Oshima Yuko was the captain of AKB48's Team K. She is also a member of the subunit Not yet.
Catchphrase
- 目で負かし、心で伝える変幻自在のエンターテイナー、大島優子です。よろしくお願いします
- Me de makashi, kokoro de tsutaeru hengen jizai no ENTAATEINAA, Oshima Yuko desu. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu
- (Charming you with my eyes and communicating with my heart, I'm the ever changing entertainer Oshima Yuko. Please be nice to me)
Team History
- 2006.02.26 - Joined AKB48 as a Team K member
- 2014.06.09 - Graduated from AKB48's Team K (Announcement: December 31, 2013 at the 64th Kouhaku Uta Gassen | Graduation Ceremony: June 8, 2014 at Ajinomoto Stadium)
Leadership History
- 2012.08.24 - Appointed Captain of Team K (Tokyo Dome Team Shuffle) (Predecessor: Akimoto Sayaka)
- 2014.02.24 - Relinquished role as Captain of Team K (AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri) (Successor: Yokoyama Yui)
AKB48 Senbatsu Elections
- 1st Senbatsu Election - #2 (Media Senbatsu) (Kami 7)
- 2nd Senbatsu Election - #1 (Center) (Kami 7)
- 3rd Senbatsu Election - #2 (Media Senbatsu) (Kami 7)
- 4th Senbatsu Election - #1 (Center) (Kami 7)
- 5th Senbatsu Election - #2 (Senbatsu) (Kami 7)
AKB48 Janken Tournaments
- 1st Janken Taikai - Round 1 (Lost to Sashihara Rino)
- 2nd Janken Taikai - Round 2 (Lost to Maeda Ami)
- 3rd Janken Taikai - Round 3 (Lost to Maeda Ami)
- 4th Janken Taikai - Round 1 (Lost to Shiroma Miru)
Discography Participation
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- Seventeen (SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban)
- Anata ga Ite Kureta kara (SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzen ban)
- Baby! Baby! Baby! 2010 (Kamikyokutachi)
- Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to (Kamikyokutachi)
- Shoujotachi yo (Koko ni Ita koto)
- Kaze no Yukue (Koko ni Ita koto) (WCenter with Takahashi Minami)
- Boku ni Dekiru Koto (Koko ni Ita koto) (WCenter with Itano Tomomi)
- Koko ni Ita koto (Koko ni Ita koto)
- First Rabbit (1830m) (WCenter with Maeda Atsuko)
- Daiji na Jikan (1830m)
- Itterasshai (1830m)
- Scandalous ni Ikou (1830m) (Duet with Kojima Haruna)
- Iede no Yoru (1830m) (Center)
- Aozora yo Sabishikunai ka? (1830m)
- After Rain (Tsugi no Ashiato) (WCenter with Watanabe Mayu)
- Tsuyosa to Yowasa no Aida de (Tsugi no Ashiato)
- Boku wa Ganbaru (Tsugi no Ashiato)
- Ichi Ni no San (Tsugi no Ashiato) (Center)
- Kyouhansha (Tsugi no Ashiato) (WCenter with Matsui Jurina)
- Shuumatsu Not yet
- Naminori Kakigoori
- Perapera Perao
- Suika Baby
- Hiri Hiri no Hana
- Sugar Rush (Wreck-It Ralph Soundtrack) (WCenter with Watanabe Mayu)
- Tenohira ga Kataru Koto (Tenohira ga Kataru Koto) (WCenter with Watanabe Mayu)
- Enjoy your life! (Mine)
- Hanareteitemo
- Kokoro no Hane / 心の羽根
Units
Sukeban Girls
- Tsupparu Riyuu
Team Z
- Koi no Onawa
Stage Units
- K1 (PARTY ga Hajimaru)
- Skirt, Hirari
- K2 (Seishun Girls)
- Kinjirareta Futari
- Fushidara na Natsu
- Cinderella wa Damasarenai
- K3 (Nounai Paradise)
- Nakinagara Hohoende
- Himawarigumi 1 (Boku no Taiyou)
- Boku to Juliet to Jet Coaster (1st Unit)
- Himawarigumi 2 (Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai)
- Confession (1st Unit and Revival)
- K4 (Saishuu Bell ga Naru)
- Gomen ne Jewel
- K6 (RESET)
- Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa
- Team K Waiting Stage
- Glory Days
- Higurashi no Koi (New Units)
- K4 (Saishuu Bell ga Naru)
- 19nin Shimai no Uta (Revival)
- Team Surprise 1st Stage (Juuryoku Sympathy)
- 1994-nen no Raimei
- Kinmokusei
- Megami wa Doko de Hohoemu?
- Team Surprise 2nd Stage (Bara no Gishiki)
- Hungry Lion
- Shitsuren Doumei
Concert Units
AKB48 First Concert "Aitakatta ~Hashira wa Naize!~"
AKB48 Haru no Chotto dake Zenkoku Tour ~Madamada Daze AKB48!~
- Nakinagara Hohoende
Live DVD wa Derudaroukedo, Yappari Iki ni Kagiruze! AKB48 Natsu Matsuri
AKB48 Masaka, Kono Concert no Ongen wa Ryuushutsushinai yo ne?
