Yurina Hirate

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Yurina Hirate
平手 友梨奈
Born (2001-06-25) 25 June 2001 (age 20)
OriginAichi Prefecture, Japan
GenresJ-pop
Occupation(s)
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2015–present
LabelsSony Music
Associated actsKeyakizaka46 (2015–2020)
Websitehttps://hirateyurina.jp/

Yurina Hirate (平手 友梨奈, Hirate Yurina, born 25 June 2001) is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol group Keyakizaka46.

Early life and education[]

Yurina Hirate was born on June 25, 2001.[1] In March 2017, she graduated from junior high school.[2]

Career[]

Hirate was the choreography center of the idol group Keyakizaka46 for eight singles.[3][4] When she was selected as the center for the first time (for Keyakizaka46's debut single "Silent Majority", released in April 2016 on Sony Records), she was 14 and was the youngest member of the girl group.[5][6] The second Keyakizaka46's single "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" (released in August 2016) contained Hirate's solo song[7] (as one of the coupling tracks).

On October 8, 2016, at the GirlsAward 2016 Autumn/Winter show, she had her catwalk debut.[8][9] In January 2017 she and Rika Watanabe (also from Keyakizaka46) appeared (as models) in the women's fashion magazine (LARME) for the first time.[10] The 2017/14 issue of the manga magazine Weekly Young Jump (released on March 2) marked her first solo magazine cover.[11] In the 2017/16 issue of the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine, she again had a solo cover.[2]

In June 2016 she debuted as an actress on TV (in Keyakizaka46's TV drama titled Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? (徳山大五郎を誰が殺したか?).[12] Since April 17, 2017, she has been a regular on a popular radio show for teenagers titled on Tokyo FM.[13][14] Hirate played one of the lead roles in the 2017 Nippon TV dorama Zankoku na Kankyakutachi (残酷な観客達).

Hirate withdrew from Keyakizaka46 on January 23, 2020.[15]

On December 9, 2020, Hirate performed her debut single "Dance no Riyū" for the first time at the FNS Music Festival.[16] The single was later released digitally on December 25 with its music video released three days earlier.[17]

Personal life[]

Special skills[]

Hirate is skilled at basketball, ballet, cartwheel, swing on bars and blowing up balloons etc.[18] When Hirate was little, she has been influenced by her friends from nursery school[19] and fallen in love with basketball. She joined the basketball club in the second grade[19] and was assigned to the position of centre.[20] Her team even won a championship at a tournament when she was in 6th grade.[19] Besides, Hirate learned ballet when she was 5 years old[19] to 12 years old.[21]

Public image[]

Hirate has been dubbed a "rebirth of Momoe Yamaguchi", "a masterpiece beyond Atsuko Maeda"[6] and called one of the most attractive idols of 2016.[22]

Discography[]

Singles[]

List of singles, with selected chart positions, sales and album name
Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Sales Album
JPN
Dig.
[23] 		Hot
[24]
"Dance no Riyū" (ダンスの理由) 2020 6 34 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2018 Hibiki Hibiki Akui Leading role [26]
2021 The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window Erika Hiura [27]
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill Hinako [28]

Television[]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref(s)
2016 Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? Yurina Hirate TV Tokyo Leading role
2017 Cruel Crowd Yuzuki Hayama NTV Leading role
2021 Dragon Zakura 2 Kaede Iwasaki TBS [29]

Awards[]

Year Award Category Nominated work(s) Result
2018 43rd Hochi Film Award Hibiki Nominated
Nominated
31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Newcomer Won
2019 43rd Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Nominated
73rd Mainichi Film Awards Nominated
61st Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer Nominated
28th Tokyo Sports Film Award Best Newcomer Nominated
42nd Japan Academy Prize Newcomer of the Year Won
28th Japanese Movie Critics Award New Actress Award Won

References[]

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