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Hiroko Yakushimaru
After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her early career. Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up. In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, the film where she played the leading role. She also recorded the same-titled theme song for the film, which hit No. 1 on Oricon in late 1981, and stayed there until January 18, 1982. Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s. She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Last Mile as
- 2023 · Passion for Punchlines as Shima Takako
- 2022 · Lost Man Found as President Yamamura
- 2021 · Riverside Mukolitta as
- 2021 · Dearest as Azusa Sanada
- 2020 · Yell as
- 2018 · Café Funiculi Funicula as Kayo Takatake
- 2018 · Unnatural as 三澄夏代
- 2017 · The 8-Year Engagement as Hatsumi Nakahara
- 2015 · Aka Medaka as Narrator
- 2015 · The Gutsy Frog as Mom
- 2014 · Back of Father as Marui Yumiko
- 2013 · Amachan as Hiromi Suzuka
- 2011 · The Full Throttle Girl as Sakuragawa Shoko
- 2011 · Wasao as Setsuko
- 2010 · Hanamizuki as Ryoko
- 2010 · Detective Lovesick as Nobuko Maehara
- 2009 · A Good Husband as Sakura Kitami
- 2008 · Be yourself as Yuka Enomoto
- 2008 · Sing Salmon Sing as Yoko Senuma
- 2007 · Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 as Tomoe Suzuki
- 2007 · Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust as Mariko Tanaka
- 2006 · Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series as Mirei
- 2005 · Always - Sunset on Third Street as Tomoe Suzuki
- 2005 · 1 Litre of Tears as Shioka Ikeuchi
- 2005 · Tiger and Dragon as
- 2005 · Tetsujin 28: The Movie as Yoko Kaneda
- 2004 · The Lakeside Murder Case as Minako Namiki
- 2003 · Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series as Mirei Asada
- 2002 · Kisarazu Cat's Eye as
- 1986 · The Gentlemen’s Alliance as
- 1986 · Cabaret as Waitress
- 1983 · Legend of the Eight Samurai as Princess Shizu
- 1983 · Detective Story as Naomi Arai
- 1981 · Sailor Suit and Machine Gun as Izumi Hoshi
- 1981 · School in the Crosshairs as Yuka Mitamura
- 1979 · G.I. Samurai as Young Takeda Samurai
- Future · The Kingdom of Ingredients as 旁白
- 2024 · Blue Period as Masako Saeki
- 2022 · Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021 as
- 2022 · Tonbi as Taeko
- 2019 · Black School Rules as Virginia Wolf
- 2019 · 絆のペダル as 宮澤純子
- 2017 · Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura as Female owner
- 2017 · Fuji Family New Year Special 2017 as Oguni Takako
- 2016 · Yuriko's Picture Book as Yuriko Onodera
- 2016 · Fuji Family as 鷹子(長女)
- 2015 · Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island as Latifa (voice)
- 2013 · The Stork Nest as Yumiko Yasuda
- 2013 · Amachan as Hiromi Suzuka
- 2013 · Carry On! Hara-chan! as Yaguchi Yuriko
- 2012 · I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair as Hasebe Haruko
- 2012 · Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 as Tomoe Suzuki
- 2010 · Dr. Hisayoshi Suma as 須磨千代子
- 2008 · Nadeshiko Tai as
- 2007 · Glasses as Morishita
- 2007 · 1 Litre Of Tears SP as Shioka Ikeuchi
- 2006 · Arigatou as
- 2006 · Aogeba Tôtoshi as Mari Minegishi
- 2005 · Princess Raccoon as Ohagi no tsubone
- 2002 · Mama no Idenshi as
- 2002 · Fan of Hong Kong star as
- 1997 · Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow as
- 1993 · Nurse Call as Kozue Igarashi
- 1992 · Twinkle as Shoko Koyama
- 1990 · Tasmania Story as
- 1990 · Let's Go to the Hospital as
- 1990 · Heart's Delivery as
- 1989 · READY! LADY as Ryoko
- 1988 · Hope and Pain as
- 1987 · Hoshi Kikou as
- 1985 · Like a Savage as Tamako Arisugawa
- 1984 · The Tragedy of “W” as Shizuka Mita
- 1984 · Main Theme as Shibuki Ogasawara
- 1980 · Dreamy Fifteen as Kei Yamawa
- 1980 · Toward the Terra as Jona Macka (voice)
- 1978 · Never Give Up as Yoriko Nagai