Yōko Nogiwa

Yōko Nogiwa (野際 陽子, Nogiwa Yōko, 24 January 1936 – 13 June 2017) was a Japanese actress.

Yoko Nogiwa
野際 陽子
Yoko in 1963
Born	24 January 1936 Tsubata, Ishikawa, Japan
Died	13 June 2017 (aged 81) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress television presenter narrator
Years active	1958–2017
Spouse(s)	Sonny Chiba ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1994)​
Children	Juri Manase

Nogiwa was born in Toyama, Toyama, and grew up in Suginami, Tokyo from the age of three.[1] She graduated from Rikkyo University.[1]

In 1973, she married Sonny Chiba, with whom she co-starred in the TV series Key Hunter.[1] They had a daughter, Juri Manase, in 1975, who later became an actress, but divorced in 1994.[1]

Nogiwa died from lung cancer on 13 June 2017, at the age of 81.[1][2]

Filmography

Films

• Yakuza Deka (1970) – A singer
• Nichiren (1979)
• The Battle of Port Arthur (1980) – Shizuko Nogi
• Shaso (1989)
• Minna no Ie (2001) – Setsuko Iijima
• When Will You Return? (2017) – Tomoko Ashimura (present days)

Television

• Key Hunter (1967)
• Onihei Hankachō(1975) -Omasa
• Hideyoshi (1996) – Omaki no kata
• Shinsengumi! (2004) – Kondō Fude
• Yasuragi no Sato (2017) – Ryoko Ibuka
• Trick (2000) – Yamada Satomi

References

1. 野際陽子さん１３日に亡くなる、８１歳 [Yoko Nogiwa dies on 13th, aged 81]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). The Hochi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
2. "Actress Yoko Nogiwa dies at 81 after three-year battle with cancer", The Japan Times, 13 June 2017

External links

• Yoko Nogiwa at IMDb
• Yoko Nogiwa at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)