

In 2008, it was announced that V-u-den would disband after their June concert tour.

gravure
work, as well as appearing on variety shows.

On March 31, 2009, Okada graduated from Hello! Project along with the entire Elder Club, as part of a mass graduation.

race queen
.

In April 2013, Okada launched her clothing brand, Ivora.

Releases

Photobooks

# Title Release date ISBN
Hello Hello! Erika Miyoshi & Yui Okada
Shashinshū
from v-u-den

(ハロハロ! 三好絵梨香&岡田唯 写真集from美勇伝)
2005-03-05
1 I Doll 2006-02-19
2 Yui Okada Hello! Project 2007 Winter Concert 2007-01-28

DVDs

  • I Doll (2006-03-01)

Appearances

Movies

TV shows

Show Start date End date
Majokko Rika-chan no Magical V-u-den
(魔女っ娘。梨華ちゃんのマジカル美勇伝)
2004-10-03 2004-12-24
Musume Dokyu! (娘DOKYU!) 2005-04-07 2005-06-07
Quiz! Hexagon II (クイズ!ヘキサゴンII) 2007-06-20

Radio

Program Station Start date End date
Hello Pro Yanen!! (ハロプロやねん!!) ABC 2005-02-04 2005-03-18
B.B.L. FM Fuji 2005-04-03 2006-09-30
TBC Fun Fīrudo Mōretsu Mōdasshu
(TBC Funふぃーるど・モーレツモーダッシュ)
TBC 2005-08-08 2005-08-12
2005-08-22 2005-08-26
2006-11-13 2006-11-24
V-u-den Beauty Hour 21 (美勇伝 Beauty Hour 21) Radio Amusement Park 2006-09-29 2007-03-30
V-u-den Miyoshi/Okada no Konya wa Futaribotchi
(美勇伝 三好・岡田の今夜はふたりぼっち)
FM PORT 2007-04-06 208-06-27

External links

References

  1. ^ "美勇伝 プロフィール (V-u-den Profile)" (in Japanese). Up-Front Agency. Archived from the original on 2004-08-10. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  2. ^ a b c "元美勇伝、岡田唯が引退「美容の勉強を」 (Former v-u-den Yui Okada retires "to study beauty"" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 2010-06-23. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  3. ^
    Up-Front Agency. Archived
    from the original on 2004-08-10. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  4. on August 10, 2004. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  5. on June 24, 2012. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  6. ^ "IMDB - Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)". IMDB. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  7. ^ "美勇伝、6月の単独ツアーをもって解散 (V-u-den to disband after June solo tour)" (in Japanese). natalie.mu. 2008-01-26. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  8. ^ "エルダークラブ卒業について (About the Elder Club graduation) - Tsunku's official Ameba blog" (in Japanese). Tsunku. 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  9. ^ a b c "岡田唯に関するお知らせ (Announcement regarding Yui Okada)" (in Japanese). Up-Frony Agency. 2010-06-23. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-18.