Chieko Baishō

Chieko Baishō
Born	June 29, 1941 (1941-06-29) (age 70) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress, singer, voice actor

Chieko Baishō (倍賞 千恵子, Baishō Chieko^?, born June 29, 1941) is a Japanese actress and singer.

In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series (1969–1995). In addition, she has acted in most films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s. She won the award for best actress at the 5th Hochi Film Award for A Distant Cry from Spring.^[1]

She sometimes performs as a voice actress, such as Sophie in Howl's Moving Castle in 2004. Though different voice actresses usually played young and old Sophie in the foreign dubs of the film, Baishō performed both roles alone, as well as the movie's theme song.

Her 1965 hit "Sayonara wa Dance no Ato ni", a cha-cha style song, was used as the basis for "Moonlight Densetsu", the original theme song for Sailor Moon. It was later covered by Mariko Takahashi, and part of this cover was played in Only Yesterday, another Ghibli film.

Personal

• She is the older sister of Mitsuko Baisho.

• She was married to the Japanese composer Reijiro Koroku in 1993.

Filmography

• Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1969–1995) as Sakura Suwa
• A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) - Tamiko Kazami
• Mobile Suit Gundam - Movie I (1981) as Kamaria Ray
• Jungle Emperor Leo (1997) as Lyre
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004) as Sophie

References

External links

• Chieko Baishō official website - Japanese
• Chieko Baisho at the Internet Movie Database

Hochi Film Award for Best Actress Kumiko Akiyoshi (1976) · Shima Iwashita (1977) · Meiko Kaji (1978) · Junko Miyashita (1979) · Chieko Baishō (1980) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1981) · Kaori Momoi (1982) · Masako Natsume (1983) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (1984) · Mitsuko Baisho (1985) · Ayumi Ishida (1986) · Shinobu Ōtake (1987) · Narumi Yasuda (1988) · Yoshiko Tanaka (1989) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1990) · Youki Kudoh (1991) · Misa Shimizu (1992) · Ruby Moreno (1993) · Saki Takaoka (1994) · Miho Nakayama (1995) · Mieko Harada (1996) · Hitomi Kuroki (1997) · Mieko Harada (1998) · Jun Fubuki (1999) · Naomi Fujiyama (2000) · Kyōko Koizumi (2001) · Rie Miyazawa (2002) · Shinobu Terajima (2003) · Takako Matsu (2004) · Yūko Tanaka (2005) · Miki Nakatani (2006) · Kumiko Aso (2007) · Kyōko Koizumi (2008) · Takako Matsu (2009)

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Shima Iwashita (1978) · Shinobu Ōtake (1979) · Kaori Momoi (1980) · Chieko Baishō (1981) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1982) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1983) · Rumiko Koyanagi (1984) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (1985) · Mitsuko Baisho (1986) · Ayumi Ishida (1987) · Nobuko Miyamoto (1988) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (1989) · Yoshiko Tanaka (1990) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1991) · Tanie Kitabayashi (1992) · Yoshiko Mita (1993) · Emi Wakui (1994) · Saki Takaoka (1995) · Yūko Asano (1996) · Tamiyo Kusakari (1997) · Hitomi Kuroki (1998) · Mieko Harada (1999) · Shinobu Ōtake (2000) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (2001) · Keiko Kishi (2002) · Rie Miyazawa (2003) · Shinobu Terajima (2004) · Kyōka Suzuki (2005) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (2006) · Miki Nakatani (2007) · Kirin Kiki (2008) · Tae Kimura (2009) · Takako Matsu (2010)

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Name	Baisho, Chieko
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Date of birth	June 29, 1941
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
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