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Occupation
  
Actress, singer

Name
  
Yoko Asaji

Years active
  
1974—present

Role
  
Actress

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Born
  
April 2, 1951 (age 72) (
1951-04-02
)
Shizuoka, Japan

Movies and TV shows
  
Abarenbo Shogun, Tug of War!, FNS Music Festival, Willful Murder, Suna no ue no Robinson

Similar People
  
Takayuki Godai, Tadashi Yokouchi, Masumi Harukawa, Hiroko Nakajima, Naomi Nishida

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

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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

Actress
2023
Tengu no daidokoro (TV Series)
- Edamame to tômorokoshi (2023)
2020
The Voice of Sin as
Mitsuko Oshima
2019
Sherlock (TV Series) as
Masae Akabane
- Episode #1.1 (2019) - Masae Akabane
2018
Nuke Mairu: Onna 3-nin Ise Mairi (TV Series) as
Chiyo
- Episode #1.2 (2018) - Chiyo
2016
Scrap and Build (TV Movie)
2016
Hello, We Love You (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.9 (2016)
- Episode #1.8 (2016)
- Episode #1.7 (2016)
- Episode #1.6 (2016)
- Episode #1.5 (2016)
- Episode #1.4 (2016)
- Episode #1.3 (2016)
- Episode #1.2 (2016)
- Episode #1.1 (2016)
2016
The State of Union (TV Mini Series) as
Misayo Nagasato
- Episode #1.10 (2016) - Misayo Nagasato
- Episode #1.3 (2016) - Misayo Nagasato
2015
Dr. Storks (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.5 (2015)
2015
Red Cross: Onna tachi no akagami (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.2 (2015)
- Episode #1.1 (2015)
2013
Shiawase ni naru mittsu no kaimono (TV Movie)
2013
Fate Hunters (TV Mini Series) as
Tomoko
- Endooi onna (2013) - Tomoko
2013
The Best Divorce (TV Mini Series) as
Hamasaki Kiyoe
- Episode #1.11 (2013) - Hamasaki Kiyoe
2012
Tug of War! as
Kazue Obayashi
2011
Sunshine (TV Series) as
Saki Sakurai
- Episode #1.97 (2011) - Saki Sakurai
- Episode #1.87 (2011) - Saki Sakurai
2008
Panda ga machi ni yatte kuru (TV Series) as
Yuri Wakana
- Issho ni iyô, donna toki mo no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Sayonara, kodomotachi no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Kazoku tte nâni? no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Omedetô! Jûjô sensei no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Watashi wa itsudemo anata no mikata no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Watashi no daiji na takaramono no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Watashi ga sengyô shufu dewa dame desuka!? no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Shôko no ketsudan no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Wakare no kisetsu!? no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Shôko ni sasageru kôshinkyoku no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Gambare Genki, makeruna Genki! no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Hitoshi, hîrô ni naru! no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Terebi ga machi ni yatte kuru! no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Shôko, kashu jinsei no kiki!? no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Sayonara hatsukoi no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Shôko, enka utaimasu! no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Boku no yume, minna no yume no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Ienai koto darake no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Himitsu ga ippai no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Yume tte nâni? no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Shôko no omoi, Hitoshi no kesshin no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Nukenai yubiwa no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Okane ga nai! no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Shôko vs kodomotachi purasu shûtome no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Nokosareta kêki no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Shoya nanoni! no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
- Oyomesan wa panda? no maki (2008) - Yuri Wakana
2008
Toppu sêrusu (TV Series) as
Abe's mother
- Kizu (2008) - Abe's mother
2004
Onigiri as
Atsuro's Wife
2004
Sukai hai (TV Series) as
Kiyomi Kanasaka
- Episode #2.6 (2004) - Kiyomi Kanasaka
2003
Say Hello to Black Jack (TV Mini Series) as
Tomoko Saito
- Episode #1.5 (2003) - Tomoko Saito
- Episode #1.4 (2003) - Tomoko Saito
- Episode #1.3 (2003) - Tomoko Saito
2000
Chihô kisha Tachibana Yôsuke 16 (TV Movie)
1997
Beach Boys (TV Series)
- Episode #1.7 (1997)
1992
Asahina Shûhei misuterî 3: Tangoji satsujin jiken (TV Movie) as
Reiko Asahina
1991
Ebarake no hitobito
1989
Fuyu monogatari as
Ikuko
1989
Suna no ue no Robinson
1988
Garasu no naka no sho-jo as
Michiyo Hirota
1988
Bokura no nanoka-kan sensô as
Shino Kikuchi
1987
Sayonara no onnatachi as
Adachi, Noriko
1984
Chi-chan gomen ne as
Keiko Kamata
1982
The Edo Fortune-Teller (TV Movie)
1981
Willful Murder as
Kawada
1981
Kinagashi bugyo (TV Movie)
1981
Asshii-tachi no machi as
Mariko Sagawa
1981
Onna taikôki (TV Series) as
Yaya
1980
Zoku zoku jiken: Tsuki no keshiki (TV Series) as
Ichiko Kuwano
- Episode #1.4 (1980) - Ichiko Kuwano
- Episode #1.3 (1980) - Ichiko Kuwano
1978
Yûrei ressha (TV Movie) as
Yûko
1978
The Unfettered Shogun (TV Series) as
Osai (1988-1994)
1976
Otôto as
Gen
1975
Detective Hagure (TV Series) as
Junko Takigawa
Self
2016
Iyana onna (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.1 (2016)
2008
Panda ga machi ni yatte kuru special (TV Special) as
Yuri Wakana
1959
Star 1001 Ya (TV Series) as
Self - Emcee

References

Yōko Asaji Wikipedia