Nenwasure Kanshasai Shuffle Sumaze, AKB! SKE mo Yoroshiku ne
AKB104 Senbatsu Members Sokaku Matsuri
Yokohama Arena 2010 'AKB48 Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpi Ryouron'
- Yuuwaku no Garter
- Temodemo no Namida
Surprise wa Arimasen
- Nakinagara Hohoende
- Temodemo no Namida
- Skirt, Hirari
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2011
- Itoshisa no Accel
Gyomu Renraku. Tanomuzo, Katayama Bucho! in Saitama Super Arena
- Dear J
- Kinjirareta Futari
AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2012
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013
- Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai "Shirokuro tsukeyou janai ka!"
- AKB48
- Nakinagara Hohoende
- AKB48 Group
- Cross
AKB48 Super Festival at Nissan Stadium
- Nakinagara Hohoende
AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~
- Fukuoka Dome
- Korogaru Ishi ni Nare
- End Roll
- Sapporo Dome
- Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa
- Osaka Dome
- Scandalous ni Ikou
- Korogaru Ishi ni Nare
- 1994-nen no Raimei
- Nagoya Dome
- Tokyo Dome
- Skirt, Hirari
- Korogaru Ishi ni Nare
- Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa
- Scandalous ni Ikou (Solo)
- Seifuku Resistance
AKB48 8th Anniversary
AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014
- End Roll
- Plastic no Kuchibiru
- Nakinagara Hohoende
Unit Matsuri 2014
- Ichi Ni no San
AKB48 National Olympic Stadium Concert
- Confession
- Gomen ne Jewel
- Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa
- Senaka Kara Dakishimete
- Nakinagara Hohoende
AKB48 Group at Ajinomoto Stadium
- Nakinagara Hohoende
- Scandalous ni Ikou
- Boku to Juliet to Jet Coaster
- End Roll
- 1994-nen no Raimei
- Kinjirareta Futari
Team K 2nd Generation 10th Anniversary Celebration Special Performance
- Skirt, Hirari
- Kinjirareta Futari
- End Roll
Kojimatsuri ~Kojima Haruna Kanshasai~
Solo Songs
- Nakinagara Hohoende (Team K 3rd Stage)
Publications
Photobooks
- [2001.07.10] Charm (with Tajima Honami)
- [2003.10.18] Kagayaku Kimochi (かがやくきもち)
- [2008.12.19] Yuurari Yuuko (ゆうらりゆうこ)
- [2009.10.17] Yuko no Arienai Nichijou (優子のありえない日常)
- [2010.08.25] Oshima Yuko L.A. (大島優子L.A.)
- [2011.06.17] Yuko (優子)
- [2014.09.18] Nugiyagare! (脱ぎやがれ!)
- [2018.12.07] Work
- [2018.12.07] Life
DVD's
- [2001.08] Growing up! (with Tajima Honami)
- [2003.10.03] adolescence
- [2008.12.19] Yuurari Yuuko (ゆうらりゆうこ)
- [2009.12.06] To, Yuuko to. (と、ゆうこと。)
- [2010.11.10] Kimi wa, Boku no Mono (君は、僕のもの)
Media Appearances
Movies
- [1998.09.26] Daikaiju Tokyo ni Arawareru (as a Festival girl)
- [2000.06.10] Senrigan (as a young Miyuki Misaki, flashbacks)
- [2007.08.25] Densen Uta (as Anzu Natsuno)
- [2008] Sakura no Sono Remake (as Midori Sawa)
- [2009] Teketeke (as Kana Ohashi)
- [2009] Teketeke 2 (as Kana Ohashi)
- [2009] Giniro no Ame (as Minori)
- [2010] Shibuya (as Yuu)
- [2010] Sweet Little Lies (as Aya Iwamoto)
- [2010] Sankaku (as a friend)
- [2011] Documentary of AKB48: To Be Continued (as Self)
- [2012] Documentary of AKB48: Show Must Go On (as Self)
- [2012] Yamikin Ushijima-kun (as Suzuki Miko)
- [2013] Documentary of AKB48: No Flower Without Rain (as Self)
- [2016] Sanada Juyushi (as Hotaru)
Dramas
- [1996.04.15-1996.05.31] Hiyoko-tachi no Tenshi
- [1996.07.22-1996.08.30] Love no Okurimono
- [1997.01.06-1996.03.17] Virgin Road
- [1997.07-1997.09] D×D
- [1997.11.30] Denji Sentai Megaranger (as a child disguise of NeziYellow, Episode 40)
- [1998.04.18-1998.07.04] LOVE&PEACE
- [1999.04.09] Vanny Knights (as a young Morino Arisu, Episode 2)
- [2008.08.28-2008.10.02] Cat Street (as Hirano Yumi, Episodes 2-4)
- [2009.05.30-2009.06.27] Kaze ni Maiagaru Vinyl Sheet (as Kawai Chizuru)
- [2010.01.08-2010.03.26] Majisuka Gakuen (as a character named after her)
- [2010.01.14-2010.03.11] Angel Bank (as Ogasawara Manami)
- [2010.04.13-2010.06.5] Sandaime Kogoro Akechi: Kyou mo Meichi ga Korosareru (as Okamoto Momoko)
- [2010.08.24] Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Akai Earring no Kai (as Watabiki Masayo)
- [2010.10.10-2010.12.05] Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso (as Ibushi Kaoru)
- [2011.02.26-2011.03.06] Sakura kara no Tegami (as herself)
- [2011.04.15-2011.06.01] Majisuka Gakuen 2 (as the Oshima Siblings: Yuko, Yuki and Yuka)
- [2011.10.17-2011.12.19] Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu (as Hanzawa Mako)
- [2012.04.12-2012.06.21] Kaeru no Oujo-sama (as Nonomura Mahiru)
- [2012] Blackboard ~Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoshi-tachi~ (as Ichihara Takami)
- [2013.02.12] So long! (Episode 2, as Kurabayashi Miho)
Variety Shows
- AKB 1ji 59fun!
