YASUKO OBARA
Stage name: YOU AIHARA

Actor / Singer / Dancer

Nationality: Japanese;
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 90 lbs;
Hair: Black;
Eyes: Brown
Television:

2 / 1989 - 4 / 1990 TBS TV Network, Ikasu Bands Tengoku (Music Program) Master of Ceremonies
4 / 1989 - 4 / 1990 CX TV Network, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Quiz Show) Master of Ceremonies
10 / 1989 - 9 / 1992 TBS TV Network, Chikyu Zig Zag (Educational Program) Host
10 / 1989 - 3 / 1992 NTV TV Network, Dochirasamamo Waratte Yoroshiku (Variety Show) Panelist
4 / 1990 - 3 / 1992 CX TV Network, Sekai no Jyoshiki Hijyoshiki (Quiz Show) Panelist
4 / 1991 TBS TV Network, Cinema Daio, Interview with Bruce Willis
4 / 1991 - 9 / 1992 TBS TV Network, Wakuwaku Doubutsu Land (Quiz Show) Panelist
4 / 1992 - 3 / 1993 TBS TV Network, Cho Zekkyoyugi (Variety Program) Host
4 / 1992 Asahi TV Network, Doppleganger (Music Program) Host
12 / 1992 TBS TV Network, New Years Eve Special, Host
4 / 1993 CX TV Network, Nanda Koria? (News Program) Host
4 / 1993 - 3 / 1995 Asahi TV Network, Seishun no Shokutaku (Variety Program) Host
4 / 1993 - 3 / 1994 NHK TV Network, SOS (Nature Program) Host
4 / 1993 NTV TV Network, Hook Television Special, Special Guest with Dustin Hoffman
6/ 1993 NTV TV Network, Sumo in Hawaii (Documentary) Host
6 / 1993 CX TV Network, The Marriage of the Japanese Imperial Household (News Program) Special Reporter
4 / 1994 - 3 / 1997 TBS TV Network, Sanma no Karakuri TV (Quiz Show) Panelist
4 / 1994 - 3 / 1995 Asahi TV Network, Magnitude 10 (News Program) Host
10 / 1994 CX TV Network, Cirque de Soleil (Documentary) Host
4 / 1995 - 9 / 1996 TBS TV Network,Tokyo Friends Park (Variety Program) Host
10 / 1995 - 9 / 1996 Tokyo TV Network, Heroes Bar (Talk Show) Host
4 / 1995 NHK TV Network, Film Special Effects (Documentary) Host
8 / 1995 NHK TV Network, Uchu no Tamanegi No. 1 (Science Program) Host
8 / 1996 NHK TV Network, Uchu no Tamanegi No. 2 (Science Program) Host
8 / 1997 NHK TV Network, Uchu no Tamanegi No. 3 (Science Program) Host
6 / 1998 - 3 / 2002 She TV Network, Channel Host
10 / 1998 - 3 / 2002 She TV Network, Oh La La!, Voice Over
10 / 1998 - 3 / 2002 She TV Network, Video Fashion News, Voice Over
4 / 1999 - 4 / 2000 She TV Network, Tokyo Fashion Collection, Host
4 / 1999 - 3 / 2002 She TV Network, Yasuko Nandemo Try (Sports Program) Host
10 1999 - 3 / 2002 She TV Network, Yoga Zone, Host
9 / 1999 TBS TV Network, Ano Hito ni Aitai (Talk Show) Guest
12 / 1999 TBS TV Network, Sekai Fushigi Hakken (Variety Show) Host
1 / 2000 TBS TV Network, Sekai Fushigi Hakken (Variety Program) Host
8 / 2000 CX TV Network, Kinyobi Entertainment (News Program) Host
10 / 2000 - 3 / 2002 She TV Network, Gokuraku Spa! (Travel Program) Voice Over
11 / 2000 - 3 / 2002 She TV Network, She on Broadway (Theatre Program) Host
12 / 2001 Asahi TV Network, Honpara Tsukai Zeninaru (New Years Eve Special Program from Ground Zero) Host
2 / 2003 TBS TV Network, Hanamaru Market (News Magazine) Guest
6 / 2003 NTV TV Network, Hananogei no Kai (Talk Show) Guest
7 / 2003 NTV TV Network, The Johothuu (Talk Show) Guest
8 / 2003 TBS TV Network, Seikai Bari Bari Value (Variety Show) Host
12 / 2003 TBS TV Network, Lonloba Zenryokutokyu (News Magazine) Guest

