Name
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1964-06-09 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known For
7.7
In 1958 postwar Tokyo, the residents of a humble Third Street neighbourhood struggle, drea...
7.1
A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Pri...
5.8
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through tim...
6.6
Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer ta...
5.9
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restorin...
7.5
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fant...
- 2007 Glasses as Morishita
- 2019 Black School Rules as Virginia Wolf
- 1978 Never Give Up as Yoriko Nagai
- 2005 Always - Sunset on Third Street as Tomoe Suzuki
- 2007 Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 as Tomoe Suzuki
- 2007 Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust as Mariko Tanaka
- 2010 Dogwood Tree as Ryoko
- 2005 Princess Raccoon as Ohagi no tsubone
- 1997 Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
- 1981 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun as Izumi Hoshi
- 1983 Legend of the Eight Samurai as Princess Shizu
- 2022 Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021
- 1979 G.I. Samurai as Young Takeda Samurai
- 2011 Wasao as Setsuko
- 2002 Fan of Hong Kong star
- 2008 Be yourself as Yuka Enomoto
- 2019 Kizuna no Pedal as 宮澤純子
- 2022 Tonbi as Taeko
- 1987 Hoshi Kikou
- 1990 Heart's Delivery
- 1992 Twinkle as Shoko Koyama
- 1983 Detective Story as Naomi Arai
- 2005 The Lakeside Murder Case as Minako Namiki
- 2009 A Good Husband as Sakura Kitami
- 2006 Arigatou
- 1989 READY! LADY as Ryoko
- 1984 W's Tragedy as Shizuka Mita
- 1984 Main Theme as Shibuki Ogasawara
- 1980 Dreamy Fifteen as Kei Yamawa
- 1990 Tasmania Story
- 2015 Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island as Latifa (voice)
- 2007 1 Litre Of Tears SP as Shioka Ikeuchi
- 2008 Nadeshiko Tai
- 2010 Dr. Hisayoshi Suma as 須磨千代子
- 2024 Last Mile as Misumi Natsuyo
- 2015 Aka Medaka as Narrator
- 2016 Fuji Family as 鷹子（長女）
- 2012 Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 as Tomoe Suzuki
- 2024 Blue Period as Masako Saeki
- 2009 The Homeless Student 2 as Keiko Tamura
- 1990 Let's Go to the Hospital as Midori Yoshikawa
- 1981 School in the Crosshairs as Yuka Mitamura
- 1985 Like a Savage as Tamako Arisugawa
- 1986 The Gentlemen’s Alliance
- 2017 The 8-Year Engagement as Hatsumi Nakahara
- 2017 Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura as Female owner
- 1988 Downtown Heroes
- 2018 Cafe Funiculi Funicula as Kayo Takatake
- 2006 Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series as Mirei
- 2003 Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series as Mirei Asada
- 2017 Fuji Family New Year Special 2017 as Oguni Takako
- 2013 The Stork Nest as Yumiko Yasuda
- 1993 Nurse Call as Kozue Igarashi
- 1980 Toward the Terra as Jona Macka (voice)
- 2008 Sing Salmon Sing as Yoko Senuma
- 2016 Yuriko's Picture Book as Yuriko Onodera
- 1986 Cabaret as Waitress
- 2012 I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair as Hasebe Haruko
- 2006 Aogeba Tôtoshi as Mari Minegishi
- 2005 Tetsujin 28: The Movie as Yoko Kaneda
- 2021 Riverside Mukolitta
- Soon 薬師丸ひろ子 35th Anniversary Best Songs 1981-2017 ～Live in 春日大社～
- 2023 薬師丸ひろ子 40th Anniversary Tour 2022 ～アナタノコトバ～
- 1986 Cabaret
- 2020 Mio's Cookbook
- 2026 Sukiyaki as Iku Ooshima
- 1979 Yosōi no machi as Kayoko Odachi
- 2002 Kisarazu Cat's Eye ( 9 episodes ) as Asada Mirei
- 2005 1 Litre of Tears ( 11 episodes ) as Shioka Ikeuchi
- 2002 Mama no Idenshi ( 10 episodes )
- 2005 Tiger and Dragon ( 1 episode )
- 2021 Dearest ( 10 episodes ) as Azusa Sanada
- 2013 Amachan ( 157 episodes ) as Hiromi Suzuka
- 2023 Passion for Punchlines ( 12 episodes ) as Shima Takako
- 2010 Detective Lovesick ( 1 episode ) as Nobuko Maehara
- 2018 Unnatural ( 10 episodes ) as Misumi Natsuyo
- Soon The Kingdom of Ingredients ( 84 episodes ) as 旁白
- 2013 Carry On! Hara-chan! ( 10 episodes ) as Yaguchi Yuriko
- 2011 The Full Throttle Girl ( 11 episodes ) as Sakuragawa Shoko
- 2022 Lost Man Found ( 10 episodes ) as President Yamamura
- 2020 Yell ( 120 episodes )
- 2014 Back of Father ( 1 episode ) as Marui Yumiko
- 2015 Dokonjō Gaeru ( 10 episodes ) as Mom
- 2002 ママの遺伝子 ( 1 episode ) as 藤木七海
