Yuri Ebihara

Japanese model and actress

Keisuke Ogihara

(m. 2010)

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Yuri Ebihara (蛯原友里, Ebihara Yuri) (born 3 October 1979) is a Japanese model and actress. She is a graduate of Kyushu Sangyo University, where she studied fine arts.^[1]^[2]

History

Her first big break came as a model for CanCam, with whom she had an exclusive contract. She has since appeared in several TV dramas, including Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi (TV Asahi, 2007).^[3]

Widely known by her nickname "Ebi-chan", she is especially popular with young men and women. She has been quoted as saying, "If someone doesn't find me cute, I want to know why, because then I'll work on it to get better at being cute".^[4]

Since 2009, she has been an exclusive model for twenties female fashion magazine AneCan.^[5] She also appeared on the fashion magazine Domani targeted thirties as an exclusive model starting with the July 2015 issue.^[6]

Personal life

Ebihara has a younger twin sister, Eri (ja), as well as a younger brother.^[7] In May 2010, Ebihara announced that she had married Ilmari from the music group Rip Slyme.^[8] Their son was born in 2015, and daughter in 2021.^[9]^[10]

Appearances

Films

Tokumei Kachō Tadano Hitoshi Saigo no Gekijōban (2008)^[11]

TV dramas

Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi (TV Asahi, 2003), Kazue Yamabuki^[12]
Salary Man Kintarō 4 (TBS, 2004), Masami Aikawa^[13]
Slow Dance (Fuji TV, 2005), Yukie Sonoda^[14]
Woman's Island: Kanojotachi no Sentaku (NTV, 2006)^[15]
Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (Fuji TV, 2006), Yumi Ebihara^[16]
Oniyome Nikki Īyu Dana (Fuji TV, 2007)^[17]
Doukyūsei: Hito wa, Sando, Koi o Suru (TBS, 2014), herself^[18]

Bibliography

Magazines

CanCam, Shogakukan 1982-, as an exclusive model from 2003 to 2008^[19]
AneCan, Shogakukan 2007-, as an exclusive model from 2009 to 2016^[5]^[20]
Domani, Shogakukan 1997-, as an exclusive model since 2015^[6]

Photobooks

EBI01 (Shogakukan, 1 October 2011) ISBN 9784091036254^[21]

References

^ 蛯原友里のプロフィール (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ 第1子妊娠の蛯原友里モデルとしての華々しい活躍を振り返る (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ TV 特命係長　只野仁（第3期）. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ Kageyama, Yuri (15 June 2006). "Japan struggles with 'cute' image". San Diego Union Tribune. p. C1, C5. Retrieved 15 June 2006.
^ ^a ^b 『きれいになるハーブ』～おしゃれに暮らす幸せレシピ～ (in Japanese). Shogakukan Inc. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b 蛯原友里、前代未聞の“W専属モデル”就任を発表日本ファッション誌史上初の快挙 (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ "Ebi-chan's younger sister Eri Ebihara" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ 押切もえ、エビちゃん祝福「私も幸せ見つけたい」 (in Japanese). 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
^ エビちゃん、待望の第１子妊娠を報告「喜びと幸せな気持ちでいっぱい」 (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ エビちゃん、第１子男児を出産「毎日感動しています」 (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ 映画特命係長　只野仁　最後の劇場版. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ TV 特命係長　只野仁（第1期）. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ TV サラリーマン金太郎4. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ スローダンス (in Japanese). Fuji Television Network Inc. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ TVM ウーマンズ・アイランド彼女たちの選択. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ ブスの瞳に恋してる恋の軌跡、愛の未来スペシャル～初めてのクリスマス・エビちゃんの逆襲～ (in Japanese). Fuji Television Network Inc. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ 鬼嫁日記いい湯だな (in Japanese). Fuji Television Network Inc. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ 蛯原友里、新ドラマ出演決定 EXILE・MATSUらと共演で印象を語る (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ 「10年前より今の私が好き！」蛯原友里のキレイの秘訣4つを公開！！ (in Japanese). Shogakukan Inc. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ 蛯原友里＆高垣麗子「AneCan」卒業を発表 (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ EBI01(エビイチ) : 蛯原友里写真集 (小学館): 2011 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 11 June 2015.