Hiroko Yakushimaru

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1964-06-09

Place of Birth

Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Biography

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.

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Acting History

2024
Last Mile as Misumi Natsuyo
2024
Blue Period as Masako Saeki
2023
Passion for Punchlines as Shima Takako
2023
薬師丸ひろ子 40th Anniversary Tour 2022 ~アナタノコトバ~
2022
Lost Man Found as President Yamamura
2022
Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021
2022
Tonbi as Taeko
2021
Riverside Mukolitta
2021
Dearest as Azusa Sanada
2020
Yell
2019
Black School Rules as Virginia Wolf
2019
Kizuna no Pedal as 宮澤純子
2018
Cafe Funiculi Funicula as Kayo Takatake
2018
Unnatural as Misumi Natsuyo
2017
The 8-Year Engagement as Hatsumi Nakahara
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)
2016
富士ファミリー as 小国鷹子
2015
Aka Medaka as Narrator
2015
Dokonjō Gaeru as Mom
2015
Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island as Latifa (voice)
2014
Back of Father as Marui Yumiko
2013
The Stork Nest as Yumiko Yasuda
2013
Amachan as 铃鹿博美
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
2011
The Full Throttle Girl as Sakuragawa Shoko
2011
Wasao as Setsuko
2010
Dr. Hisayoshi Suma as 須磨千代子
2010
Dogwood Tree as Ryoko
2010
Detective Lovesick as Nobuko Maehara
2009
A Good Husband as Sakura Kitami
2009
The Homeless Student 2 as Keiko Tamura
2008
Be yourself as Yuka Enomoto
2008
Nadeshiko Tai
2008
Sing Salmon Sing as Yoko Senuma
2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 as Tomoe Suzuki
2007
Glasses as Morishita
2007
1 Litre Of Tears SP as Shioka Ikeuchi
2007
Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust as Mariko Tanaka
2006
Arigatou
2006
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series as Mirei
2006
Aogeba Tôtoshi as Mari Minegishi
2005
Always - Sunset on Third Street as Tomoe Suzuki
2005
1 Litre of Tears as Shioka Ikeuchi
2005
Princess Raccoon as Ohagi no tsubone
2005
Tiger and Dragon
2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie as Yoko Kaneda
2005
The Lakeside Murder Case as Minako Namiki
2003
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series as Mirei Asada
2002
ママの遺伝子 as 藤木七海
2002
Mama no Idenshi
2002
Fan of Hong Kong star
2002
Kisarazu Cat's Eye as Asada Mirei
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1993
Nurse Call as Kozue Igarashi
1992
Twinkle as Shoko Koyama
1990
Tasmania Story
1990
Let's Go to the Hospital as Midori Yoshikawa
1990
Heart's Delivery
1989
READY! LADY as Ryoko
1988
Downtown Heroes
1987
Hoshi Kikou
1986
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Cabaret as Waitress
1986
Cabaret
1985
Like a Savage as Tamako Arisugawa
1984
The Tragedy of "W" as Shizuka Mita
1984
Main Theme as Shibuki Ogasawara
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
1980
Dreamy Fifteen as Kei Yamawa
1980
Toward the Terra as Jona Macka (voice)
1979
G.I. Samurai as Young Takeda Samurai
1978
Never Give Up as Yoriko Nagai
薬師丸ひろ子 35th Anniversary Best Songs 1981-2017 ~Live in 春日大社~
The Kingdom of Ingredients as 旁白