Yuri Ebihara in McDonald's television advertisement.

Yuri Ebihara (蛯原友里, Ebihara Yuri^?, born October 3, 1979 in Sadowara, Miyazaki Prefecture) is a Japanese model and actress. She is a graduate of Kyushu Sangyo University where she studied fine arts. Image File history File links Ebihara_in_McDonald's. ... Image File history File links Ebihara_in_McDonald's. ... McDonalds in Times Square, New York McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, selling primarily hamburgers, french fries and carbonated drinks and more recently salads, fruit and carrot sticks. ... Background From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Sadowara (佐土原町; -chou) is a town located in Miyazaki District, Miyazaki, Japan. ... Miyazaki Prefecture (Japanese: 宮崎県; Miyazaki-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... Brazillian supermodel Gisele Bundchen. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kyushu Sangyo University (九州産業大学) was founded in 1960 in Fukuoka City, and currently has twenty departments and six graduate schools. ...

After graduating she worked with a classmate designing for aged care institutions. She won an audition for a TV advertisement for Zespri golden kiwi fruit.

Her first big break came as the exclusive CanCam model, the only model appearing in that magazine at the time. She then went on to appear in several TV dramas, most recently Busu no Hitomi ni Aishiteru (KTV, 2006) CanCam kyankyan) is a Japanese fashion magazine published by Shogakukan. ... Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV, 関西テレビ放送株式会社, Kansai Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha) is a TV station of Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Osaka, Japan. ...

Ebihara is universally known by her nickname Ebi-chan, which is based on the first character of her family name. Newspapers and television often drop the appellation Chan, which is quite unusual. Ebi means "shrimp" and has been used by McDonald's Japan to promote their fried shrimp burger. Her posters are well known for being stolen from McDonald stores. An appellation in its broadest sense is a name or designation. ... McDonalds in Times Square, New York McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, selling primarily hamburgers, french fries and carbonated drinks and more recently salads, fruit and carrot sticks. ...

She is currently the campaign girl for the Fujifilm FinePix range of digital camera. The Fujifilm FinePix A-series of digital cameras consists of the companys entry-level point and shoot models. ...

Ebihara is especially popular with young women and commands such influence that her fashion items often become instant sellouts. She has been quoted as saying, "If someone doesn't find me cute, I want to know why because then I'll work on it to get better at being cute".^[1] She has been criticised for having exactly the same expression in every photograph.

References

1. ^ Kageyama, Yuri. "Japan struggles with 'cute' image", San Diego Union Tribune, 2006-06-15, pp. 2. Retrieved on 2006-06-15.

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External links

• Official Page (Japanese)
• CanCam Profile (Japanese)
• McDonalds Ebi-chan site (Japanese)