Yuko Ogura

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Yuko Ogura (小倉優子, Yuko Ogura^?)
Background information
Birth name	小倉優子 (Ogura Yūko)
Born	November 1, 1983 (age 23)
Origin	Mobara, Chiba prefecture, Japan
Genre(s)	J-pop
Occupation(s)	Model, Singer, TV Personality
Instrument(s)	Singing
Years active	2001–Present
Label(s)	King Records
Website	Ogura Yuko Official Site

Yuko Ogura (小倉優子) (born November 1, 1983 in Mobara, Chiba prefecture) is a popular Japanese idol and model who typically aims for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look.

Ogura regularly, if not entirely seriously, claims to be one "Princess Apple-Momoka" (りんごももか姫) of the apple-shaped planet Korin (こりん星). This is apparently an in-joke dating back to her middle school days. Having an alternate name was trendy at one point, and one of her friends told her that she looked like a Momoka. She liked the name and still uses it today.

It has been suggested—notably by the Guitar Samurai, in song—that Ogura has carefully calculated and cultivated a quirky, oddball persona for herself. Ogura denies this.

Ogura is currently studying psychology at Hosei University.^{[citation needed]}