Yōko Asaji Explained

Yōko Asaji
Birth Date:	2 April 1951
Birth Place:	Shizuoka, Japan
Occupation:	Actress, singer
Yearsactive:	1974–present

(born April 2, 1951) is a Japanese actress from Shimizu (now part of the city of Shizuoka), Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Yōko starred in the NHK morning drama Kumo no Jūtan, achieving widespread popularity. Since then she has appeared in various television, film, and stage productions. In addition to contemporary roles, Yōko has taken parts in jidaigeki. She portrayed Yaya in the 1987 NHK Taiga drama Onna Taikōki, and from 1988 to 1994 she played Osai, the wife of the fire captain, in Abarenbo Shogun (the second of three actresses for that character). Yōko voiced Maddie Hayes, the Cybill Shepherd role, in the dubbed version of Moonlighting.

Filmography

Television

• Kumo no Jūtan (1976), Makoto^[1]
• Onna Taikōki (1981), Yaya^[1]
• Oshin (1983–84), Michiko Takura^[1]
• Ohisama (2011), Saki Sakurai^[1]

Film

• Willful Murder (1981), Kawada^[2]
• The Voice of Sin (2020), Mitsuko Ōshima^[3]
• Kono Chiisana Te (2023)^[4]

External references

• Yôko Asaji at IMDB

Notes and References

1. Web site: 浅茅陽子. January 14, 2023. NHK.
2. Web site: 日本の熱い日々 謀殺・下山事件. January 14, 2023. eiga.com.
3. Web site: 罪の声. January 14, 2023. eiga.com.
4. Web site: この小さな手. January 14, 2023. eiga.com.
5. Web site: https://www.producer.or.jp/elandor-list.html. ja:エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧. List of Élan d'Or awardee. January 25, 2019. All Nippon Producers Association. ja.