Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Birth: December 26, 1985

Ethnicity:
*Japanese (father)
*Spanish (mother)

Yu Shirota is a Japanese actor and singer. He starred in the 2008 Japanese drama series Rookies. Yu stands tall, 6′3″, and has a shoe size of 12. Yu is pronounced “you.” He is also known as “U.”

His father, 城田光男 Mitsuo Shirota, is Japanese. His mother, Pepi Fernández, is Spanish, from Alconchel, Badajoz. His brother is actor and singer Jun Shirota. He spent part of his childhood in Barcelona, Spain.

More pictures of Yu Shirota can be seen here.