Still Captivating at 45: Yada Akiko, the Everlasting Queen of TV Dramas and Commercials, Charms Men with Skirt-Lifting CMs

Co-starring with Toyoetsu, she has skyrocketed to stardom!

Akiko Yada, now 45 years old, plays the role of a marriage counselor who used to be a nurse in TV Tokyo’s drama “Nurse ga Kekkonkatsu,” which is based on the theme of “marriage activity,” an issue that is now a social concern. In this drama, Akiko, who herself has been married and divorced, plays a charismatic woman who leads a group of lost marriage activity seekers to successful marriages one after another with her blunt and direct mannerisms. In addition to her experience as an actress, Yada’s life experience is also put to good use in the drama.

Born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1978, Yada was scouted in Harajuku when she was 14 years old and in her second year of junior high school, and later began her full-fledged performing career at the age of 16. She started her career in show business at the age of 16, when she became a high school student. “I didn’t join an agency right after I was scouted, and I think I was in my first year of high school. In 1995, she made a strong debut as Toyokawa’s younger sister in the drama “Tell Me You Love Me” (TBS), starring Etsushi Toyokawa.

The response to this drama was so great and so remarkable that the sports newspaper reported Toyokawa and Yada’s passionate love affair. Although the love affair itself was a false alarm, her appearance in this drama led to her subsequent appearances in “The Eldest Son’s Wife 2” (TBS), “Tsubasa wo Kudasai! (Fuji Television Network), and “Bokura no Yuuki: Miman Toshi” (Nippon Television Network).

In 2002, she played the leading role in “My Little Chief” (TBS) for the first time, and appeared in “Shiroi Kyotou” (Fuji TV) and “Last Christmas” (Fuji TV) as the heroine in the “Tsuki 9” drama series starring Yuji Oda. (Fuji Television Network), in which she appeared as the heroine in a “Tsuki 9” drama series starring Yuji Oda.

Around that time, she started dating Kazuhiro Hiramatsu, who had played for the Giants before moving to Chunichi (FRIDAY, December 28, 2001). The “Yada” was seen visiting Hiramatsu’s camp training camp, and the relationship lasted for as long as three years. Since then, there has been talk among those close to her that it was probably for marriage (a source close to the entertainment industry)” (Josei Seven, December 16, 2004 issue). It is clear that she was fulfilled in both her work and private life.

In addition to dramas, she appeared in numerous commercials, including “UHA Taste Gifts Pippin C,” in which she captivated many men with her dancing skirt, “Aflac,” in which she sang “Yo~Kezou~Kezou~Money is important,” and “Georgia,” in which she appeared with Ryoko Yonekura, Eriko Sato, and others in neckties. As reported in the May 15, 2005 issue of the Shukan Koso Rinzasu, she was so successful that she was called the “queen of commercials” at the time.

CM But her relationship with and marriage to Oshio turned her image into a scandalous one.

Yada’s turning point was her relationship with Manabu Oshio, with whom she co-starred in the drama “Yume de Aimasho” (TBS) in 2005. She was attracted to Oshio, who was a returnee from Japan, spoke fluent English, had a good physique, and gave the impression of being mischievous, and they began dating. After her return to work, her career was cut short.