  ce le br ity ,   prom ot ional ▁model ,   You T uber , ▁voice ▁actress , ▁actress ▁and ▁Id ol . ▁ ▁She ▁has ▁been ▁cos play ing ▁and ▁model ing ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁having ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁official ▁cos player ▁for ▁Band ai ▁Nam co ▁( T ek ken ▁ 7 ▁series ), ▁as ▁an ▁actress ▁in ▁the ▁Dor ama ▁Kin ▁no ▁T ono ▁( 金 の <0xE6> <0xAE> <0xBF> ) ▁and ▁having ▁formed ▁her ▁own ▁J - Pop ▁group ▁called ▁Sam ur ai ▁T iger ▁- ▁Sam ur ai ▁A partment ▁Love ' s ▁Y ur iko ▁T iger ▁( in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁" Sam ur ai ▁A partment "). ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Y ur iko ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Sav ona , ▁Italy , ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Imper ia . ▁Her ▁father ▁runs ▁a ▁b ak ery ▁in ▁Imper ia ▁and ▁her ▁mother ▁is ▁an ▁ex ▁model . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁child , ▁she ▁often ▁watched ▁an ime , ▁that ▁inspired ▁her ▁interest ▁in ▁cos play ing . ▁Y ur iko ▁attended ▁different ▁schools , ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁drop ▁due ▁to ▁cy ber ▁bul lying ▁and ▁bul lying . ▁Att ending ▁the ▁" Acc adem ia ▁delle ▁Ar ti ", ▁Imper ia , ▁she ▁started ▁working ▁in ▁her ▁father ' s ▁b ak ery ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁save ▁money ▁and ▁move ▁to ▁Japan . ▁She ▁has ▁been ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁students ▁of ▁" M anga ▁Summer ▁School ",