Hiroko Yakushimaru

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Hiroko Yakushimaru
Genres Pop, kayokyoku
Years active 1981–present
Labels EMI Music Japan, Kitty Records, BMG Funhouse
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Born Hiroko Yakushimaru (薬師丸 博子 Yakushimaru Hiroko?)
June 9, 1964 (1964-06-09) (age 47)
Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Years active 1978–present
Spouse 　Koji Tamaki (m.January 1991 - June 1998)(divorced)

Hiroko Yakushimaru (薬師丸 ひろ子 Yakushimaru Hiroko?, born June 9, 1964) is a Japanese actress and vocalist.

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.[1]

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 and recorded the same-titled theme song.

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.[2] According to the Japanese Oricon chart, combined sales of her singles and albums have been estimated approximately 5.9 million copies to date.[3][4]

Contents

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Movies

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Never Give Up 野性の証明 (Yasei no Shomei?) Yoriko Nagai
1979 G.I. Samurai (戦国自衛隊 Sengoku Jieitai?) Young samurai
1980 Terra e... (地球へ...?) Jonah Matsuka (voice)
Tonda Couple (翔んだカップル?) Kei Yamaha Yokohama Film Festival for Best Actress Award (Character)[5]

Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award[6]
1981 Nerawareta Gakuen (ねらわれた学園?) Yuka Mitamura
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃 Sailor-Fuku to Kikanju?) Izumi Hoshi Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)[7]
1982 Yosooi no Machi (装いの街?)
1983 Detective Story (探偵物語 Tantei Monogatari?) Naomi Arai
Legend of the Eight Samurai (里見八犬伝 Satomi Hakkenden?) Shizu-hime
1984 Main Theme Shibuki Ogasawara
W's Tragedy (Wの悲劇 W no Higeki?) Shizuka Mita Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress

Nominated — Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role[8]

Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)[9]
1985 Yabanjin no Yo ni (野蛮人のように?) Tamako Arisugawa
1986 Cabaret
Shinshi Dōmei (紳士同盟?) Etsuko Kirino
1988 Downtown Heroes Fusako Nakahara
1989 Ready! Lady Ryoko Takahashi
1990 Byōin e Ikō (病院へ行こう?) Midori Yoshikawa
Tasmania Monogatari (タスマニア物語?) Naoko Hirashima Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award (Character)[10]
1992 Kira Kira Hikaru (きらきらひかる?) Shoko Kishida
1993 Nurse Call Kozue Igarashi
1997 Magnitude: Asu e no Kakehashi (マグニチュード 明日への架け橋?) Yoko Hioki
2003 Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (木更津キャッツアイ 日本シリーズ?) Mirei Asada
2005 Lakeside Murder Case Minako Namiki
Princess Raccoon (オペレッタ狸御殿 Operetta Tanuki-Goten?) O'Hagi no Tsubone
Tetsujin 28-Gō (鉄人28号?) Yoko Kaneda
Always: Sunset on Third Street (ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日 Always Sanchōme no Yūhi?) Tomoe Suzuki Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role[11]

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress[12]

Kinema Junpo Year-End - Best Supporting Actress for Domestic Film

Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress[13]
2006 Aogeba Tōtoshi (あおげば尊し?) Mari Minegishi
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (木更津キャッツアイ ワールドシリーズ?) Mirei Asada
Arigatō (ありがとう?) Yoshiko Iida
2007 Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust (バブルへGO！！～タイムマシンはドラム式～ Bubble e Go! Time Machine wa Drum Shiki?) Mariko Tanaka
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (ALWAYS 続・三丁目の夕日 Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi?) Tomoe Suzuki Nominated — Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role[14]
Megane Morishita ("Megane"'s Friend)
2008 Utatama Yuko Senuma
2009 Heaven's Door Mariko Shiraishi
2010 Kondo wa Aisaika (今度は愛妻家?) Sakura Kitami Nominated — Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role[15]
Hanamizuki (ハナミズキ?) Ryoko Hirasawa
2011 Wasao (わさお?) Setsuko Kikutani
2012 Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64 Tomoe Suzuki

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album details Chart positions Label
JPN[16]
1982 Seishun no Memoire (青春のメモワール?)
(featuring monologue by Hiroko Yakushimaru)
  • Collection of excerpts from the motion pictures that Yakushimaru starred in: Never Give Up (1978) and Nerawareta Gakuen (1981)
  • Released: April 21, 1982
 1 Nippon Columbia
1984 Kokinshū (古今集?)
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: February 14, 1984
 1 Toshiba EMI/East World
1985 Yume Jūwa (夢十話?)
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: August 8, 1985
 2
1986 Hana Zukan (花図鑑?)
  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: June 9, 1986
 2
1987 Hoshi Kikō (星紀行?)
  • 4th studio album
  • Released: July 6, 1987
 3
First Live: Hoshi Kikō (ファースト・ライヴ 星紀行?)
  • Live album
  • Released: December 25, 1987
 94
1988 Sincerely Yours
  • 5th studio album
  • Released: April 6, 1988
 8
1989 Lover's Concerto
  • 6th studio album
  • Released: February 15, 1989
 2
1990 Heart's Delivery
  • 7th studio album
  • Released: March 28, 1990
 3
1991 Primavera
  • 8th studio album
  • Released: March 13, 1991
 13
1998 Koibumi: Love Letter (恋文?)
  • 9h studio album
  • Released: February 2, 1998
 — BMG Funhouse
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

