Yōko Nogiwa

Japanese actress

Actress
television presenter
narrator

Years active1958–2017Spouse

Sonny Chiba

(m. 1973; div. 1994)

ChildrenJuri Manase

Yōko Nogiwa (野際陽子, Nogiwa Yōko, 24 January 1936 – 13 June 2017) was a Japanese actress. Her acting career spanned from 1958 until 2017.

Biography

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.^[1] Nogiwa and Chiba divorced in 1994.

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) - Keiko Tsugawa
Onihei Hankachō(1975) -Omasa
The Super Girl (1979) - Yuko Hirose
Hideyoshi (1996) – Omaki no kata
Trick (2000) – Satomi Yamada
Honmamon (2001–2002)^[3]
Shinsengumi! (2004) – Kondō Fude
Yasuragi no Sato (2017) – Ryoko Ibuka

Dubbing

Alien (1980 Fuji TV edition) – Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.
^ "Actress Yoko Nogiwa dies at 81 after three-year battle with cancer", The Japan Times, 13 June 2017
^ "連続テレビ小説ほんまもん". NHK. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Alien Japanese Dubbing Complete Edition Collector's Blu-ray Box (First-Press Limited Edition) (Blu-ray)". Amazon. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2021.