Yukiji Asaoka

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yukiji Asaoka (born July 23, 1935) is a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo. She is the daughter of the famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second and present husband is actor Masahiko Tsugawa. Asaoka was in the Takarazuka Revue from 1952 to 1955. She was a cast member (musumeyaku), belonging to the Moon Troupe (Tsuki). She is famous for her roles in Japanese television series and has appeared starring opposite of Shintaro Katsu in both a film of the Zatoichi series and in the first film of the Hanzo the Razor trilogy. She is, however, mostly famed for her singing. She is also a voice actor, or seiyū, in the 1999 anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas directed by Isao Takahata. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yukiji Asaoka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

嵐を呼ぶ男

名奉行 遠山の金さん 美女の陰謀！関八州あばれ旅

Yamada Matsuko (voice)

ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん

Omino

御用牙

Tomoe

座頭市血煙り街道

おあずけ

八幡鳩九郎

プルメリアの伝説　天国のキッス

Kyoko

若親分

秋枝

のんき侍大暴れ

星屑の町

御金蔵破り

まんだら屋の良太

Momoe

男はつらいよ 花も嵐も寅次郎

三百六十五夜

Ran Okubo

伊賀野カバ丸

帰らざる日々

Courtesan Shioji

稲妻峠の決斗

若親分出獄

Kitanokata (voice)

かぐや姫の物語

炎の肖像

眼の壁

女房学校

いれずみ突撃隊

眠狂四郎悪女狩り

いとしい恋人たち

Machiko Mimura

ダイアモンドは傷つかない

青空よいつまでも

極道の妻たち　リベンジ

必殺! THE HISSATSU

テラ戦士ΨBOY

豪剣！賞金稼ぎ　無用ノ介　二つの顔のお尋ね者・修羅街道に美女七人

続やくざ坊主

Hiroko

悪名太鼓

Ocho

血煙り笠

青春牡丹燈籠

瀬戸はよいとこ・花嫁観光船

美人母娘３人　ああ華麗なる結婚サギ

時代屋の女房

極道ペテン師

Sayuri Hoshi

迷走地図

ある落日

嵐を呼ぶ楽団

新宿馬鹿物語

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