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Birthday: Jan 16, 1959
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Kimiko Ikegami

Kimiko Ikegami (born January 16, 1959) is a Japanese actress. Born in Manhattan, New York City, she moved to Kyoto at age 3. Kimiko graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo and subsequently attended Tamagawa University. She is closely related to the Bandō Mitsugorō kabuki actors: her grandfather was the eighth, her uncle the ninth (later Bandō Minosuke VII), her cousin (Bandō Yasosuke V) the tenth to take that name. With the encouragement of that cousin, Kimiko turned to acting. She made her television debut in 1975 in the NHK show Maboroshi no Pen Friend, and in that year also appeared in Ai to Makoto on TV Tokyo. Her entry into film came in 1975, when she appeared in Hadashi no Seishun (Shochiku). In Taiga drama series, Kimiko portrayed Ōhime Kusa Moeru (1979) Chacha (later named Yodo-Dono) in the 1981 Onna Taikō-ki, Lady Tsukiyama (the wife of the title character) in Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), and Eri (Lady Aburakawa, concubine of the title character) in Takeda Shingen. Other jidaigeki roles have included Sumi in the 1988 NHK Miyamoto Musashi Okon in Tōyama no Kin-san (1989), and Nami in the 2003 TV Tokyo Chūshingura: Ketsudan no Toki. Contemporary roles include the yakuza in Gokudō no Onna-tachi Revenge (the thirteenth in the series) and the female lead in Shiroi Kyotō (TV Asahi, 1990). She appears frequently as a guest star on television series such as Mito Kōmon. Kimiko also recorded a song, Nagasarete, on the Victor Entertainment label. The 1984 release (as of 2006, out of print) was the theme song for the show Kiryūin Hanako no Shōgai. Her honors include the 1990 Japan Jewellery Association Best Dresser Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kimiko Ikegami, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所~狙われた男~ Fumiko 2012
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict Yagyu Chizuro 1993
The Geisha Momowaka 1983
LONE WOLF Hitomi Natsume 2022
The Man Who Stole the Sun Reiko Sawai 1979
Winter's Flower Yoko Matsuoka 1978
Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e 2024
Rennyo and His Mother 1981
A Chaos of Flowers Akiko Hatano 1988
狩矢警部シリーズ 特別編「京舞妓VS狩矢警部〜乱れ傘の舞殺人事件」 2006
Shingo's Ten Duels Okiku 1990
Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle 1993
Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro 1998
Brother and Sister San 1976
House Gorgeous / Gorgeous' Mother 1977
48 Hours of Terror - When the Clock's Hands Turn into a Knife Machiko Sasamori 2004
Hadashi no seishun 1975
Yakuza Ladies 10 2000
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate 1992
監察医 室生亜季子㉚ 震える顔 Kazuko Shimazaki 2001
A Samurai's Sorrow 1993
Make-Up Satoko Tsutano 1984
Let's Go, Grandma! 1975
Mixed Doubles 2017
Dangerous Women Saeko Fujii 1985
Takeda Shingen 1991
Series Cast Year
Tokugawa Ieyasu 1988
美しい共犯者・三重逆転 1987
Last Serenade Morishita Manami 1989
宮本武蔵 Akemi 1984
Too Late to Help You Oyou 2005
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun 1983
Takeda Shingen 1988
二つの嘘 同窓会殺人事件 2005
Murder Case: Lover Swap 1982
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 朱実 1984
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game Guest 2003
Netchū Jidai 1978
Mission To Kill 2009
新幹線物語'93夏 中原景子 1993
Danjoshichi Natsu Monogatari 1986
Byakkotai Jinbo Yukiko 1986
Tokugawa Ieyasu Lady Tsukiyama 1983
Kumokiri Nizaemon 1995
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