Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hiroko Yakushimaru
Born	Hiroko Yakushimaru (薬師丸博子, Yakushimaru Hiroko) (1964-06-09) June 9, 1964 Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Koji Tamaki (January 1991 - June 1998)

Hiroko Yakushimaru (薬師丸ひろ子, Yakushimaru Hiroko, born June 9, 1964 in Tokyo) 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.^[1]

Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up. In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, the film where she played the leading role and recorded the same-titled theme song.

Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s. She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai.^[2] According to the Japanese Oricon chart, combined sales of her singles and albums have been estimated approximately 5.9 million copies to date.^[3]^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Never Give Up 野性の証明 (Yasei no Shomei)	Yoriko Nagai
1979	G.I. Samurai (戦国自衛隊, Sengoku Jieitai)	Young samurai
1980	Toward the Terra	Jonah Matsuka (voice)
1980	Tonda Couple (翔んだカップル)	Kei Yamaba (leading role)	Yokohama Film Festival for Best Actress Award (Character)^[5] Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award^[6]
1981	Nerawareta Gakuen (ねらわれた学園)	Yuka Mitamura (leading role)
1981	Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃, Sailor-Fuku to Kikanju)	Izumi Hoshi (leading role)	Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)^[7]
1982	Yosooi no Machi (装いの街)	Kayoko Ōdate (leading role)
1983	Detective Story (探偵物語, Tantei Monogatari)	Naomi Arai (leading role)
1983	Legend of the Eight Samurai (里見八犬伝, Satomi Hakkenden)	Shizu-hime (leading role)
1984	Main Theme	Shibuki Ogasawara (leading role)
1984	W's Tragedy (Wの悲劇, W no Higeki)	Shizuka Mita (leading role)	Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress Nominated — Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role^[8] Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)^[9]
1985	Yabanjin no Yo ni (野蛮人のように)	Tamako Arisugawa (leading role)
1986	Cabaret	waitress (cameo)
1986	Shinshi Dōmei (紳士同盟)	Etsuko Kirino (leading role)
1988	Downtown Heroes	Fusako Nakahara (leading role)
1989	Ready! Lady	Ryoko Takahashi (leading role)
1990	Byōin e Ikō (病院へ行こう)	Midori Yoshikawa (leading role)
1990	Tasmania Monogatari (タスマニア物語)	Naoko Hirashima	Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)^[10]
1992	Kira Kira Hikaru (きらきらひかる)	Shoko Kishida (leading role)
1993	Nurse Call	Kozue Igarashi (leading role)
1997	Magnitude: Asu e no Kakehashi (マグニチュード明日への架け橋)	Yoko Hioki
2003	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (木更津キャッツアイ日本シリーズ)	Mirei Asada
2004	Lakeside Murder Case	Minako Namiki
2005	Princess Raccoon (オペレッタ狸御殿, Operetta Tanuki-Goten)	O'Hagi no Tsubone
	Tetsujin 28-Gō (鉄人28号)	Yoko Kaneda
	Always: Sunset on Third Street (ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日, Always Sanchōme no Yūhi)	Tomoe Suzuki	Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role^[11] Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress^[12] Kinema Junpo Year-End - Best Supporting Actress for Domestic Film Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress^[13]
2006	Aogeba Tōtoshi (あおげば尊し)	Mari Minegishi
	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (木更津キャッツアイワールドシリーズ)	Mirei Asada
	Arigatō (ありがとう)	Yoshiko Iida
2007	Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust (バブルへGO！！～タイムマシンはドラム式～, Bubble e Go! Time Machine wa Drum Shiki)	Mariko Tanaka
	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (ALWAYS 続・三丁目の夕日, Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi)	Tomoe Suzuki	Nominated — Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role^[14]
	Megane	Morishita ("Megane"'s Friend)
2008	Utatama	Yuko Senuma
2009	Heaven's Door	Mariko Shiraishi
2010	Kondo wa Aisaika (今度は愛妻家)	Sakura Kitami	Nominated — Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role^[15]
2010	Hanamizuki (ハナミズキ)	Ryoko Hirasawa
2011	Wasao (わさお)	Setsuko Kikutani (leading role)
2012	Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64	Tomoe Suzuki
2015	Sinbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima	Sinbad's Mother (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Teki ka? Mikata ka? 3 tai 3 (敵か?味方か?3対3)	Third daughter of the wife
1979	Yosooi no Machi (装いの街)	Kayoko Ōdate (leading role)	It was released in cinemas later.
1997	Mrs. Cinderella	Mizuho Kayama (leading role)
1981	Ren’ai Chudoku (恋愛中毒, Love addiction)	Miu Minazuki (leading role)
2000	Africa Pole Pole	Naoko
2002	Mama no Idenshi (ママの遺伝子, Mom’s gene)	Nanami Fujiki (leading role)
2002	Honkon Myōjō Mei (香港明星迷, Hong Kong star fans)	Satomi Kudo (leading role)
2002	Kisarazu Cat's Eye	Mirei Asada
2004	Black Jack ni Yoroshiku ~Namida no Gan Byōtō-hen (ブラックジャックによろしく〜涙のがん病棟編〜, Say hello to Black Jack: The part of the tragic cancer ward)	Yoshie Tsujimoto
2004	Ningen da mono ~Mitsuo Aida Story~ (にんげんだもの〜相田みつを物語〜)	Chie Aida (leading role)
2005	Tiger & Dragon	Katsuko Shiraishi	Guest of Episode 6
	1 Litre no Namida (1リットルの涙, 1 Liter of Tears)	Shioka Ikeuchi
	Umeko	Momoko Kawai
2007	Byakkotai	Shige Sakai
	1 Litre no Namida: Special Edition - Tsuioku	Shioka Ikeuchi
	Papa no Namida de Ko wa Sodatsu (パパの涙で子は育つ, The child grew up with tears of dad)	Fumika Kawamura
2008	Aiba Monogatari (愛馬物語, Favorite horse story)	Sachiko Nozoe
	Homeless Chūgakusei (ホームレス中学生, Homeless junior high student)	Keiko Tamura
	Sen no Kaze ni natte Drama Special "Nadeshiko-tai ~Shōjo tachi dake ga Mita Tokkōtai – Fūinsareta 23 nichikan~" (千の風になってドラマスペシャル「なでしこ隊〜少女達だけが見た特攻隊・封印された23日間〜)	Tome Torihama
	Aruga mama no Kimi de Ite (あるがままの君でいて)	Yuka Enomoto
2009	Senjō no Melody (戦場のメロディ, Melody of battlefield)	Hamako Watanabe (leading role)
2010	Unubore Deka (うぬぼれ刑事, Conceit detective)	Nobuko Maehara	Guest of Episode 5
	Gekai Suma Hisayoshi (外科医須磨久善, Surgeon Hisayoshi Suma)	Chiyoko Suma
	Q10	Kuriko Yanagi
2011	Zenkai Girl (全開ガール, Girl full throttle)	Shoko Sakuragawa
2012	Tsuma ga Otto wo Okuru Toki (妻が夫をおくるとき, When a wife sees off her husband)	Fukuko Ishii (leading role)
2012	Kurumaisu de Boku wa Sora wo Tobu (車イスで僕は空を飛ぶ, I fly in the sky by my wheelchair)	Haruko Hasebe
2013	Amachan (あまちゃん, Amachan)	Hiromi Suzuka

