is a Japanese actress who is a member of the

Mingei Theatre Company The is a Japanese theatre company that stages Shingeki plays. Along with the Haiyuza Theatre Company and Bungakuza it is considered one of the "Big Three" among Shingeki theatre troupes. History Gekidan Mingei, meaning "The People's Art The ...

. In 1966, she played the protagonist in the NHK morning drama (

Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Take ...

) series '' Ohanahan''. She has also performed in other television dramas and comedy films such as the role of Reiko in ''

Tora-san, the Intellectual ''aka'' ''Tora-san Meets a Lady Scholar'' is a 1975 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Fumie Kashiyama as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san, the Intellectual'' is th ...

''. Kashiyama is married to the actor Masahiko Watahiki.Profile of Masahiko Watahiki

Anime dubbing roles

*''

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid is a Japanese anime film based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 The Little Mermaid, fairy tale, released in 1975 by Toei Animation. Unlike the The Little Mermaid (1989 film), Disney adaptation released 14 years later, this film is closer to Ande ...

'' (1975) – Marina *''Anne no Nikki (Special)'' (1979) – Narrator *''

Anne no Nikki , also known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', is a 1995 Japanese anime film based on Anne Frank's 1942-1944 ''The Diary of a Young Girl''. It is a feature film by Madhouse, was directed by Akinori Nagaoka and released on August 19, 1995. Voice c ...

(Movie)'' (1995) –

Edith Frank-Holländer Edith Frank (; 16 January 1900 – 6 January 1945) was the mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, and her older sister Margot. After the family were discovered in hiding in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation, she was transported to Auschwitz- ...

Television and film roles

*''Ohanahan'' (1966) – Asao *''Chikadō no Taiyō Made'' (1968) – Yuki *''Koto no Taiyo'' (1968) – Hatsuko Araki *''

Kunitori Monogatari is a 1973 Japanese television series. It is the eleventh NHK ''taiga'' drama. Plot The series is set in the Sengoku period. Based on Ryōtarō Shiba`s novel of the same name. The story chronicles the lives of Dosan Saito and Nobunaga Oda. Pro ...

'' (1973) – Yamauchi Chiyo *''

(Part of the series

Otoko wa Tsurai yo is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans. Spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995, all of the ' ...

)'' (1975) – Reiko *''Kodomo no Koro Senso ga Atta'' (1981) – Kazue Hasuike *'' Furusato'' (1983) – Hana *''Dauntaun Hirozu'' (1988) – Kimiko Masaoka *''San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei 3'' (1988) *''Tabi no Okurimono 0:00 Hatsu'' (2006) *''Tsuru Akira: Kokoro no Kiseki'' (2009) *''Mio on the Shore'' (2019)

Stage acting roles

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The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises t ...

'' (by

Anton Chekov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

)

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* * 1941 births Living people Actresses from Tokyo Japanese film actresses Japanese stage actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese voice actresses 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses Asadora lead actors {{japan-stage-actor-stub