Yoshimi Ashikawa Explained

Yoshimi Ashikawa
Native Name:芦川 よしみ
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:13 December 1958
Birth Place:Tokyo
Nationality:Japanese
Years Active:1969 - present
Awards:Japan Record Awards Best New Artist Award (1976, "Yuki go mori")

is a Japanese actress and singer. She graduated from Ono Gakuen Girls High School. Her real name is . She is currently married (her husband is a doctor). She is represented with Office Mitsui.

Main singles

DateTitleLyricsCompositionArrangementC/wNotesRef.
25 Jul 1976 Hanabi Jiro Takekawa Otonashi Kawa (Ryo Shoji; Kobayashi; Takekawa) 88th in Oricon
Oct 1976 Yuki go mori Asei Kobayashi Sumidagawa (l. Ryo Shoji; c. Kobayashi; arr. Takekawa) 18th Japan Record Awards Best New Artist Award
Jan 1977 Moeru Harudesu Tatemi Yoshida Masato Sugimoto Shunichi Makaino Sayonara no Īwake (l. Yoshida; c. Sugimoto; arr. by Makaino)
Jun 1977 Suppai Natsu Koji Ryuzaki Natsu wa Pukapuka (l. Yoshida; c. Sugimoto; arr. Ryuzaki)
May 1978 Honmoku Bay Street Mikkai (l. Rei Nakanishi; c. Koichi Morita; arr. Ryuzaki)
Jan 1979 Kanashimi Atsume Daizo Saito Keisuke Hama Motoki Funayama Melancholy Tokyo (l. Tetsuya Chiaki; c. Masato Sugimoto; arr. Funayama)
Mar 1980 Kiyari ni Okura rete Michio Yamagami Massaki Hirao Kenichiro Morioka Kitaguni no Hanafubuki (l. Yamagami; c. Hirao; arr. Funayama)
1 Mar 1987 Otome no Love Game Tsutomu Uozumi Anata, itte rasshai (l. Junko Takahata; c. Hiroyuki Nakagawa; arr. Hiroshi Takada) Duet with Shigeru Yazaki [1]
11 Nov 1987 Otome no Hashigozake Kōji Makaino Otome no Love Game (l. Uozumi; c. arr. Makaino) Duet with Tetsuya Takeda; 4th in Oricon chart

Main albums

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRole
1983 Dark Room
1984 Kūkai
1985 Furanzu rabu
1988 Kizu
Nikutai no Mon
Yōjo Densetsu '88
1989 Gokudō no Tsuma-tachi: Sandaimeane Akiko
1990 Uchū no hōsoku
Otome Monogatari: Abunai Sixteen
1991 Fukuzawa Yukichi Okoto
Ebarake no Hitobito
Jingi
1992 Akutoku no Kunshō: Black Cop
1993 Minbō no Teiō Sayo Kadokawa
1994 Nostradamus Senritsu no Keiji Elementary school teacher
1997 Hermes - Ai wa Kaze no Gotoku Goddess of love
2000 Nagisa Sumiko, Mami's mother
2004 1 Litre no Namida Dorm mother Sato
2012 The Final Judgement Hideko Washio
2016 Tenshi ni I'm Fine Yoshino Hongo
2021 Beautiful Lure [2]

