Aragaki Yui is a Japanese actress, singer, and model born on June 11, 1988, in Naha, Okinawa. She began her modeling career at 13, after auditioning for junior fashion magazine Nicola. She set a record by appearing fifteen times on the magazine’s cover. She made her acting debut in Shibuya in 2005, and also became quite famous appearing in Pocky commercials. She started voice acting in 2006. Her breakthrough in the acting industry was, when she took up a role in TBS drama, Dragon Zakura alongside Tomohisa Yamashita and Masami Nagasawa. She has won many awards in her career which includes, 20th Nikkan Sports Film Awards, 32nd Elan d’or Awards, 10th Tokyo Drama Awards, 60th Blue Ribbon Awards, and many more. In 2021, she married her co-star, Gen Hoshino. So, here is the compilation of the best dramas and movies featuring Aragaki Yui.
1. Weakest Beast
Weakest Beast is a romantic drama released in 2018. The drama revolves around Akira Shinkai and Kosei Nemoto. Akira Shinkai is a 30-year-old lady who always has a smile on her face and is perfect at work. Kosei Nemoto is a 33 -year-old man who works as an accountant. He is friendly and is quite popular among women. But he has trust issues and does not fall in live easily. However, both met at a bar and were attracted to each other.
2. The Full-Time Wife Escapist
The Full-Time Wife Escapist is a contract marriage drama released in 2016. The drama revolves around a girl, Mikuri Moriyama. Mikuri is a 25-year-old graduate who doesn’t have a job and doesn’t have a boyfriend. Due to this she feels left behind and not needed. Unable to see her misery, her father arranges a housekeeper’s job for her. She has to work for 36-year-old Hiramasa Tsuzaki, who is single and a company worker. After a series of events, they have to sign a contract marriage and get married in secret.
3. Okitegami Kyoko No Biboroku
Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku is a mystery romance drama released in 2015. The drama tells the story of the world’s fastest detective. Okitegami Kyoko is a private detective. She is known as forgetful detective as her memory resets when she sleeps at night. So, she has to complete her task in one day and hence has a reputation as the fastest detective. She has one sentence written in her body, “I am Okitegami Kyoko, detective. My memory reset after one day.” Kakushidate Yakusuke has a crush on Okitegami, but she always mistakes him as the culprit.
4. Public Affairs Office In The Sky
Public Affairs Office in the Sky is a romantic Japanese drama released in 2013. The drama tells the story of two individuals and their quest to deal with their crushed dreams. Rika Inaba is a passionate and hardworking reporter at a broadcasting company and was living her childhood dreams. She was regarded as a promising reporter in her company. Because of her sense of duty, she often caused trouble for her and the people she covers. Now, she is forced to work as a director at the evening information program and has to cover Japanese Self-Defense Forces. There she meets Lieutenant Daisuke Sorai who wanted to become a fighter pilot but had to give up his dream after getting into an accident that injured his leg. He now works at the Air Staff Office.
5. Legal High
Legal High is a comedy Japanese drama released in 2012. The drama tells the story of two attorneys with different personalities. Komikado Kensuke is an attorney who loves money, prestige, and women. He has a 100% winning rate. On the other hand, Mayuzumi Machiko is a rookie attorney, who has a great sense of justice and always eager to help the weak. After seveeral events, Mayuzumi started working in Komikadi’s law office. The two often fought in the office but in the courtroom, they cooperate and fight as a team.
6. Seiyoku
Seiyoku is a Japanese movie released in 2023. The film tells the story of Terai Hiroki and Kiryu Natsuki. Terai Hiroki is a prosecutor and works at the Yokohama Public Prosecutors’ Office. He is married and has an elementary school-going son. He often worries that his son might shut himself from the outside world. On the other hand, there is Kiryu Natsuki, who works as a contract worker in a mall and has a desire to disconnect herself from the outside world.
7. Mix
Mix is a romantic movie released in 2017. The film tells the story of two individuals betrayed by their respective partners. Tamako Tomita was a table tennis prodigy and received a strict lesson until her other’s death. At 28, she works at an office and gets dumped by her boyfriend, Akihiko Ejima, a member of the table tennis club. Devastated by this, she returned to her hometown and sees her mother’s table tennis club on the brink of its end. There, she meets Hisashi Hagiwara, a new member who was also dumped by his wife and daughter. To take revenge from her ex-boyfriend, Tamako decides to team up with Hisashi in mixed double table tennis tournament.
8. Have A Song In Your Lips
Have a Song in Your Lips was released in 2015. The film revolves around a woman named Yuri Kashiwagi. Yuri Kashiwagi is a talented pianist and a part-time in Tokyo. Haruko is her former colleague and she goes on a maternity leave and asks her to fill up as a choral advisor at a middle school. When she arrived at the school, she gave assignments to her new students to write a letter to themselves 15 years in the future, which unraveled many worries and concerns about adulthood.
9. Twilight: Saya In Sasara
Twilight: Saya in Sasara was released in 2014. The film tells the story of struggles of a single mother. Saya lost her husband Yutaro in a car accident after the birth of their son. Then Saya dedicated her life protecting her son. She moves to a town called Sasara. Saya faces many difficulties in raising her son on her own without any family guidance. However, Yutaro can help his wife even after dying by possessing the body of other people in the town.
10. Hanamizuki
Hanamizuki was released in 2010. The film tells the story of a young couple, Sae and Kouhei. Sae is a high school student who is preparing for her college entrance. She lost her father at a very young age as her father had a terminal illness. She then meets Kouhei, who goes to a specialized high school that teaches fishery and dreams of becoming a fisherman like his father and grandfather. The two fell in love and were in a long-distance relationship, but broke up.
