Mayumi Ōzora

I'll be honest, Mayumi Ōzora belongs to a generation of Japanese actresses I mostly know through that hushed, black-and-white Showa glow, and there's something I genuinely respect about that. Born in Tokyo in 1940, she was already snagging an Elandor Newcomer Award by 1958, which tells me the spark was there from the jump. What gets me, though, is the longevity, the way she kept showing up on stage long enough to earn a Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award, because stage work doesn't let you fake it. She's tiny on paper, barely over five feet, but I picture her commanding a room anyway. No tabloid noise, no reinvention gimmicks, just decades of quietly doing the work. Careers like hers make me sit up a little straighter.

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Mayumi Ōzora is a Japanese actress born on March 10, 1940, in Tokyo. She won the Elan d'Or Award for Best Newcomer in 1958, marking an acclaimed start to her career. Over the course of her long career she also received the Kikuta Kazuo Theatre Award, recognizing her achievements on the stage. Standing 153 cm tall, she has been regarded as a veteran presence in both film and theatre.

Name (English)

Mayumi Ōzora

Name (Japanese)

大空眞弓

Reading

おおぞら まゆみ

Born

March 10, 1940 (age 86)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Blood type

AB

Height

153 cm

Active years

1958 -

Occupation

Actress

Awards & achievements

• 1958 — Elan d'Or Award, Best Newcomer
• Year unknown — Kikuta Kazuo Theatre Award

Spouse

勝呂誉

Works summary

Appearances

137 (1958–2021)

By year

1958: 3, 1959: 1, 1960: 1, 1961: 2, 1962: 2, 1963: 3, 1964: 3, 1965: 2, 1966: 5, 1967: 2, 1968: 3, 1969: 4, 1970: 2, 1971: 3, 1972: 2, 1973: 1, 1974: 2, 1975: 1, 1976: 1, 1977: 2, 1978: 6, 1979: 4, 1980: 2, 1981: 2, 1982: 1, 1983: 2, 1984: 3, 1985: 1, 1986: 2, 1987: 2, 1988: 3, 1989: 3, 1990: 2, 1991: 4, 1994: 2, 1995: 1, 1998: 1, 1999: 1, 2000: 1, 2002: 1, 2003: 1, 2005: 1, 2006: 2, 2007: 3, 2008: 2, 2009: 4, 2010: 3, 2011: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 2, 2017: 3, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1

Debut work

不如帰

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%A9%BA%E7%9C%9E%E5%BC%93
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11438374

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actress

Last updated

2026-08-26

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