TV dramas

RunTitleRoleNetworkProductionNotes
1971 Sora ga konnani Aoi to wa
Gunbee Meyasubako Yoshie Episode 24 "Umi o Watatte kita"
1972 Mirrorman Aiko Yasuda Episode 49 "Ikari o kome tako no Ichigeki"
1973 Fireman Robot girl Episode 12 "Chikyū wa Robot no Hakaba"
Kamen Rider V3 Misako Kawada Toei Episode 42 "Katatsumuri Ningen no Jintai Jikken!"
1975 Keirei! Sawayaka-san EX
1978 Ohana-chan Hanjō-ki
31 Jul 1978 Ōoka Echizen Okumi Part 5 Episode 26 "Meguro ni kieta kubō-sama"
1979 Mito Kōmon Part 10 Episode 7 "Nise Kōmon-sama no Ōte-gara -Fukuroi-"
14 Sep 1981 Mito Kōmon Omiyo Part 12 Episode 3 "Kōmonsama no Nusutto Jingi -Fuchū-"
1981 Yami o Kire Ohatsu Episode 7 "Joshoku Danshoku Midare Sō"
Keishichō Satsujin-ka EX Toei Episode 23 "Roppongi-zoku Satsujin jiken Nazo no Onna Maria"
1982 Bungotori Monochō Mitsune Pro Episode 14 "Benikanzashi no Kizuna"
Ōedo Sōsamō Oyō Van Phil G Company Episode 536 "Maboroshi no Mayumi Gekijō ni Moeru Onna"
Uwasa no Keiji Tommy to Matsu Satomi TBS Daiei TV 2nd Series Episode 23 "TomiMatsu Kōfuku! Akutō Shi no Mizuzeme"
Dokurokengyō: Akuryō Kyūketsuki Ōoku Renzoku Kaishi Jiken CX
Roku-gatsu no Kiken na Hanayome TBS Daiei TV
The Hangman II Postwoman Episode 27 "Gan Satsujin no Kyōfu!Jintai Jikken no Onna o Sukue"
1982 - 83 Seishun...... Ings Yuko to Helen KTV
1983 Ōedo Sōsamō TX Van Phil G Company Episode 604 "Zesshō! Namida ni Nureta Ominaeshi"
Umontori Monochō NTV Union Motion Picture Episode 15 "Denroku no Hatsukoi"
Abarenbō Shōgun II Okei EX Toei Episode 33 "Tobe! Ashita ni Kadode no Cha no Kaori"
Zenigata Heiji Oyumi CX Episode 836 "Noroi no Shamisen"
Machiko Hasegawa no ijiwaru Kangofu
Shin Hangman Satomi ABC Shochiku Geino Episode 19 "Furō-sha o Osou Idai Kyōju to Uwaki Fujin"
Jikenkisha Chabo NTV Union Motion Picture Episode 8 "Chabo ga Tonakai de yattekita"
4 Oct 1984 Ōoka Echizen Omiyo TBS C.A.L Part 6 Episode 31 "Norowareta Endan"
1984 Ōedo Sōsamō Onatsu TX Van Phil G Company Episode 629 "Watashi o Tsuma ni! Jūzō Jonan Sōdō"
Nonki-kun CX
The Hangman 4 Eiko Katori ABC Shochiku Geino Episode 12 "Tiger Cab no Honkyo ga Osowa reru!"
Mokuyō Golden Drama Mashō
Hissatsu Shigoto Hito IV Okyō ABC Shochiku Episode 36 "Omomizu: Nagare Hoshi ni Negai o kakeru"
Tokusō Saizensen EX Toei Episodes 359 "Ai Dangan Ai: 7-ri no Keiji-tachi" and 360 "Ai Dangan Ai II: 7-ri no Keiji-tachi"
1985 Ijiwarubāsan CX
Itazura Stewardess! Ojō-sama Ote yawarakani
Tokusō Saizensen EX Toei Episode 426 "Kaigai Tokuhain Satsujin Mystery!"
Abare Kyūan Okoyo KTV Episode 15 "Geta ga Otoshita Ai"
Shitetsu Ensen 97 Bunsho Kazuko Yamamura EX Episode 31 "Chakunin! Powerful Combi"
Shadow Warriors Okiri KTV Toei Episode 2 "Kage naki onna ni o Yōjin"
Egaka reta Onna NTV Mitsune Pro
Okunoto Satsujin Yūgi
Super Police Eriko Shinjo TBS Toei Episode 8 "Kurayami de Dokkiri Watashi wa Mita!"
Getsuyō Wide Gekijō Tasogare Fujin II EX Nikkatsu Satsueijo
1986 The Hangman V Rie Saito, NMQ co-owner ABC Shochiku Geino Episode 13 "Falcon ga Sensō Game no Hyōteki ni sa reru!"
Hissatsu Shigoto Hito V Gekitō-hen Orui Shochiku Episode 21 "Sen to ritsu, Yotte Abareru"
