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Yukari Ōshima (大島 ゆかり, Ōshima Yukari, born December 31, 1963) is a Japanese actress and martial artist. She gained prominence in Hong Kong and became popular in the Philippines as Cynthia Luster. Due to Filipinos' interest in Jackie Chan, she became Chan's pseudo female equivalent.

Biography

Yukari Tsumura (津村 ゆかり, Tsumura Yukari) was born in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, to a Japanese businessman and fashion designer and a Chinese mother. She began studying Gōjū-ryū Seigokan karate at Ennouji Dojo in junior high school. She was one of Japan's brightest female martial artists during the 1980s and a leading figure in the girls with guns fad of Hong Kong action cinema. Oshima portrayed "Farrah Cat" in Bioman, which aired not only in Japan originally but also worldwide. She is best known to Western audiences as Yomi in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky. After her Hong Kong career dried up, she embarked on a new career in the Philippines in the 1990s with the stage name Cynthia Luster.

Oshima now resides in Fukuoka, Japan, where she has promoted tourism in the city. She is commonly known to Western audiences as the actress in the Marlboro Lite commercials in the late 1990s.

Selected filmography

Television

Film

See also

• Biography portal
• Japan portal
• Martial arts portal
• Sports portal

Citations

1. ^ Macuja, Lista (March 24, 2014). "5 memorable movie "imports"". www.starcinema.abs-cbn.com. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
2. "2nd Action-Packed Day!". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. 21 August 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 23 August 2020. The Fiercest Encounter of Martial Arts Experts in a Gigantic Movie!
3. "Opens Today". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. 25 August 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 28 September 2020. In 1986, we introduced Chuck Norris' student Cindy Rothrock Now in 1987, we are proud to present Bruce Lee's top female student Cynthia Luster)
4. "Grand Opening Today!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. April 30, 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 24 April 2021. The super combination of the three LADY MASTERS of KICKBOXING in the most HARD-KICKING MOVIE of the YEAR!
5. 大島由加里 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
6. Gold Rush at HK cinemagic
7. It Takes a Thief at HK cinemagic

General sources

• Williams, Tony (2000). "Yukari Oshima: Hong Kong Cinema's Japanese Panther; A career profile". Asian Cult Cinema. 28 (3rd Quarter): 44–47.

External links

• Yukari Oshima's Knocks Inc profile
• Yukari Ôshima (I) at IMDb
• HK cinemagic entry
• Information at brns.com
• AllCinema Movie Database Entry
• Yukari Oshima at the Hong Kong Movie Database

• 1963 births
• Japanese actresses
• Japanese female karateka
• Chinese actresses
• Living people
• Actresses from Fukuoka
• Gōjū-ryū practitioners
• 20th-century Japanese sportswomen