Yūko Takeuchi
竹内結子
Japanese actress known for her natural warmth on screen
Film Actress 19 profiles
Kō Shibasaki
柴咲コウ
Singer and actress acclaimed for excelling in both film and music
Erika Karata
唐田えりか
Japanese actress and fashion model from Chiba
Rinko Kikuchi
菊地凛子
Japanese actress and model from Kanagawa
Natsumi Abe
安倍なつみ
Veteran Japanese singer and multi-hyphenate entertainer from Hokkaido
Ayako Wakao
若尾文子
Iconic Japanese film actress of the postwar golden era
Yoshiko Mita
三田佳子
Veteran Japanese actress celebrated for decades of acclaimed screen performances
Bibari Maeda
前田美波里
Iconic Japanese actress and singer from Kamakura
Yōko Shimada
島田陽子
Japanese actress known internationally for her role in the Shogun miniseries
Yoshiko Kuga
久我美子
Acclaimed Japanese film actress of the Showa era
Megumi Matsushita
松下恵
Tokyo-born film actress
Mie Hama
浜美枝
Showa-era Japanese film actress and early award winner
Yumeji Tsukioka
月丘夢路
Japanese film actress of the classic cinema era
Keiko Tsushima
津島恵子
Postwar Japanese film actress from Nagasaki
Michiyo Aratama
新珠三千代
Showa-era film and stage actress from Nara
Chieko Naniwa
浪花千栄子
Acclaimed Osaka-born character actress of mid-20th-century Japanese cinema
Michiko Kuwano
桑野通子
Japanese film actress of the early Showa era
Yoko Tani
谷洋子
Japanese stage and film actress
Leisha Hailey
レイシャ・ヘイリー
Singer, guitarist, and actress born in occupied Okinawa