Tokusō Saizensen EX Toei Episode 470 "Satsujin Irai o suru Onna ano Hito o Koroshite...!"
Taiyō ni Hoero! Yoko Katsuragi NTV Toho Episode 692 "Sōsa ni Te o Dasuna!"
Ai no Arashi "Arashi ga Oka"
7, 14 Jul 1987 Seicho Matsumoto Special Watasareta Bamen Keiko NTV Kiri Kikaku
1987 Ai Densetsu THK
Kaō Ai no Gekijō Yūwaku TBS Lead role
Jan 1988 Kyōto Shūzan Satsujin Kaidō Koto to Wakasa o Butai ni Ayashiku Kuruu Furin no Hitozuma NTV Shochiku
Jun 1988 June Bride Mama NTV Shochiku
1988 Drama 23 Namida Nikki TBS
Wakaremichi
Mei Bugyō: Tōyama no Kin-san Osayo EX Toei 1st Series Episode 20 "Bijin Shimai no Fukushū"
Sasurai Keiji Ryojō-hen Episode 10 "Yamanotesen kara Yūkai sa reta Bijin OL"
1989 Abarenbō Shōgun III Oshizu no Kata EX Toei Episode 59 Spring Special "Michinoku Keppan-jō! Mashō no Tani no Kessen"
Okō / Hamaji (dual role) Episode 93 "Akuryō no Shiro no Hanayome"
Feb 1989 Abunai Deka Shoko Tachibana NTV Central Arts Episode 18 "Miwaku"
1989 Naokishō Sakka Suspense Rinka no Shinshitsu KTV Toei
Yukitsumo Doritsu Haru no Michi TBS
Natsu no Arashi THK
Tsukikagehyōgo abare Tabi Oshima TX
Hagure Keiji Junjōha Miwako Torikai EX Toei 2nd Series Episode 17 "Manbiki o suru Bijo"
Gendai Shinpi Suspense Mō hitotsu no Sekai KTV Toho
Kyoto Suspense Yūgao no Tera Satsujin Jiken Shochiku Kyoto Movie
Mokuyō Gekijō / Sugishi Hi no Serenade CX
Otome no Mystery Kuro no Shamen
Ki Heitai NTV
1990 Abarenbō Shōgun III Nui EX Toei Episode 126 "Mitsumei! Edojō o Hōgeki Seyo"
6 Nov 1990 Seiichi Morimura no Kekkon Kabushikigaisha NTV Nihon Eizō
1990 Kaseifu wa Mita! (8) Ginza Kyoto Kyoshoku to Yokubō ni Moeru Utsukushī Oyako no Adeyakana Himitsu EX Daiei TV
Happyakuyachō Yume Nikki Tōriame no Okinu NTV Union Motion Picture 1st Series Episode 19 "Namidaame, Onna-reki"
Getsuyō Onna no Suspense Toba Umi ni naku Onna TX
The Keiji Kyoko EX Toho Episode 19 "Nozoka reta Kiken na Mikkai"
1991 Mito Kōmon Oyuki TBS C.A.L Part 20 Episode 16 "Otoko Ikuji no Hakatabushi -Fukuoka-"
Mito Kōmon Osode Part 20 Episode 43 "Otoko Ijiki no Rien-jō -Ichinoseki-"
Ōedo Sōsamō Oryo TX Van Phil G Company Episode 685 "Onna nezumi Kozō hiwa! Adauchi Sado Jōwa"
Abarenbō Shōgun IV EX Toei Episode 16 "Onna Shōkin Kasegi, Edo o Kiru"
9 Jul 1991 Zero Focus NTV
1991 Scandal o Oe! TBS
Keiji Gan-san 2
1991 Onihei Hankachō Oyasu CX Shochiku 2nd Series Episode 14 "Yoru Kitsune"
Depart! Natsu Monogatari TBS Daiei TV
Itsumoisshoni ite Hoshī NTV
Wakarete no chi no Koiuta
Da-ma-shi
Jirochō Sangokushi Oriha TX
1992 Mito Kōmon Okayo TBS C.A.L Part 21 Episode 9 "Mitsumei Obita Shinobizuma -Kitsuki-"
Abarenbō Shōgun IV EX Toei Episode 42 "Onna Shōkin Kasegi, Kozure Tabi!"
Mei Bugyō: Tōyama no Kin-san Oji 4th Series Episode 21 "Jigoku kara Kaettekita Onna"
Jan 1992 Seiichi Morimura no Ikari no Jusei NTV Nihon Eizō
1992 Happyakuyachō Yume Nikki Ohisa Union Motion Picture 2nd Series Episode 28 "Miyabura reta Jirokichi"
Tenka no Fukushōgun Mito Mitsukuni Tokugawa Gosanke no Gekitō Kikyo, Saki TX
Moto Rōnin Burai Tabi II EX Toei
Tsuma-tachi no Gekijō Manatsu no Dekigoto CX
Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi Part 2 Isuzu (Kiyohime) EX Toei