[edit] Compilation albums

Year Album Chart positions
(JP)[16]		 Label
1986 Best Collection 7 Toshiba EMI/East World
1988 Sentence (Sentence～セ・ン・テ・ン・ス～ Se N Te N Su?) 18
1989 Best Now 56
1991 Best Now 2 —
1998 Twin Best —
1999 Singles —
2000 2000 Best —
Love Collection: 1981-2000 — BMG Funhouse
2002 Golden Best (ゴールデン☆ベスト?) — Toshiba EMI
2003 Pure Sweet (Box set) —
2007 Essential Best — EMI Music Japan
2011 Uta Monogatari (歌物語?) 43
[17]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or the information is unknown.

[edit] Singles

Year Album Chart positions
(JP)[18]		 Label
1981 "Sailor-fuku to Kikanjū" (セーラー服と機関銃?) 1 Kitty Records
1983 "Tantei Monogatari" (探偵物語?) 1 Toshiba EMI/East World
"Main Theme" (メイン・テーマ?) (1983) 2
1984 "Woman (W no Higeki Yori)" (Woman "Wの悲劇"より?) 1
1985 "Anata o Motto Shiritakute" (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて?) 2
"Ten ni Hoshi, Chi ni Hana" (天に星.地に花.?) (New remix long version) 12
"Suteki na Koi no Wasurekata" (ステキな恋の忘れ方?) 4
1986 "Sasayaki no Step" (ささやきのステップ?) 3
"Shinshi Dōmei" (紳士同盟?) 2
1987 "Mune no Furiko" (胸の振子?) 8
1988 "Shūgakushō" (終楽章?) 10
"Jidai" (時代?) 9
1989 "Kataritsugu Ai ni" (語りつぐ愛に?) 6
"Windy Boy" 12
1990 "Te o Tsunaideite" (手をつないでいて?) (1990) 35
1991 "Kaze ni Notte" (風に乗って?) 35
1997 "Kōsaten (Sō, Sore ga Sō)" (交叉点 〜そう それがそう〜?) 51 BMG Funhouse
"Koibumi (Aishū-hen)" (恋文 〜哀愁篇〜?) —
1998 "Smile Smile Smile" (smile スマイル smile?) —
2000 "Love Holic" —
2011 "Boku no Takaramono" (僕の宝物?) 169 EMI Music Japan
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 歌で甦る角川映画！２６日アルバム発売 (2/2ページ) "Kadokawa films revives in music: compilation album to be released on January 26 (Page 2)" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports (Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd). 2011-01-23. http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/110123/gnj1101230506016-n2.htm 歌で甦る角川映画！２６日アルバム発売 (2/2ページ). Retrieved 2012-02-22. 
  2. ^ 玉置浩二が豊乳美女…青田典子と結婚へ "Kōji Tamaki marries Noriko Aota" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun (The Asahi Shimbun Company). 2010-05-08. http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/nikkan/NIK201005080040.html 玉置浩二が豊乳美女…青田典子と結婚へ. Retrieved 2012-02-22. 
  3. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4871310779. 
  4. ^ Oricon Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2010. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2011. ISBN 4871310884. 
  5. ^ 第２回ヨコハマ映画祭 "１９８０年日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/02-1980/02_1980_shou.html 第２回ヨコハマ映画祭. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  6. ^ 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト "第4回優秀作品" (in Japanese). http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=4#title15 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  7. ^ 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト "第5回優秀作品" (in Japanese). http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=5#title15 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  8. ^ シネマ報知 "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (Cinema Hochi - History of the Blue Ribbon Awards)" (in Japanese). http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1984/ シネマ報知. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  9. ^ 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト "第8回優秀作品" (in Japanese). http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=8#title15 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  10. ^ 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト "第14回優秀作品" (in Japanese). http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=14#title15 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  11. ^ 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト "第29回優秀作品" (in Japanese). http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=29#title06 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  12. ^ シネマ報知 "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (Cinema Hochi - History of the Blue Ribbon Awards)" (in Japanese). http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/2005/ シネマ報知. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  13. ^ シネマ報知 "報知映画賞ヒストリー (Cinema Hochi - History of the Hochi Film Awards)" (in Japanese). http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2005/ シネマ報知. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  14. ^ 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト "第31回優秀作品" (in Japanese). http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=31#title05 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  15. ^ 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト "第34回優秀作品" (in Japanese). http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/34.html#title05 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Retrieved May 3, 2011. 
  16. ^ a b a-薬師丸ひろ子 "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Hiroko Yakushimaru" (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album2012/al_yakusimaru.html a-薬師丸ひろ子. Retrieved 2012-02-22. 
  17. ^ 薬師丸ひろ子-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of Uta Monogatari by Hiroko Yakushimaru" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/905376/1/ 薬師丸ひろ子-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック. Retrieved May 1, 2011. 
  18. ^ s-薬師丸ひろ子 "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Singles Chart Daijiten - Hiroko Yakushimaru" (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single2012/yakusimaru.html s-薬師丸ひろ子. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 

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