Yasuko Sawaguchi

Yasuko Sawaguchi

nihongo|Yasuko Sawaguchi|沢口 靖子|Sawaguchi Yasuko|born June 11, 1965 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan, is a Japanese actress.

Biography

In early 1984, the Japanese movie studio Toho Company Ltd. held their first Toho Cinderella beauty contest, and Yasuko, almost 19 at the time, was chosen as the first Toho Cinderella, beating out the other 30,000 contestants.

Shortly after, she made her film debut in the film "", before co-starring as the heroine Naoko Okumura in "The Return of Godzilla", which was the grand comeback film for the famous movie monster Godzilla. She appeared in the next Godzilla film 5 years later, 1989's "Godzilla vs Biollante", but as another character (Erika Shiragami, who played a part in the creation of Godzilla's titular adversary). At the Toho Cinderella beauty contest that same year, she took place with the 2nd Toho Cinderella, 1987 winner Megumi Odaka (who was also in "Biollante", starting her Miki Saegusa character).

She has since appeared in numerous movies and television (her TV show debut was "Mio's Devotion" in 1985), and is considered one of Japan's most beautiful and talented actresses. She has played scientific criminal investigator Mariko Sakaki, the lead role in the television show "Kasōken no Onna" (and its successor "Shin Kasōken no Onna"), which have aired on TV Asahi since 1999. In NHK Taiga dramas she has portrayed Iroha-hime in the "Dokuganryū Masamune" (1987), Akahashi Tōko in "Taiheiki" (1991), and Nene in "Hideyoshi" (1996). She starred as Rui in the "jidaigeki" "Shin On'yado Kawasemi" (TV Asahi, 1997). She has also played the villain in one episode of Furuhata Ninzaburo in 1996.

She also voiced Chihiro's mother in the original Japanese version of Spirited Away. This involved her sounding as though she was talking with her mouth full, so she initially tried biting her finger while acting. When this didn't create the desired effect, some KFC chicken was ordered into the recording studio.

External links

* [http://www.toho-talent.com/yasuko/ Official Talent File for Yasuko Sawaguchi]
*ja icon [http://www.geocities.jp/yasuko_sawaguchi2004/main.html Extensive Yasuko Sawaguchi fanpage]
*imdb name|id=0768005|name=Yasuko Sawaguchi
*jmdb name|id=0261570|name=Yasuko Sawaguchi


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