12 Apr 1993 Ōoka Echizen Shiori TBS C.A.L Part 13 Episode 22 "Aka ni Obieru Onna"
1993 Mito Kōmon Oshizuka Part 22 Episode 31 "Yashichi wa Otto no Teki! -Shibata-"
Abarenbō Shōgun V Tachibana-ya Okon EX Toei Episode 16 "Onna Jiken-ya, Edo o Kiru!"
Mei Bugyō: Tōyama no Kin-san Someka 5th Series Episode 21 "Uragitta Akujo!"
Tsuki Umaya oen Jikenchō Okatsu TX Shochiku 2nd Series
Tsuma-tachi no Gekijō Kiri no Mukō-gawa CX
Tsuru Himedenki -Kōbō Setouchi Suigun- NTV
1994 Mito Kōmon Kurenai Oren TBS C.A.L Part 23 Episodes 1 to 11
27 Sep 1994 Chihō Kisha Yosuke Tachibana (4) Oume Okutama Tsūshin-kyoku NTV Kindai Eiga Kyokai
1994 Mei Bugyō: Tōyama no Kin-san Oyumi EX Toei 6th Series Episode 12 "Tsuiseki! Uragitta Onna"
Edo o Kiru Akane TBS C.A.L Episodes 1 and 2 "Tōyamazakura ga Aku o Kiru"
Yami no Kariudo Nobuko TX Shochiku
Tsumiki kuzushi - Hōkai
Hatchōbori Torimono-banashi CX Episode 10 "Okuribi"
Edo no Yōjinbō Chiyokichi NTV 1st Series Episode 8 "Sei-san, Jonan no Sō ari"
Stewardess no Koibito TBS
1995 Abarenbō Shōgun VI Ofuku EX Toei Episode 22 "Shikkari Nyōbō, Kōsan suru"
Yashamen no Ogin Episode 33 "Onna Shōkin Kasegi Shura no Hanamichi!"
Shōkyōto Mystery 14 Ayako Sano NTV
Hagure Keiji Junjōha EX Toei 8th Series Episode 24 "Shisha kara no Tegami! Yōkina Mibōjin"
Tsuki Umaya oen Jikenchō Okatsu TX 3rd Series
Taiga drama Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune Someko (Yoshiyasu Sokushitsu) NHK
Natsu! Depart Monogatari TBS Daiei TV
Zenigata Heiji Osayo CX Toei 5th Series Episode 3 "Shinya no Kokuhaku"
Obasan Deka: Sakura Otome no Jiken Jō 2 Nobue Yasuhara
1996 Mito Kōmon Okayo TBS C.A.L Part 24 Episode 17 "Onna Meakashi Adauchi Higan -Ogura-"
1998 Oshigoto desu! CX
Owari Bakumatsu Fūun-roku: Ishin o Ugokashita Otoko Tokugawa Yoshikatsu TX
Shin Udenioboeari: Yorozuya Heishirōkatsujinken Omō NHK Episode 8 "Nusumu Kodomo"
1999 Kyoto Maru Hishiokichō ABC Shochiku
Tantei Susumu Samonji (1) Fūin sa reta Satsujin TBS
2000 Kansatsu-i Zenjiro Yabuno (8) Shitai wa Shitte iru TBS
Drama D Mode Fukaku Kakure: Hakkenden 2001 NHK
Eien no 1/2 TBS
2001 Abarenbō Shōgun XI Ayao Mita EX Toei Episode 4 "Joi no Koi shita Machibugyō"
22 May 2001 Chihō Kisha Yosuke Tachibana (17) Etchū Takaoka Tsūshin-kyoku NTV Kindai Eiga Kyokai
2001 Kansatsu-i Zenjiro Yabuno (9) Shitai wa Shitte iru TBS
Ōedo o Kakeru! Tsuruji C.A.L Episode 9 "Hi Ken! Yami no Tachi"
2002 Mito Kōmon Okon TBS C.A.L Part 30 Episode 9 "Musume ga Shitta Chichi no Himitsu -Kubota-"
Hagure Keiji Junjōha Tomoko Mayama EX Toei
Obasan Deka: Sakura Otome no Jiken Jō 11 Shoko Yamauchi CX
Monta Mino no Jinsei Sōdan Deka: Omoikkiriterebi Satsujin Jiken NTV
2003 Mito Kōmon Otose TBS C.A.L Part 23 Episode 14 "Naniwa Musume no Hahakoi Itchokusen -Nihonmatsu-"
Shinshun Tokuban Bengoshi Ayuko Takabayashi Special NTV Toei
Ryokō Sakka Chayajirō (3) Shimantogawa Satsujin Jiken BS Japan, TX
Getsuyō Mystery Gekijō Yonaoshi Kōmuin: The! Kōshōjin TBS
2004 Hagure Keiji Junjōha EX Toei 17th Series Episode 5 "Tsuma ga Mita Sankaku Kankei! Karasu no Nyōbō Satsujin Jiken"
Kaseifu wa Mita! (23) Masayoshi-ha Bengoshi Oshidorifūfu ni Shōgeki no Himitsu ga... EX Daiei TV