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Chart positions	Label
Year	Album details	JPN^[16]	Label
1982	Seishun no Memoire (青春のメモワール) (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	Kokinshū (古今集) 1st studio album Released: February 14, 1984	1	Toshiba EMI/East World
1985	Yume Jūwa (夢十話) 2nd studio album Released: August 8, 1985	2
1986	Hana Zukan (花図鑑) 3rd studio album Released: June 9, 1986	2
1987	Hoshi Kikō (星紀行) 4th studio album Released: July 6, 1987	3
1987	First Live: Hoshi Kikō (ファースト・ライヴ星紀行) Live album Released: December 25, 1987	94
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	Koibumi: Love Letter (恋文) 9h studio album Released: February 2, 1998	—	BMG Funhouse
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Chart positions (JP)^[16]	Label
1986	Best Collection	7	Toshiba EMI/East World
1988	Sentence (Sentence～セ・ン・テ・ン・ス～, Se N Te N Su)	18
1989	Best Now	56
1991	Best Now 2	—
1998	Twin Best	—
1999	Singles	—
2000	2000 Best	—
2000	Love Collection: 1981-2000	—	BMG Funhouse
2002	Golden Best (ゴールデン☆ベスト)	—	Toshiba EMI
2003	Pure Sweet (Box set)	—	Toshiba EMI
2007	Essential Best	—	EMI Music Japan
2011	Uta Monogatari (歌物語)	43 ^[17]	EMI Music Japan
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or the information is unknown.

