Hiroko Yakushimaru

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese actress and singer.

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up.<ref name="oricon"/> In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, the film where she played the leading role.<ref name="ann">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="oricon"/> She also recorded the same-titled theme song for the film, which hit No. 1 on Oricon in late 1981Template:When and stayed there until January 18, 1982.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="oricon"/>

Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s.<ref name="businessmirror">Template:Cite news</ref> She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> According to the Japanese Oricon chart, combined sales of her singles and albums have been estimated approximately 5.9 million copies to date.<ref name="JPCB">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="JPCB2">Template:Cite book</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Never Give Up Template:Nihongo	Yoriko Nagai	<ref name="oricon"/>
1979	Template:Nihongo	Young samurai
1980	Toward the Terra	Jonah Matsuka (voice)
	Template:Nihongo	Kei Yamaba (leading role)	Yokohama Film Festival for Best Actress Award (Character)<ref name="YFF80">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award<ref name="JAP81">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1981	Template:Nihongo	Yuka Mitamura (leading role)
	Template:Nihongo	Izumi Hoshi (leading role)	Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)<ref name="JAP82">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1982	Template:Nihongo	Kayoko Ōdate (leading role)
1983	Template:Nihongo	Naomi Arai (leading role)	<ref name="oricon"/>
	Template:Nihongo	Shizu-hime (leading role)
1984	Main Theme	Shibuki Ogasawara (leading role)	<ref name="oricon"/>
	Template:Nihongo	Shizuka Mita (leading role)	<ref name="oricon"/> Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress Nominated – Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role<ref name="BRA84">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)<ref name="JAP85">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1985	Template:Nihongo	Tamako Arisugawa (leading role)
1986	Cabaret	waitress (cameo)
	Template:Nihongo	Etsuko Kirino (leading role)
1988	Downtown Heroes	Fusako Nakahara (leading role)
1989	Ready! Lady	Ryoko Takahashi (leading role)
1990	Template:Nihongo	Midori Yoshikawa (leading role)
	Template:Nihongo	Naoko Hirashima	Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)<ref name="JAP91">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Template:Nihongo	Shoko Kishida (leading role)
1993	Nurse Call	Kozue Igarashi (leading role)
1997	Template:Nihongo	Yoko Hioki
2003	Template:Nihongo	Mirei Asada
2004	Lakeside Murder Case	Minako Namiki
2005	Template:Nihongo	O'Hagi no Tsubone
	Template:Nihongo	Yoko Kaneda
	Always: Sunset on Third Street	Tomoe Suzuki	Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role<ref name="JAP06">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress<ref name="BRA05">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kinema Junpo Year-End – Best Supporting Actress for Domestic Film Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress<ref name="HFA05">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Template:Nihongo	Mari Minegishi
	Template:Nihongo	Mirei Asada
	Template:Nihongo	Yoshiko Iida
2007	Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust	Mariko Tanaka
	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2	Tomoe Suzuki	Nominated – Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role<ref name="JAP08">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Megane	Morishita ("Megane"'s Friend)
2008	Utatama	Yuko Senuma
2009	Heaven's Door	Mariko Shiraishi
2010	Template:Nihongo	Sakura Kitami	Nominated – Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role<ref name="JAP10">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Hanamizuki	Ryoko Hirasawa
2011	Template:Nihongo	Setsuko Kikutani (leading role)
2012	Always: Sunset on Third Street 3	Tomoe Suzuki
2015	Sinbad: A Flying Princess and a Secret Island	Sinbad's Mother (voice)
2017	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	Shizuka
	The 8-Year Engagement	Hatsumi Nakahara
2018	Cafe Funiculi Funicula	Kayo Kōtake
2019	Black School Rules	Virginia Woolf
2020	Mio's Cookbook	Ohyaku	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Riverside Mukolitta	(voice)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Tombi: Father and Son	Taeko	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Last Mile	Natsuyo Misumi	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Blue Period	Masako Saeki	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Template:Nihongo	Third daughter of the wife
1979	Template:Nihongo	Kayoko Ōdate (leading role)	It was released in cinemas later.
1997	Mrs. Cinderella	Mizuho Kayama (leading role)
2000	Template:Nihongo	Miu Minazuki (leading role)
	Africa Pole Pole	Naoko
2002	Template:Nihongo	Nanami Fujiki (leading role)
2002	Template:Nihongo	Satomi Kudo (leading role)
2002	Kisarazu Cat's Eye	Mirei Asada
2004	Template:Nihongo	Yoshie Tsujimoto
	Template:Nihongo	Chie Aida (leading role)
2005	Tiger & Dragon	Katsuko Shiraishi	Guest of Episode 6
	Template:Nihongo	Shioka Ikeuchi
	Umeko	Momoko Kawai
2007	Byakkotai	Shige Sakai
	1 Litre no Namida: Special Edition – Tsuioku	Shioka Ikeuchi
	Template:Nihongo	Fumika Kawamura
2008	Template:Nihongo	Sachiko Nozoe
	Template:Nihongo	Keiko Tamura
	Template:Nihongo	Tome Torihama
	Template:Nihongo	Yuka Enomoto
2009	Template:Nihongo	Hamako Watanabe (leading role)
2010	Template:Nihongo	Nobuko Maehara	Guest of Episode 5
	Template:Nihongo	Chiyoko Suma
	Q10	Kuriko Yanagi
2011	Template:Nihongo	Shoko Sakuragawa
2012	Template:Nihongo	Fukuko Ishii (leading role)
	Template:Nihongo	Haruko Hasebe
2013	Amachan	Hiromi Suzuka	Asadora
2016	Template:Nihongo	Yuriko Onodera
2018	Unnatural	Natsuyo Misumi	Special appearance<ref name=Unnatural/>
2019	Idaten	Marie	Taiga drama
2020	Yell	Mitsuko Sekiuchi	Asadora<ref name="sanspo">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hochi">Template:Cite news</ref>
2022	Template:Nihongo	Yamamura	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Chart positions	Label
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1982	Template:Nihongo (featuring monologue by Hiroko Yakushimaru) Collection of excerpts from the motion pictures that Yakushimaru starred in: Never Give Up (1978) and Nerawareta Gakuen (1981) Released: April 21, 1982	1	Nippon Columbia
1984	Template:Nihongo 1st studio album Released: February 14, 1984	1	Toshiba EMI/East World
1985	Template:Nihongo 2nd studio album Released: August 8, 1985	2
1986	Template:Nihongo 3rd studio album Released: June 9, 1986	2
1987	Template:Nihongo Live album Released: July 7, 1987	3
1988	Sincerely Yours 5th studio album Released: April 6, 1988	8
1989	Lover's Concerto 6th studio album Released: February 15, 1989	2
1990	Heart's Delivery 7th studio album Released: March 28, 1990	3
1991	Primavera 8th studio album Released: March 13, 1991	13
1998	Template:Nihongo 9th studio album Released: February 2, 1998	—	BMG Funhouse
2018	Etoile 10th studio album Released: May 9, 2018	18	Victor Entertainment Japan
2024	Tree 11th studio album Released: January 24, 2024	17
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Chart positions (JP)<ref name="Japanese_album_chart" />	Label
1986	Best Collection	7	Toshiba EMI/East World
1988	Template:Nihongo	18
2000	Love Collection: 1981–2000	—	BMG Funhouse
2011	Template:Nihongo	43 <ref name="Oricon_UM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	EMI Music Japan
2021	Indian Summer	23	Victor Entertainment Japan
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or the information is unknown.

