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Name
  
Yuko Kotegawa

Spouse
  
Ken Tanaka (m. 1986–1999)

TV shows
  
Role
  
Actress

Siblings
  
Nobuko Kotegawa

Y?ko Kotegawa Y?ko Kotegawa

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

Movies
  
The Makioka Sisters, Origin: Spirits of the Past, Station, Oh! The Nomugi Pass, Swing Me Again

Similar People
  
Nobuko Kotegawa, Ken Tanaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Yuko Natori, Sayuri Yoshinaga

Yuko kotegawa japanese actress


Yūko Kotegawa (古手川祐子, Kotegawa Yūko, born July 16, 1959) is a Japanese actress from the city of Ōita.

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Biography

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Yūko graduated from high school in the city of Ōita. She placed first in the 1976 Miss Salad Girl contest (the runner-up was Yūko Natori). She landed a part in a Kanebo cosmetics commercial and joined Toho Entertainment. Her sister Nobuko is also in acting.

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Yūko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi and in 1979 appeared in Ah! Nomugi Toge. She was cast in the 1983 Toho adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters. In 1991 the Japan Academy recognized her as the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for portraying Noriko Kai in the 1989 Toho film Hana no Furu Gogo (or Afternoon when Flowers Fell). She played Aguri (later Yōzei-in), the wife of Asano Naganori, in the 1994 Chūshingura Shijū-shichinin no Shikaku.

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She appeared on television in 1977 as the female lead in Bakumatsu Miraijin on NHK. Her 1984 portrayal of Otsū, the love interest of Miyamoto Musashi in NHK's 45-part prime-time series based on the Eiji Yoshikawa novel, was a major high point of her career. She also took the female lead in the 1993 Taiga drama Homura Tatsu opposite Ken Watanabe. In 2004 NHK cast her as the leading lady in Jīji: Mago to ita Natsu with Toshiyuki Nishida.

Meanwhile, she appeared on privately owned networks in many prominent roles. On Tokyo Broadcasting System, Yūko played characters in series in 1980, '81, and '82, including the female lead in Totsuzen no Ashita. Asahi TV cast her in the lead role in two 90 minute specials in the Onyado Kawasemi jidaigeki series (1988–89); Yasuko Sawaguchi, Reiko Takashima and others have played the same character. Nippon Television gave her the lead in the 1990 Ikenai Joshikō Monogatari and second billing in Omoide-zukuri in the following year. She returned to Asahi and jidaigeki in the title role in two series with the title Tōyama no Kin-san vs. Onna Nezumi opposite Hiroki Matsukata (1997 and 1998). A decade later, the network paired the two again, and Yūko portrayed Kikyō, the leading lady, in Surōnin Tsukikage Hyōgo.

A versatile actress, Kotegawa has appeared in many other formats. She is a frequent guest star, playing contemporary and period roles. She has taken the part of the criminal in shows such as Keibuho Furuhata Ninzaburō. Yūko has also appeared in several two-hour dramas. In one of these, in the G.I. Samurai (Sengoku Jietai) franchise, she portrayed Nene, the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. She has done voice acting, taking the part of Yolda in Origin: Spirits of the Past. Yūko counts Subaru, Tiger Corporation, and Lion among her commercial clients.