- AKB 0ji 59fun!
- Yonpara (With Not yet) (2011)
- AKBINGO!
- Shukan AKB
- AKB MOTOR CLUB
- HaKaTa Hyakkaten
- AKB48 Nemousu Terebi (Season 3/4/5/6)
Animated
- ICE <THE MOVIE> (as Rinne) (2008)
- Disney's Brave (as Merida) (2012)
- Soreike! Anpanman Miija to Mahounranpu (2015)
- Chiisana Princessa Sofia (2016)
Stage Plays
- Fumetsu no Senritsu (不滅の旋律ー) (2018)
- Unconditional Love (アンコンディショナルラブ) (2018)
- Crime and Punishment (罪と罰) (2019)
- Love Letters (ラヴ・レターズ) (2019)
Trivia
- Hobbies: Collecting bath soaps and sneakers, people watching.
- Special Skills: Impressions, snowboarding, long-distance running.
- Charm point: Eyes and dimples
- Favorite AKB48 single: Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou
- Favorite AKB48 stage song: To be continued
- Favorite AKB48 outfit: Tenshi no Shippo
- Favorite artist: Beyoncé, Rihanna
- Favorite drink: Yasai Ichinichi Kore Ippon
- Favorite food: Cheese
- Favorite member: Kojima Haruna (KojiYuu)
- Favorite TV show: Pusma
- Favorite season: The start of summer
- Likes: Red things, traveling
- Special talents: Sleeping, impressions, snowboarding, long-distance running
- Good friends with: Kojima Haruna (KojiYuu), Watanabe Mayu (Oshiri Sisters), Miyazawa Sae (SaeYuu), Akimoto Sayaka, Noro Kayo
- Her favorite Dragon Ball character is Majin Buu.
- Former member of Cooking Club and Driving Club
- Former member of Not yet
- Was a U-15 gravure idol before joining AKB48, beginning her career at the age of 13
- Was part of the idol group Doll's Vox in 2005
- Yuko is best known for her cheery personality, dimply smile and prominent squirrel teeth.
Yuko got mistaken for Takamina
Korisu being confused for Takamina
- Some fans often confuse her for Takamina.
- Known as one of the best dancers in 48Group
- Is afraid of balloons
- Her first on-screen kiss was in the drama "Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu" (episode 4)
- She played bass guitar in high school and also was the bassist for AKB48's 25th single GIVE ME FIVE! and 33th single Heart Ereki
- Has a rabbit named Marty.
- Likes red things.
- She and Watanabe Mayu call themselves Oshiri Sisters ("Butt Sisters") due to their love of butts
- Before her graduation, she held two events for her fans called "Yuko Kanshasai", which were similar to AKB48 handshake events
- She continues to hold such events for her fanclub members. In DOCUMENTARY of AKB48 The Time Has Come, she stated that she wants to continue to have a close interaction with her fans as she had as an AKB member.
- Is 1/4 American. Her mother is half American, half Japanese; her father is Japanese.
- The longest AKB48 2nd Generation to stay in Team K and the only original Team K member left at the time of her graduation.
- As shown in AKBINGO!, she hates balloons, but she can also fight her fear if the script demands them. She showed this in the Sweet & Bitter PV and in Shukan AKB's Dokkiri Girl's High School
- Chose Nakanishi Chiyori as her oshimen in HKT48 in the show HaKaTa Hyakkaten; the show supplied her a "deluxe" version of the standard oshimen badge used (bigger than the other members', but smaller than Takahashi Minami's version).
- She has an older sister.
- Since graduating from AKB48, she has had a successful career as an actress, appearing in a large number of movies and television dramas.
- In 2012, while still in the group, she starred as the Japanese voice of Princess Merida in Disney/Pixar's "Brave." She reprised the dubbing role in Disney's "Ralph Breaks the Internet" in 2018.
- Took a hiatus from show business in 2017 to study English while living in New York for one year.
- Announced her marriage to actor Hayashi Kento on July 29, 2021.
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