Yumena Yanai
Yumena Yanai
箭内夢菜
Yanai in October 2019
Born (2000-06-21) June 21, 2000
Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Other namesYumeppe (夢っぺ)[1]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2017–present
AgentIrving
Modeling information
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Hair colorblack
Eye colorbrown

Yumena Yanai (箭内夢菜, Yanai Yūmena; June 21, 2000), is a Japanese actress and model. She is signed under the talent agency Irving.

Biography

Yanai was born on June 21, 2000, in Kōriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture. She is the eldest of four siblings, with two younger brothers and one younger sister.[2]

Career

In 2016, Yanai participated in the "Miss Seventeen 2016" exclusive model audition for Seventeen magazine, in which she was selected as one of the 20 finalists from a total of 6,103 candidates.[3] In the same year, Yanai was scouted by an entertainment agency while out in Harajuku. In October, she joined the talent agency Irving, and was selected as the cover model for "Fukushima Bishojo Zukan" and for a commercial.[4][5]

In 2017, she again took part in the "Miss Seventeen 2017" pageant and this time became the grand prize winner out of 5,981 candidates and became an exclusive model for the said magazine.[6] A year later in July 2018, she made her debut as an actress in the television drama Let's Go Jets! as Honoka Tachibana.[7]

In 2019, she appeared in the thriller and mystery drama Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom as a student named Yuki Misaki.[8] Yanai also appeared in the drama Where Did My Skirt Go? as Momo Horie.[9] Yanai made her first film appearance in the movie Snow Flower released on February 1 of the same year.[10] On December 8, she made a guest appearance in the ninth episode of the afternoon drama Nippon Noir: Detective Y's Rebellion, playing the role of Yuki Misaki, the character she played in Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom.[11] In 2020, she launched her own YouTube channel called "Yumena Yanai's Dream" (箭内夢菜のユメ).

In 2020, Yanai played the role of Aoi Inuyama in the live-action television adaptation of the mangaLaid-Back Camp.[12][13] This work soon became a big hit with both the television audience and readers of the original work for its "faithful portrayal" of the storyline in the manga, so much so that a special drama was produced in March 2021 and a second season was produced in April of that year.[14][15] In July, she also appeared in the drama's Midsummer Boy: 19452020 in TV Asahi and Koto no Hana.[16][17]

In 2021, Yanai was appointed as the "Degawa Girl" of Sekai no Hate Made Itte Q!.[18] In March, she "graduated" as an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazine Seventeen after over three and a half years with the brand.[19] In April of the same year, she played her first leading role in a film in the movie Two in Space, the film was released in theaters two years later in October 2023.[20] Yanai also portrayed the lead role of Hana Morimura in the serialteen dramaThe High School Heroes.[21]

In April 2023, she appeared in the Sunday drama Passion for Punchlines as the protagonist's older sister, Mai Wakabayashi, marking her second prime-time drama appearance in four years since Where Did My Skirt Go? in 2019.[22] In October of the same year, she appeared in the Tuesday drama My Second Aoharu as the main lead's classmate, Sumika Asada, also making her first attempt in portraying a gal role.[23]

In April 2024, Yanai played the role of Nishio Futaba in the television drama 9 Border.[24] In the following year in May 2025, she played her first lead role as Kotori Ogata in the drama I Fell in Love With The Hypothermic Boy.[25]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Snow FlowerHatsumi Watabiki [10]
High&Low The WorstYui Ueda [26]
Dark School RulesKirarin Uesaka [27]
He Won't Kill, She Won't DieYamato Nadeshiko [28]
2021 Two in SpaceYume Lead role; anthology film [29][20]
My Heart Beats Because of YouYayoi Hoshikawa [30]
2022 The Violence ActionRika [31]
2023 And Yet, You Are So SweetHina [32]
You Made My DawnSayaka [33]
2024 Blue PeriodMiki Kinemi [34]
2025 A Bad SummerRika [35]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 We Are Rockets!Honoka Tachibana [7]
Small River, Ryoma Comesas Herself [36]
2019 Mr. Hiiragi's HomeroomYuki Misaki [8]
Where Did My Skirt Go?Momo Horie [9][37]
Dark School RulesKirarin Uesaka [27]
Nippon Noir: Detective Y's RebellionYuki Misaki [11]
2020 Laid-Back CampAoi Inuyama [38][12]
Midsummer Boy: 19452020Akina Koizumi [39]
KotonohaAyumi Sato [17]
2021 The High School HeroesHana Morimura [40]
Solomon's PerjuryYukiko Dobashi Episodes 1 and 8 [41]
True Horror Stories: The Seven Mysteries of a Certain SchoolYuna Nakamura [42]
2022 Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's GirlfriendMoe Maya [43]
SoloGirls, Activity Recommendation 2"Airsoft Girl" [44]
Swim! CarpReiko Watanabe [45]
Youth CinderellaKaori Ito [46]
2023 Passion for PunchlinesMai Wakabayashi [22]
My Second AoharuSumika Asada [23]
2024 9 BorderNishio Futaba [24]
2025 I Fell in Love With The Hypothermic BoyKotori Ogata Lead role [47]

