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Hiroko Yakushimaru

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Hiroko Yakushimaru

Born Jun 9, 1964 · 62 years84 titles 65 movies · 19 TV
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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.

Also known as

药师丸博子

Born

Jun 9, 1964

Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

83

Acting credits

0

Directing

0

Writing

2

Other crew

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Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1978 1 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1981 2 title(s)

1983 2 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 2 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 3 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

2002 4 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2005 6 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2007 4 title(s)

2008 3 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2010 3 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 3 title(s)

2017 4 title(s)

2018 2 title(s)

2019 2 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2022 3 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)