Yuriko Tiger


Eleonora Aureliana Guglielmi, best known as Yuriko Tiger, is an Italian cosplay celebrity, promotional model, YouTuber, voice actress, actress and Idol.
She has been cosplaying and modeling since 2008, having served as the official cosplayer for Bandai Namco, as an actress in the Dorama Kin no Tono and having formed her own J-Pop group called Samurai Tiger - Samurai Apartment Love's Yuriko Tiger.

Early life

Yuriko was born in Savona, Italy, and grew up in Imperia. Her father runs a bakery in Imperia and her mother is an ex model.
As a child, she often watched anime, that inspired her interest in cosplaying. Yuriko attended different schools, that she was forced to drop due to cyber bullying and bullying. Attending the "Accademia delle Arti", Imperia, she started working in her father's bakery in order to save money and move to Japan. She has been one of the first students of "Manga Summer School", from 2005 to 2008, and she also studied as a make-up artist.
"Everything is possible, but believing is not enough. Planning and giving all you have is the secret. Most of all, never give up!"

Career

Yuriko has been cosplaying since 2008; the first character was Suzumiya Haruhi, from the eponymous light novels series. After a three months experience in Japan, she moved to Tokyo in 2013. Her first experience as a model was on the magazine Playboy Japan, her first and last work as a Gravure Model. Her first television experience was on Why Did You Come to Japan? in which reporters interview people just arrived in Japan at Narita Airport. After a brief interview they decided to follow her around, eventually producing a 25-minute segment that showed her apartment, a trip to a maid cafe, and her work at the World Cosplay Summit. In that day, "Yuriko Tiger" has been the most searched word on Yahoo! Japan.
Afterwards, she worked as a model for Toyota, Lawson and Sugoi Japan and she appeared in numerous tv programs as a guest of honor, such as Baking, Nobunaga, Nyantere, Akazukichan and as a semi-regular guest and cosplayer on Tokoro-san Nippon No Deban.
Her career as an Idol was short, from 2014 to 2015, during which she released her hit single Yuri Yuri Kakumei, which can be found in each DAM Karaoke and iTunes Store Japan. At first her dream was to become an Idol but then her agency decided to promote her as a Talent instead, due to her strong personality. Because of that, Yuriko has undergone a change of style at the beginning of 2016.
Later in 2016 Yuriko took a break from her job in Tokyo and spent 4 months in Italy, working in numerous convention as a guest and host.
From summer 2016 she went back to Tokyo, working as one of the official cosplayer of Harley Quinn for the promotion of Suicide Squad on the red carpet, starting her own Radio Program called Cool Japan, hosting numerous events for the promotion of Tekken 7 all around Japan, modeling for the publicity of the famous theme park J-World and hosting lives on her Nico Nico Douga Channel sponsored by Kadogawa Games.

TV appearances

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2014

2016