References

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  10. ^ ab"登坂広臣×中条あやみ「雪の華」音楽を葉加瀬太郎が担当、劇中カットも解禁（動画あり / コメントあり）" ["Taro Hakase will be in charge of the music for Hiroomi Tosaka x Ayami Nakajo's Snow Flower, and scenes from the film have also been released]. Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved January 19, 2025.
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  19. ^"「イッテＱ」出川ガール・箭内夢菜「Seventeen」卒業を報告「これからも精一杯がんばります」 - モデルプレス" ["ItteQ" Degawa Girl Yumena Yanai reports graduation from "Seventeen" "I will continue to do my best""]. Modelpress (in Japanese). January 25, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
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  21. ^"美 少年「ザ・ハイスクール ヒーローズ」に柳葉敏郎、中山美穂、戸次重幸、関智一（コメントあり）" [Bishonen's "The High School Heroes" to feature Toshiro Yanagiba, Miho Nakayama, Shigeyuki Totsugi, and Tomokazu Seki]. 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2025.
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  32. ^"箭内夢菜が「なのに、千輝くんが甘すぎる。」に参加、高橋恭平の熱烈ファン役（コメントあり）" ["Yumena Yanai joins And Yet, You Are So Sweet, as a passionate fan of Kyohei Takahashi"]. Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  33. ^"「夜きみ」に箭内夢菜、吉田ウーロン太、今井隆文、上杉柊平、鶴田真由が出演" [Yumena Yanai, Uronta Yoshida, Takafumi Imai, Shuhei Uesugi, and Mayu Tsuruta will appear in "Yorukimi]. Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved January 19, 2025.
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  42. ^"ほんとにあった怖い話：橋本環奈、乃木坂46与田祐希、山崎育三郎出演 今夜「2021特別編」 3時のヒロイン・ゆめっちの実体験も" [True Scary Stories: Kanna Hashimoto, Nogizaka46's Yūki Yoda, and Ikusaburo Yamazaki tonight in the "2021 Special Edition" featuring the real-life experiences of Yumechi, the 3 o'clock heroine]. MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ） (in Japanese). October 23, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  43. ^"『明日カノ』実写キャスト発表、吉川愛・横田真悠・齊藤なぎさ・箭内夢菜・宇垣美里が"キャラ体現"" ["Tomorrow Kano" live-action cast announced, Ai Yoshikawa, Mayuu Yokota, Saito Nagisa, Yanai Yumena, and Ugaki Misato "embodied the characters""]. ORICON NEWS. June 25, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  44. ^"江口のりこ主演『ソロ活女子のススメ２』藤原樹、佐伯大地、卓球の水谷隼らゲスト出演" [Noriko Eguchi stars in "Solo Active Girls' Recommendation 2" with guest appearances by Itsuki Fujiwara, Daichi Saeki, and table tennis player Jun Mizutani]. ORICON NEWS. June 25, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  45. ^"錦鯉の半生描く『泳げ！ニシキゴイ』渡辺家キャスト発表 光石研＆ヒコロヒーが両親役". ORICON NEWS. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  46. ^"本田響矢、ツンデレ高校生・長谷川くん役に 久間田琳加主演『青春シンデレラ』に水谷果穂＆箭内夢菜も" ["Kyoya Honda plays the role of tsundere high school student Hasegawa-kun. Kaho Mizutani and Yumena Yanai also appear in "Seishun Cinderella" starring Rinka Kumagaya]. ORICON NEWS. June 25, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  47. ^"M!LK曽野舜太主演で「低体温男子になつかれました。」ドラマ化、ヒロインは箭内夢菜（コメントあり）" [M!LK's Shunta Sono stars in the drama "I Fell in Love With The Hypothermic Boy", with Yumena Yanai as the heroine]. 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved May 31, 2025.
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