Cover albums

Year	Album	Chart positions (JP)<ref name="Japanese_album_chart" />	Label
2013	Template:Nihongo	24	EMI Music Japan
2016	Cinema Songs	28	Victor Entertainment Japan

Live albums

Year	Album	Chart positions (JP)<ref name="Japanese_album_chart" />	Label
1987	Template:Nihongo	94	Toshiba EMI/East World
2017	Best Songs 1981–2017: Live in Kasuga-taisha	34	Victor Entertainment Japan
2020	Yakushimaru Hiroko 2019 Concert	56
2023	Yakushimaru Hiroko 2022 Concert	-
2024	Yakushimaru Hiroko 2023 Concert	26
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or the information is unknown.

Instrumental albums

Year	Album	Label
1986	Template:Nihongo Music arranged by Akira Inoue	Toshiba EMI/East World
1987	Template:Nihongo Music arranged by Mitsuo Hagita
1988	Template:Nihongo Music arranged by Katsuhisa Hattori

Box sets

Year	Album	Label
2021	Yakushimaru Hiroko 40th Anniversary Box	Victor Entertainment Japan

Singles

Year	Album	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>	Label
1981	Template:Nihongo<ref name="oricon"/>	1	Kitty Records
1983	Template:Nihongo<ref name="oricon"/>	1	Toshiba EMI/East World
	Template:Nihongo (1983)<ref name="oricon"/>	2
1984	Template:Nihongo<ref name="oricon"/>	1
1985	Template:Nihongo	2
	Template:Nihongo (New remix long version)	12
	Template:Nihongo	4
1986	Template:Nihongo	3
	Template:Nihongo	2
1987	Template:Nihongo	8
1988	Template:Nihongo	10
	Template:Nihongo	9
1989	Template:Nihongo	6
	"Windy Boy"	12
1990	Template:Nihongo (1990)	35
1991	Template:Nihongo	35
1997	Template:Nihongo	51	BMG Funhouse
	Template:Nihongo	—
1998	Template:Nihongo	—
2000	"Love Holic"	—
2011	Template:Nihongo	169	EMI Music Japan
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Digital single

Year	Single	Reference
2016	"Senshi no Kyuushi"	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	"Come Back To Me: Eien no Yokogao"	<ref name="digitaYH"/>
2023	"Suteki wo Atsumete"	<ref name="digitaYH"/>
	"Toki no Michishirube"	<ref name="digitaYH"/>
2024	"Kimi to Watashi no Uta"	<ref name="digitaYH"/>

Video albums

Year	Album	Chart positions (JP)<ref name="Japanese_album_chart" />	Format
1987	Template:Nihongo	-	LD, VHS, DVD, BD, CDV
1988	Template:Nihongo	-	VHS, LD
1990	Heart's Delivery	-	VHS, LD, DVD, BD
2014	Template:Nihongo	-	DVD, BD
2015	Template:Nihongo	-	DVD, BD
2018	Template:Nihongo	-	DVD, BD
2020	Template:Nihongo	-	DVD, BD
2022	Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021	-	DVD, BD
2023	Template:Nihongo	-	DVD, BD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

External links

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