Yūko Tanaka

Yūko Tanaka
Born	April 29, 1955 (1955-04-29) (age 56) Japan
Years active	1975–Present

Yūko Tanaka (田中裕子, Tanaka Yūko^?, born April 29, 1955) is a Japanese actress. Her supporting role in the 1981 film Eijanaika won her several awards including Best Supporting Actress at the 1983 Yokohama Film Festival.^[1] Tanaka became popular after appearing in the serial drama Oshin (1983–84). She was the Japanese voice of "Lady Eboshi" in Princess Mononoke (1997), and was given the Best Actress prize at the 2006 Yokohama Film Festival.^[2] She also won the award for best actress at the 30th Hochi Film Award for Hibi and The Milkwoman.^[3] She is married to Japanese pop icon Kenji Sawada, former lead singer of the Tigers.

Filmography

Eijanaika (1981)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Hibi
The Milkwoman

Dramas

Boushi - NHK Hiroshima (2008)
The Firmament Of The Pleiades - NHK BShi (2010)

References

^ "Yokohama Film Festival: 1982". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Yokohama_Film_Festival/1982. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
^ "Yokohama Film Festival: 2006". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Yokohama_Film_Festival/2006. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
^ "報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2005/. Retrieved 2010-01-27.

Awards

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress

Setsuko Hara (1951) · Isuzu Yamada (1952) · Nobuko Otowa (1953) · Hideko Takamine (1954) · Chikage Awashima (1955) · Isuzu Yamada (1956) · Yuuko Mochizuki (1957) · Fujiko Yamamoto (1958) · Tanie Kitabayashi (1959) · Keiko Kishi (1960) · Ayako Wakao (1961) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (1962) · Sachiko Hidari (1963) · Shima Iwashita (1964) · Ayako Wakao (1965) · Youko Tsukasa (1966) · Ruriko Asaoka (1975) · Kumiko Akiyoshi (1976) · Shima Iwashita (1977) · Meiko Kaji (1978) · Kaori Momoi (1979) · Yukiyo Toake (1980) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1981) · Masako Natsume (1982) · Yūko Tanaka (1983) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (1984) · Yukiyo Toake (1985) · Ayumi Ishida (1986) · Yoshiko Mita (1987) · Kaori Momoi (1988) · Yoshiko Tanaka (1989) · Keiko Matsuzaka (1990) · Youki Kudoh (1991) · Yoshiko Mita (1992) · Ruby Moreno (1993) · Saki Takaoka (1994) · Miho Nakayama (1995) · Kaori Momoi (1997) · Mieko Harada (1998) · Kyōka Suzuki (1999) · Sayuri Yoshinaga (2000) · Yūki Amami (2001) · Reiko Kataoka (2002) · Shinobu Terajima (2003) · Rie Miyazawa (2004) · Kyōko Koizumi (2005) · Yū Aoi (2006) · Kumiko Aso (2007) · Tae Kimura (2008)

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)

Yokohama Film Festival Best Actress

Yuuki Mizuhara (1980) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (1981) · Maiko Kazama (1982) · Ayumi Ishida (1983) · Eiko Nagashima (1984) · Mari Shirato (1985) · Tomoyo Harada (1986) · Narumi Yasuda (1987) · Yasuko Tomita (1988) · Kyōko Koizumi (1989) · Anna Nakagawa (1990) · Yuki Saito (1991) · Jun Fubuki (1992) · Yoko Minamino (1993) · Isako Washio (1994) · Saki Takaoka (1995) · Miho Nakayama (1996) · Eri Fukatsu (1997) · Kyōka Suzuki (1998) · Mieko Harada (1999) · Shinobu Ōtake (2000) · Naomi Fujiyama (2001) · Yūki Amami (2002) · Asaka Seto (2003) · Shinobu Terajima (2004) · Kyoko Fukada (2005) · Yūko Tanaka (2006) · Yū Aoi (2007) · Eriko Sato (2008) · Eiko Koike (2009) · Manami Konishi (2010)

Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

Kiwako Taichi (1976) · Ayumi Ishida (1977) · Shinobu Ōtake (1978) · Mayumi Ogawa (1979) · Yoko Agi (1980) · Yūko Tanaka (1981) · Miyako Yamaguchi (1982) · Mitsuko Baisho (1983) · Kin Sugai (1984) · Yoshiko Mita (1985) · Mieko Harada (1986) · Junko Sakurada (1987) · Eri Ishida (1988) · Hideko Yoshida (1989) · Kanako Higuchi (1990) · Jun Fubuki (1991) · Miwako Fujitani (1992) · Junko Sakurada (1993) · Shigeru Muroi (1994) · Meiko Kaji (1995) · Eriko Watanabe (1996) · Mitsuko Baisho (1997) · Kumiko Aso (1998) · Junko Fuji (1999) · Naomi Nishida (2000) · Kou Shibasaki (2001) · Miho Kanno (2002) · Eri Fukatsu (2003) · Masami Nagasawa (2004) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (2005) · Yū Aoi (2006) · Hiromi Nagasaku (2007) · Kirin Kiki (2008) · Kaoru Yachigusa (2009)

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Kaori Momoi (1978) · Shinobu Ōtake (1979) · Mayumi Ogawa (1980) · Michiyo Okusu (1981) · Yūko Tanaka (1982) · Rumiko Koyanagi (1983) · Atsuko Asano (1984) · Kin Sugai (1985) · Yoshiko Mita (1986) · Mieko Harada (1987) · Rino Katase (1988) · Eri Ishida (1989) · Etsuko Ichihara (1990) · Eri Ishida (1991) · Emi Wakui (1992) · Miwako Fujitani (1993) · Kyōko Kagawa (1994) · Shigeru Muroi (1995) · Nobuko Otowa (1996) · Eriko Watanabe (1997) · Mitsuko Baisho (1998) · Kumiko Aso (1999) · Kayoko Kishimoto (2000) · Mieko Harada (2001) · Kou Shibasaki (2002) · Tanie Kitabayashi (2003) · Eri Fukatsu (2004) · Masami Nagasawa (2005) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (2006) · Yū Aoi (2007) · Masako Motai (2008) · Kimiko Yo (2009) · Kimiko Yo (2010)

Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actress

Ako (1980) · Ran Ito (1981) · Yūko Tanaka (1982) · Masako Natsume (1983) · Misako Tanaka (1984) · Kin Sugai / Etsuko Shihomi (1985) · Kie Nakai (1986) · Noriko Watanabe (1987) · Eri Ishida (1988) · Shuko Honami (1989) · Haruko Sagara (1990) · Tomoko Nakajima (1991) · Emi Wakui / Reona Hirota (1992) · Keiko Oginome / Misa Shimizu (1993) · Kaoru Mizuki / Ruby Moreno (1994) · Shigeru Muroi (1995) · Shinobu Nakayama (1996) · Reiko Kusamura (1997) · Reiko Kataoka (1998) · Yumi Yoshiyuki (1999) · Naomi Nishida (2001) · Kou Shibasaki / Yūki Amami (2002) · Nene Otsuka (2003) · Kimiko Yo (2004) · Kirin Kiki (2005) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (2006) · Yūko Nakamura / Kazue Fukiishi (2007) · Hiromi Nagasaku (2008) · Ryōko Hirosue / Kimiko Yo (2009) · Sakura Andou (2010)

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Name	Tanaka, Yuko
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Date of birth	1955-04-29
Place of birth	Japan
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