image of Hiroko Yakushimaru
Birthday: Jun 09, 1964
Place of Birth: Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroko Yakushimaru

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. 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. She also recorded the same-titled theme song for the film, which hit No. 1 on Oricon in late 1981, and stayed there until January 18, 1982. 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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Glasses Morishita 2007
Black School Rules Virginia Wolf 2019
Never Give Up Yoriko Nagai 1978
Always - Sunset on Third Street Tomoe Suzuki 2005
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 Tomoe Suzuki 2007
Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust Mariko Tanaka 2007
Hanamizuki Ryoko 2010
Princess Raccoon Ohagi no tsubone 2005
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow 1997
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Izumi Hoshi 1981
Legend of the Eight Samurai Princess Shizu 1983
Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021 2022
G.I. Samurai Young Takeda Samurai 1979
Wasao Setsuko 2011
Fan of Hong Kong star 2002
Be yourself Yuka Enomoto 2008
絆のペダル 宮澤純子 2019
Tonbi Taeko 2022
Hoshi Kikou 1987
Heart's Delivery 1990
Twinkle Shoko Koyama 1992
Detective Story Naomi Arai 1983
The Lakeside Murder Case Minako Namiki 2004
A Good Husband Sakura Kitami 2009
Arigatou 2006
READY! LADY Ryoko 1989
The Tragedy of “W” Shizuka Mita 1984
Main Theme Shibuki Ogasawara 1984
Dreamy Fifteen Kei Yamawa 1980
Tasmania Story 1990
Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island Latifa (voice) 2015
1 Litre Of Tears SP Shioka Ikeuchi 2007
Amachan Hiromi Suzuka 2013
Nadeshiko Tai 2008
Dr. Hisayoshi Suma 須磨千代子 2010
Last Mile Misumi Natsuyo 2024
Aka Medaka Narrator 2015
Fuji Family 鷹子(長女) 2016
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 Tomoe Suzuki 2012
Blue Period Masako Saeki 2024
The Homeless Student 2 Keiko Tamura 2009
Let's Go to the Hospital 1990
School in the Crosshairs Yuka Mitamura 1981
Like a Savage Tamako Arisugawa 1985
The Gentlemen’s Alliance 1986
The 8-Year Engagement Hatsumi Nakahara 2017
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura Female owner 2017
Downtown Heroes 1988
Café Funiculi Funicula Kayo Takatake 2018
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series Mirei 2006
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series Mirei Asada 2003
Fuji Family New Year Special 2017 Oguni Takako 2017
The Stork Nest Yumiko Yasuda 2013
Nurse Call Kozue Igarashi 1993
Toward the Terra Jona Macka (voice) 1980
Sing Salmon Sing Yoko Senuma 2008
Yuriko's Picture Book Yuriko Onodera 2016
Cabaret Waitress 1986
I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair Hasebe Haruko 2012
Aogeba Tôtoshi Mari Minegishi 2006
Tetsujin 28: The Movie Yoko Kaneda 2005
Riverside Mukolitta 2021
薬師丸ひろ子 35th Anniversary Best Songs 1981-2017 ~Live in 春日大社~ 1970
薬師丸ひろ子 40th Anniversary Tour 2022 ~アナタノコトバ~ 2023
Series Cast Year
Kisarazu Cat's Eye Asada Mirei 2002
1 Litre of Tears Shioka Ikeuchi 2005
The Gutsy Frog Mom 2015
Mama no Idenshi 2002
Tiger and Dragon 2005
Dearest Azusa Sanada 2021
Amachan Hiromi Suzuka 2013
Passion for Punchlines Shima Takako 2023
Detective Lovesick Nobuko Maehara 2010
Unnatural 三澄夏代 2018
The Kingdom of Ingredients 旁白 1970
Carry On! Hara-chan! Yaguchi Yuriko 2013
The Full Throttle Girl Sakuragawa Shoko 2011
Lost Man Found President Yamamura 2022
Yell 2020
Back of Father Marui Yumiko 2014
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