Film & Television Drama:

10 / 1989 CX TV Network, Sutekina Kataomoi (TV Drama)
4 / 1990 Hong Kong Paradise (Movie)
10 / 1992 CX TV Network, Vingt Cinq Ans Kekkon (TV Drama)
10 / 1993 CX TV Network, Furikaereba Yatsugairu (TV Drama)
4 / 1993 CX TV Network, Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari (TV Drama)
4 / 1993 TBS TV Network, Jack and Jerry Story (TV Drama)
4 / 1995 - 3 / 1997 NHK TV Network, Blossom (Animation) Voice of Blossom

Theatre:

8 - 9 / 1992 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan, Nagoya
4 - 5 / 1993 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan, Tokyo
8 - 9 / 1993 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan, Osaka & Nagoya
4 - 5 / 1994 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan, Tokyo & Hiroshima

Radio:

10 / 1989 - 3 / 1991 J Wave Radio Network, Music Delivery, DJ
10 /1989 - 3 / 1991 Radio Bakanaria, DJ
4 / 1991 TBS Radio, Jinsei no Tatsujin, DJ
4 / 1991 Aihara You no Bee Bop You, DJ
10 / 1994 - 9 / 1995 TBS Radio Network, Shima & You no Meikai Shimadasu, (News & Entertainment Program) Host

Music:

1989 Release of single Aihara You: Boku wa Power and promotional music video. Daihatsu Motor Company uses Boku wa Power as advertising theme song for launch of Rocky automobile
1989 Release of album Aihara You: Hello Good Day
1989 Solo Japanese concert tour
1990 Song Yakusoku Suruyo used as theme song for NHK TV's animation Obake no Holy
1990 Solo Japanese concert tour
1991 Song Renai no Cinema Theatre used as theme song for TBS TV's Cinema Diao

Television Commercials:

1989 Daihatsu Motor Company
1991 Yukijirushi Rivendell Ice Cream
1991 Takeda Pharmeceutical Company
1992 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
1993 Sapporo Brewing Company Sapporo Ichiban
1993 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
1994 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
1994 Face of the Asian Games Hiroshima
1995 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
1996 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
1996 Tokyo Gas Corporation
1996 Ajinomoto Food Corporation
1997 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
2000 Asahi Newspaper Group
2003 Nippon Express Corporation

Writing & Internet:

1995 - 1997 Kindai Egasha Magazine, Aihara You no eigawa Kokoro no Vitamin Movie Critic
6 / 1997 Kindai Egasha Publishing, Aihara You: Thank you, Autobiography
4 / 1999 - 3 / 2002 She TV Network Online, Yasuko's New York Diary
4 / 2002 - 10 / 2003 Japion Newspaper, Aihara Yu no I love NY, Columnist
9 / 2002 Tokyo Publishing Company, 101 Messages from New York, Contributor
2 / 2003 - Present Sweet Corporation Online, Aihara You: Thank You, Website

Awards:

2 / 1990 Golden Arrow Award for the Best New Entertainer

Theatre Performances:

8 - 9 / 1992 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan, Nagoya
4 - 5 / 1993 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan, Tokyo
8 - 9 / 1993 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan, Osaka & Nagoya
4 - 5 / 1994 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan, Tokyo & Hiroshima
2003 Steps on Broadway ... And Now for the Flip Side, Choreographer: Lonne Moretton,
2004 Steps on Broadway ... And Now for the Flip Side, Choreographer: Lonne Moretton,

Theatre Education (New York):

Diana Laurenson (Fosse)
David Marquez & Richard Rierlon (Theatrical)
Jay T (Jazz)
Lynn Schwab & Germaine Salsberg (Tap)
David Howard, Lonne Moretton, & Robert Atwood (Ballet)



Vocal Performances:

1989 Release of single Aihara You: Boku wa Power and promotional music video. Daihatsu Motor Company uses Boku wa Power as advertising theme song for launch of Rocky automobile
1989 Release of album Aihara You: Hello Good Day
1989 Solo Japanese concert tour
1990 Song Yakusoku Suruyo used as theme song for NHK TV's animation Obake no Holy
1990 Solo Japanese concert tour
1991 Song Renai no Cinema Theatre used as theme song for TBS TV's Cinema Diao
1992 - 1994 Star as Peter Pan in Hori Productions Peter Pan

Vocal Training (New York):

Douglas Houston, Barbara Bless, & Joan Cobbin