Tokusō Keiji Reiko Toyama (2) Oyako Kantei Satsujin Jiken BS Japan, TX
2005 Engine CX
2006 Obasan Kaichō Murasaki no Hanzai Seisō Nikki Gomi wa Koroshi o Shitte iru Series TBS
2007 Yorozuya Heishirōkatsujinken TX Episode 7 "Ukikusa no Onna"
Moto Rōnin Tsukikagehyōgo Omine EX Toei Episode 3 "Otto no Kyū wa Ikiteita Moto Rōnin to Namida no Ippikiōkami"
Nōka no Yome wa Bengoshi! Junko Kamiya no Furusato Jiken-bo TX
Hōtei Arashi Bengoshi Igari Bunsuke
2008 Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune TX
Geisha Koharu Nēsan Funtō-ki
Sōsa Kenji Shigemichi Chikamatsu (8) Ise Shima Ama Densetsu Satsujin Jiken
Doctor Koishi no Jiken Karute CX
Mitsuhiko Asami Series (32) Hakoniwa
2009 Mito Kōmon Fumi TBS C.A.L Part 39 Episode 16 "Haha to Nanorenu Kako Kanashi -Usuki-"
Hissatsu Shigoto Hito 2009 Nui ABC Shochiku Episode 20 "Onna no Ichibu"
5 Jan 2009 Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense Tantei Susumu Samonji TBS
21 Feb 2009 Senryoku Gaitsūkoku
3 Apr 2009 Okusama wa Keishisōkan CX
12 Dec 2009 Sono Otoko, Fuku Shochō EX Toei 3rd Series File.5
15 Feb 2010 Yorozuya Chōbee no Sumidagawa Jiken File 2 TBS
14 Jun 2010 Reiko Kamijo no Jiken Suiri 7 Kyoko Furuya
19 Nov 2010 Yasuo Uchida Mystery Yufuin Satsujin Jiken CX
10 Dec 2010 Bengoshi Riyako Asabuki
30 May 2011 Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Asaka Han Series 4: Seigi no Daishō Yoshimi Hayashida TBS Episode 8
25 Aug 2011 Kyoto Chiken no Onna Masako Ando EX Toei 7th Series Episode 6
20 Aug 2012 Sangaku Keiji Nihon Hyakumeizan Satsujin Jiken Wakana Tanimura TBS
2014 Kenji Yoko Asahina (15) Soba o Tabetara 3 Oku-en!? Zaisan Nerai no Tsumatachi o Osou Himawari Hakka Trick Michiyo Takiguchi EX Toei
10 Jan 2014 Ōoka Echizen Ogin C.A.L Episode 7 "Keika no Shisenryō"
13 Jan 2014 Totsukawa Keibu Series 51 Aki Hanamura TBS
2014 Kiraware Kansatsu-kan Otonashi Ichi Roku: Keisatsu Naibu Chōsa no Oni Mitsue Okazaki TX
5 Feb 2014 Aibō Katsuko Kodama EX Toei Season 12 Episode 14 "Kao"
2015 Tetsudō Sōsa-kan (15) Shi o Yobu Sketch Ryokō!? Shūchakueki de Enjō suru Meiga no Nazo Kumi Yamai ViViA
2016 Sotai Soshiki Hanzai Taisaku-ka Sachiko Tamura TX
2 Jan 2016 Shinshun Jidaigeki Nobunaga Moyu Tanba no Kyoku Toei
18 Aug 2016 Onna-tachi no Tokusō Saizensen Hanayo Yasuda EX Episode 5

Stage

DateTitleNotes
Black Comedy
Edo o Kiru
Chūshingura
Nemuri Kyoshirō
Kōtarō Satomi Tokubetsu Kōen Kutsukake Tokijirō / Momi no Ki wa Nokotta
Dorobō to Wakatono
Nov 2009, Mar 2010 Saburō Kitajima Tokubetsu Kōen Kiso Koi shigure Located in Hakata-za and Misono-za
May 2010 Joyū Starring Mariko Okada

Other TV programmes

RunTitleNetworkNotes
Apr 1979  - Mar 1980 Hiroshi Ogawa Show CX 9th generation assistant
Kakkurakin Dai Hōsō NTV
Gogo wa Marumaru Omoikkiri TV Occasional appearances

Radio

RunTitleNetworkNotes
1980 Shōfukutei Tsurukō no All Night Nippon 10th generation assistant
6 Oct 1991  - Apr 1994 Tenshi no Morning Call

Advertisements

CompanyProduct
Takeda Gastrointestinal Drug 21
Hakusui Inc. High Sour

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 東京夕刊. Yomiuri Shimbun. 5 Nov 1987. 11.
  2. Web site: 美しき誘惑 現代の「画皮」. May 17, 2021. eiga.com.