Singles

Year	Album	Chart positions (JP)^[18]	Label
1981	"Sailor-fuku to Kikanjū" (セーラー服と機関銃)	1	Kitty Records
1983	"Tantei Monogatari" (探偵物語)	1	Toshiba EMI/East World
1983
"Main Theme" (メイン・テーマ) (1983)	2
1984	"Woman (W no Higeki Yori)" (Woman "Wの悲劇"より)	1
1985	"Anata o Motto Shiritakute" (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて)	2
	"Ten ni Hoshi, Chi ni Hana" (天に星.地に花.) (New remix long version)	12
	"Suteki na Koi no Wasurekata" (ステキな恋の忘れ方)	4
1986	"Sasayaki no Step" (ささやきのステップ)	3
1986	"Shinshi Dōmei" (紳士同盟)	2
1987	"Mune no Furiko" (胸の振子)	8
1988	"Shūgakushō" (終楽章)	10
1988	"Jidai" (時代)	9
1989	"Kataritsugu Ai ni" (語りつぐ愛に)	6
1989	"Windy Boy"	12
1990	"Te o Tsunaideite" (手をつないでいて) (1990)	35
1991	"Kaze ni Notte" (風に乗って)	35
1997	"Kōsaten (Sō, Sore ga Sō)" (交叉点〜そうそれがそう〜)	51	BMG Funhouse
1997	"Koibumi (Aishū-hen)" (恋文〜哀愁篇〜)	—
1998	"Smile Smile Smile" (smile スマイル smile)	—
2000	"Love Holic"	—
2011	"Boku no Takaramono" (僕の宝物)	169	EMI Music Japan
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

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External links

Hiroko Yakushimaru at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
Hiroko Yakushimaru at the Internet Movie Database

Awards

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress

Chikage Awashima (1950)
Setsuko Hara (1951)
Isuzu Yamada (1952)
Nobuko Otowa (1953)
Hideko Takamine (1954)
Chikage Awashima (1955)
Isuzu Yamada (1956)
Yuuko Mochizuki (1957)
Fujiko Yamamoto (1958)
Tanie Kitabayashi (1959)
Keiko Kishi (1960)
Ayako Wakao (1961)
Sayuri Yoshinaga (1962)
Sachiko Hidari (1963)
Shima Iwashita (1964)
Ayako Wakao (1965)
Yoko Tsukasa (1966)
Ruriko Asaoka (1975)
Kumiko Akiyoshi (1976)
Shima Iwashita (1977)
Meiko Kaji (1978)
Kaori Momoi (1979)
Yukiyo Toake (1980)
Keiko Matsuzaka (1981)
Masako Natsume (1982)
Yūko Tanaka (1983)
Hiroko Yakushimaru (1984)
Yukiyo Toake (1985)
Ayumi Ishida (1986)
Yoshiko Mita (1987)
Kaori Momoi (1988)
Yoshiko Tanaka (1989)
Keiko Matsuzaka (1990)
Youki Kudoh (1991)
Yoshiko Mita (1992)
Ruby Moreno (1993)
Saki Takaoka (1994)
Miho Nakayama (1995)
Mieko Harada (1996)
Kaori Momoi (1997)
Mieko Harada (1998)
Kyōka Suzuki (1999)
Sayuri Yoshinaga (2000)
Yūki Amami (2001)
Reiko Kataoka (2002)
Shinobu Terajima (2003)
Rie Miyazawa (2004)
Kyōko Koizumi (2005)
Yū Aoi (2006)
Kumiko Aso (2007)
Tae Kimura (2008)
Haruka Ayase (2009)
Shinobu Terajima (2010)
Hiromi Nagasaku (2011)
Sakura Ando (2012)
Shihori Kanjiya (2013)
Sakura Ando (2014)
Kasumi Arimura (2015)

Yokohama Film Festival Best Actress

Yuuki Mizuhara (1980)
Hiroko Yakushimaru (1981)
Maiko Kazama (1982)
Ayumi Ishida (1983)
Eiko Nagashima (1984)
Mari Shirato (1985)
Tomoyo Harada (1986)
Narumi Yasuda (1987)
Yasuko Tomita (1988)
Kyōko Koizumi (1989)
Anna Nakagawa (1990)
Yuki Saito (1991)
Jun Fubuki (1992)
Yoko Minamino (1993)
Isako Washio (1994)
Saki Takaoka (1995)
Miho Nakayama (1996)
Eri Fukatsu (1997)
Kyōka Suzuki (1998)
Mieko Harada (1999)
Shinobu Otake (2000)
Naomi Fujiyama (2001)
Yūki Amami (2002)
Asaka Seto (2003)
Shinobu Terajima (2004)
Kyoko Fukada (2005)
Yūko Tanaka (2006)
Yū Aoi (2007)
Eriko Sato (2008)
Eiko Koike (2009)
Manami Konishi (2010)
Hikari Mitsushima (2011)
Yuriko Yoshitaka (2012)
Takako Matsu (2013)
Yōko Maki (2014)
Rie Miyazawa (2015)
Haruka Ayase (2016)

Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

Kiwako Taichi (1976)
Ayumi Ishida (1977)
Shinobu Otake (1978)
Mayumi Ogawa (1979)
Yoko Aki (1980)
Yūko Tanaka (1981)
Miyako Yamaguchi (1982)
Mitsuko Baisho (1983)
Kin Sugai (1984)
Yoshiko Mita (1985)
Mieko Harada (1986)
Junko Sakurada (1987)
Eri Ishida (1988)
Hideko Yoshida (1989)
Kanako Higuchi (1990)
Jun Fubuki (1991)
Miwako Fujitani (1992)
Junko Sakurada (1993)
Shigeru Muroi (1994)
Meiko Kaji (1995)
Eriko Watanabe (1996)
Mitsuko Baisho (1997)
Kumiko Aso (1998)
Junko Fuji (1999)
Naomi Nishida (2000)
Ko Shibasaki (2001)
Miho Kanno (2002)
Eri Fukatsu (2003)
Masami Nagasawa (2004)
Hiroko Yakushimaru (2005)
Yū Aoi (2006)
Hiromi Nagasaku (2007)
Kirin Kiki (2008)
Kaoru Yachigusa (2009)
Rie Tomosaka (2010)
Nobuko Miyamoto (2011)
Sakura Ando (2012)
Chizuru Ikewaki (2013)
Yuko Oshima (2014)
Yō Yoshida (2015)

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Kaori Momoi (1978)
Shinobu Otake (1979)
Mayumi Ogawa (1980)
Michiyo Okusu (1981)
Yūko Tanaka (1982)
Rumiko Koyanagi (1983)
Atsuko Asano (1984)
Kin Sugai (1985)
Yoshiko Mita (1986)
Mieko Harada (1987)
Rino Katase (1988)
Eri Ishida (1989)
Etsuko Ichihara (1990)
Eri Ishida (1991)
Emi Wakui (1992)
Miwako Fujitani (1993)
Kyōko Kagawa (1994)
Shigeru Muroi (1995)
Nobuko Otowa (1996)
Eriko Watanabe (1997)
Mitsuko Baisho (1998)
Kumiko Aso (1999)
Kayoko Kishimoto (2000)
Mieko Harada (2001)
Ko Shibasaki (2002)
Tanie Kitabayashi (2003)
Eri Fukatsu (2004)
Masami Nagasawa (2005)
Hiroko Yakushimaru (2006)
Yū Aoi (2007)
Masako Motai (2008)
Kimiko Yo (2009)
Kimiko Yo (2010)
Kirin Kiki (2011)
Hiromi Nagasaku (2012)
Kimiko Yo (2013)
Yōko Maki (2014)
Haru Kuroki (2015)

Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Supporting Actress

Izumi Inamori (1998) Kyoko Fukada (1999) Miki Mizuno (2000) Mayo Suzukaze (2001) Yūki Amami (2002) Akiko Yada (2003) Koyuki (2004) Aya Okamoto (2005) Hiroko Yakushimaru (2006) Kyōka Suzuki (2007) Yuu Kashii (2008) Juri Ueno (2009) Aya Ōmasa (2010) Anne Watanabe (2012) Erika Toda (2013) Ko Shibasaki (2014) Fumino Kimura (2015)

Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actress

Ako (1980)
Ran Ito (1981)
Yūko Tanaka (1982)
Masako Natsume (1983)
Misako Tanaka (1984)
Kin Sugai / Etsuko Shihomi (1985)
Kie Nakai (1986)
Noriko Watanabe (1987)
Eri Ishida (1988)
Shuko Honami (1989)
Haruko Sagara (1990)
Tomoko Nakajima (1991)
Emi Wakui / Reona Hirota (1992)
Keiko Oginome / Misa Shimizu (1993)
Kaoru Mizuki / Ruby Moreno (1994)
Shigeru Muroi (1995)
Shinobu Nakayama (1996)
Reiko Kusamura (1997)
Reiko Kataoka (1998)
Yumi Yoshiyuki (1999)
Naomi Nishida (2001)
Ko Shibasaki / Yūki Amami (2002)
Nene Otsuka (2003)
Kimiko Yo (2004)
Kirin Kiki (2005)
Hiroko Yakushimaru (2006)
Yūko Nakamura / Kazue Fukiishi (2007)
Hiromi Nagasaku (2008)
Ryōko Hirosue / Kimiko Yo (2009)
Sakura Ando (2010)
Yui Natsukawa (2011)
Megumi Kagurazaka / Asuka Kurosawa (2012)
Sakura Ando (2013)
Makiko Watanabe / Fumi Nikaidō (2014)
Satomi Kobayashi / Yuko Oshima (2015)
Aoba Kawai (2016)

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