Yoshiko Mita

Honestly, Yoshiko Mita is one of those actresses I just trust on sight. Born in Osaka back in 1941, she's been working since the early '60s, and you can feel all those decades in the way she carries herself: she changes the air the second she walks into a frame, and she is the only actress to have led more than one NHK taiga drama. What gets me is the range, the way she could be a delicate young thing in one era and a steely, dignified mother figure a few decades later without missing a beat. The awards back it up too, a Japan Academy best actress nod in the '93 era plus a shelf of Blue Ribbon wins, but she never wears that weight heavily. To me she's the real deal: grace and quiet steel and a sly bit of allure, all folded into the craft.

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Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress and voice actress born on October 8, 1941, in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. With a career spanning decades, she has demonstrated exceptional range moving from ingenue roles to commanding maternal characters. She is the recipient of multiple major Japanese film awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress (1993) and two Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress (1988, 1993). Her early recognition came with the Elan d'Or New Talent Award in 1961, establishing her as one of Japan's most distinguished performers.

Name (English)

Yoshiko Mita

Name (Japanese)

三田佳子

Reading

みた よしこ

Born

October 8, 1941 (age 85)

Origin

Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

158 cm

Occupation

Actress / Voice Actress / Film Actress

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

Blood type

O

Agency

Production Ogi

Active years

1960 -

Awards & achievements

• 1961 — Elan d'Or New Talent Award
• 1985 — Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress
• 1988 — Tanaka Kinuyo Award
• 1988 — Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress
• 1993 — Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress
• 1993 — Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress

Works summary

Appearances

286 (1958–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1958: 1, 1959: 1, 1960: 9, 1961: 15, 1962: 14, 1963: 13, 1964: 8, 1965: 10, 1966: 4, 1967: 4, 1968: 7, 1969: 6, 1970: 6, 1971: 6, 1973: 3, 1974: 2, 1975: 1, 1976: 8, 1977: 6, 1978: 4, 1979: 4, 1980: 1, 1981: 7, 1982: 4, 1983: 5, 1984: 4, 1985: 5, 1986: 4, 1987: 4, 1988: 7, 1989: 3, 1990: 2, 1991: 3, 1992: 2, 1994: 2, 1995: 2, 1996: 1, 1997: 1, 2000: 1, 2002: 1, 2003: 5, 2004: 6, 2005: 1, 2006: 1, 2007: 2, 2009: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 2, 2013: 2, 2014: 4, 2015: 3, 2016: 6, 2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2020: 3, 2021: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 3, 2024: 3, 2025: 3, 2026: 1, year unknown: 35

Debut work

事件記者

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E7%94%B0%E4%BD%B3%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1114149

Tags

• Born in Osaka Prefecture
• Actress
• Voice Actress
• Film Actress

Last updated

October 8, 2026

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