Yoshie Taira (平 淑恵, Taira Yoshie) (born October 12, 1954, in Obihiro, Hokkaido) is a Japanese actress. She graduated…
Yoshie Taira (平 淑恵, Taira Yoshie) (born October 12, 1954, in Obihiro, Hokkaido) is a Japanese actress. She graduated from St. Margaret's Junior College in Suginami, Tokyo. From 1985 to 1999, she was a costar in the TBS prime-time television series Ōoka Echizen in the role of Yukie, the wife of Ōoka Tadasuke. She has also appeared in many other jidaigeki, including Gokenin Zankurō, Mito Kōmon, and Abarenbō Shōgun. Stage roles have included Akai Tsuki, Nemuri Hime, Koi Yamabiko, Benkei, Shishi o Kau – Rikyū to Hideyoshi, Zenigata Heiji, Kawaite Sōrō and many others. As a voice actress, she dubbed the mother in Doogie Howser, M.D., Amy Hasting in an episode of The New Perry Mason, and Abigail Bartlet in The West Wing. Taira has also appeared in films, and in television commercials for Yōmeishu and Kao. She is married to filmmaker Rintaro Mayuzumi (m. 1989), the son of composer Toshiro Mayuzumi and actress Yōko Katsuragi.
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Fumio Ueda (上田 文雄, Ueda Fumio; June 11, 1948 – September 18, 2025) was a Japanese politician who was the mayor of…
Fumio Ueda (上田 文雄, Ueda Fumio; June 11, 1948 – September 18, 2025) was a Japanese politician who was the mayor of Sapporo, capital city of Hokkaido.
Mutsuhiko Maeda (前田 睦彦, Maeda Mutsuhiko; born 7 May 1947) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1968 Winter…
Mutsuhiko Maeda (前田 睦彦, Maeda Mutsuhiko; born 7 May 1947) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Hanako Tokachi (十勝 花子, Tokachi Hanako; 25 April 1946 – 21 August 2016) was a Japanese actress and tarento born in…
Hanako Tokachi (十勝 花子, Tokachi Hanako; 25 April 1946 – 21 August 2016) was a Japanese actress and tarento born in Kamishihoro, Katō District, Hokkaido. Her real name was Keiko Kato (加藤 恵子, Katō Keiko). Her maiden name was Sato (佐藤, Satō). She was nicknamed Tokachin (トカチン). She has one daughter named Reiko.
Yoshihiro Kawano (born 4 October 1943) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1964 Winter…
Yoshihiro Kawano (born 4 October 1943) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Akira Onodera (Japanese: 小野寺 昭, Hepburn: Onodera Akira; born September 19, 1943 in Hokkaido) is a Japanese actor and…
Akira Onodera (Japanese: 小野寺 昭, Hepburn: Onodera Akira; born September 19, 1943 in Hokkaido) is a Japanese actor and narrator. He is well known for his role as Denka in Taiyō ni Hoero!. He made his television debut in 1969 with Panto Akogare. In 2015, Onodera won the award for best supporting actor of Tokyo Sports Film Award for Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen.
Yoshio Nakagawa (中川 義雄, Nakagawa Yoshio; born 14 March 1938) is a Japanese politician of the Sunrise Party of Japan…
Yoshio Nakagawa (中川 義雄, Nakagawa Yoshio; born 14 March 1938) is a Japanese politician of the Sunrise Party of Japan, and a previous member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Fumiko Nakajō (中城ふみ子 Nakajō Fumiko, real name 野江富美子 Noe Fumiko, November 25, 1922 in Obihiro, Hokkaidō – August 3, 1954…
Fumiko Nakajō (中城ふみ子 Nakajō Fumiko, real name 野江富美子 Noe Fumiko, November 25, 1922 in Obihiro, Hokkaidō – August 3, 1954 in Sapporo) was a Japanese tanka poet.