Filmography

Actress
2015
Homicide Team 9 (TV Series)
- Episode #10.2 (2015)
2015
Akakabu kenji funsenki 5 (TV Movie)
2014
Sonjo sokora shoutengai (TV Movie) as
Sayuri oda
2012
Perfect Blue (TV Mini Series) as
Ryoko / Ryoko ueda
- Episode #1.11 (2012) - Ryoko
- Episode #1.10 (2012) - Ryoko ueda
2012
Akakabu kenji funsenki 4 (TV Movie) as
Haruko hiiragi
2012
Senjô Parser Himuro Natsuko: Gôka ferry satsujin jiken (TV Movie) as
Yuriko abe
2012
Hidamari no ki (TV Series) as
Onaka
2012
Hayami san to yobareru hi Special (TV Series) as
Yoko
- Episode #1.2 (2012) - Yoko
- Episode #1.1 (2012) - Yoko
2012
Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi (TV Series) as
Yoko hayami
- Episode #1.1 (2012) - Yoko hayami
2011
Kikyô (TV Movie)
2011
Akakabu kenji funsenki 3 (TV Movie)
2011
Misaki Number One (TV Series) as
Minato Sakiko
- Episode #1.7 (2011) - Minato Sakiko
2010
Akakabu kenji funtôki 2: akujo no shôgen (TV Series)(2010)
2010
Futatabi as
Ritsuko Kijima
2010
My Husband is a Cartoonist (TV Series)
2010
Akakabu kenji: Kyoto hen (TV Series)
- Episode #1.9 (2010)
- Episode #1.8 (2010)
- Episode #1.7 (2010)
- Episode #1.6 (2010)
- Episode #1.5 (2010)
- Episode #1.4 (2010)
- Episode #1.3 (2010)
- Episode #1.2 (2010)
- Episode #1.1 (2010)
2010
Bakamono as
Gakuko's mother
2008
Giragira (TV Series) as
Rena Jinguji
- Episode #1.8 (2008) - Rena Jinguji
- Episode #1.7 (2008) - Rena Jinguji
- Episode #1.6 (2008) - Rena Jinguji
- Episode #1.5 (2008) - Rena Jinguji
- Episode #1.4 (2008) - Rena Jinguji
- Episode #1.3 (2008) - Rena Jinguji
- Episode #1.2 (2008) - Rena Jinguji
- Episode #1.1 (2008) - Rena Jinguji
2008
The Homeless Student as
Kyoko Tamura
2008
Asahiyama dôbutsuen Shirokuma enchô Inochi no jikenbo 2: Kamui kotan - Tenninkyô renzoku satsujin jiken (TV Movie)
2008
Posutoman
2007
Tenkôsei: Sayonara anata
2007
Kodoku no kake: Itoshiki hito yo (TV Series) as
Tazuko Ogaki
2007
Kimi ni shika kikoenai as
Nobuko Aihara
2006
Deguchi no nai umi as
Mitsue Namiki
2006
Adan as
Kimiko Tanaka
2006
Sengoku jieitai sekigahara no tatakai (TV Series)
2006
Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 45 (TV Movie)
2006
Origin: Spirits of the Past as
Yoruda (voice)
2005
Kono mune ippai no ai wo as
Sonoko Yoshihara
2005
Indeian sama
2004
Te wo nigiru dorobou no hanashi as
Yukari
2004
Granddad's Here! (TV Series)
2004
Riyû as
Katsuko Akiyoshi
2003
Onmyoji 2 as
Tsukuyomi
2002
Yanpapa (TV Series) as
Kazami Ruriko / Kazama Ruriko
- Episode #1.10 (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
- Episode #1.9 (2002) - Kazama Ruriko
- Episode #1.8 (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
- Episode #1.7 (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
- Episode #1.6 (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
- Episode #1.5 (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
- Episode #1.4 (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
- Episode #1.3 (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
- Episode #1.2 (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
- Konna ni suteki na koi no hajimari (2002) - Kazami Ruriko
2002
Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 16 (TV Movie)
2001
Sekai de ichiban atsui natsu (TV Series) as
Hara
1994
Furuhata Ninzaburô (TV Series) as
Ari Sasayama
- The Disappearance of Furuhata Ninzaburô (1996) - Ari Sasayama
- The Laughing Corpse (1994) - Ari Sasayama
1994
47 Ronin as
Yôzen'in
1993
Bored Hatamoto: The Letter of Death (TV Movie)
1993
Homura tatsu (TV Series)
1993
Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni as
Azami Ogami, wife of Ogami Itto
1992
Kataoka Tsurutarô no Kindaichi Kôsuke shirîzu: Honjin satsujin-jiken (TV Movie) as
Taeko Ichiyanagi
1992
Succession as
Megumi Kadota
1991
Genji monogatari (TV Series)
1989
Afternoon When Flowers Fell
1985
Haru no kane
1984
Miyamoto Musashi (TV Series) as
Otsu
1983
The Makioka Sisters as
Taeko Makioka
1982
Matsumoto Seichô no Ekiro (TV Movie) as
Tomoko Kozuka
1982
Himeyuri no Tô as
Aya Uehara
1982
Tôge no gunzô (TV Series)
- Episode #1.1 (1982)
1981
Omoide zukuri. (TV Series) as
Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Hareta hi ga kuru. (1981) - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Onna tomodachi no start. (1981) - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Utage no ato. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Tatakai no hi. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Mawari wa isogi ashi. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Hajimete no yoru. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Chiisana yume ga kiete iku. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Toki yo, isoganaide. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Yoru no michi dewa naku --. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Betsu no sugata ga mietekuru. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Doko e habataku. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Ryôte wo sora ni sashinobete - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Namida mo ochitekita. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
- Yattsuketai, aitsu. - Kumiko Yoshikawa
1981
Station as
Fuyuko Mikami
1980
Edogawa Rampo no bijo (TV Series) as
Hanako Shirogane
- Sakura no kuni no bijo (1980) - Hanako Shirogane
1979
Oh! The Nomugi Pass as
Kiku Shoji
1977
Hakunetsu Dead Heat
1977
Shirauo
Self
2012
VS Arashi (TV Series) as
Self
- The Day I'm Called Hayami-san Team VS Garage Sale (2012) - Self
2005
Ôra no izumi (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
1993
Gibo Aiko reinôryoku supesharu: 1999 nen chikyû metsubô! Nosutoradamusu dai yogen e no chôsen (TV Special) as
Self
1988
Minasan no okage desu (TV Series) as
Self
1964
Music Fair (TV Series) as
Self - Emcee (1988-1995)

References

Yūko Kotegawa Wikipedia