Yuka Itaya is an actress. Born June 22, 1975, in Fukuoka Prefecture. Blood type O. Affiliated with Amuse. After working as a model, she made her debut in 1999 with the critically acclaimed film “avec mon mari,” for which she won the Best Newcomer Award at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival. Since then, she has appeared in numerous popular works, including the films “Unmei Janai Hito” (2005), “Yokubou” (2005), and “Sad Vacation” (2007), as well as the dramas “Hotaru no Hikari” (2007), “Yoake made Bus Stop de” (2022), and “Black Familia: Shindo-ke no Fukushuu” (2023). She is active in many fields, including serving as a newscaster for the news program “NEWS ZERO” for 11 years until 2018. In February 2007, she married stylist Hirohiko Furuta, and gave birth to her first child, a son, the following year in 2008. She gave birth to her second child, a son, in August 2012. She also serves as the director of her own fashion brand, “SINME.” She is also scheduled to appear in the drama “Tokyo Tower,” which will begin airing in April 2024.