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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.

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

Television

• Kumo no Jūtan (1976), Makoto
• Onna Taikōki (1981), Yaya
• Oshin (1983–84), Michiko Takura
• Ohisama (2011), Saki Sakurai

Film

• Willful Murder (1981), Kawada
• The Voice of Sin (2020), Mitsuko Ōshima
• Hold Your Hand (2023)

Awards

References

1. ^ "浅茅陽子". NHK. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
2. "日本の熱い日々 謀殺・下山事件". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 14, 2023.
3. "罪の声". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 14, 2023.
4. "この小さな手". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 14, 2023.
5. エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧 [List of Élan d'Or awardee] (in Japanese). All Nippon Producers Association. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

External references

• Yôko Asaji at IMDB

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