Yoshiko Tanaka

Yoshiko Tanaka

Known for
Acting
Born
April 8, 1956
Died
April 21, 2011 (aged 55)
Birthplace
Adachi, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Yoshiko Tanaka (田中 好子, Tanaka Yoshiko, April 8, 1956 – April 21, 2011) was a Japanese actress. She was also famous as a member of the pop group Candies. While a member of Candies, Tanaka was known by the nickname "Sue"   Still at the height of its popularity, the group disbanded in 1978.  Tanaka was also the sister-in-law of the well-known actress Masako Natsume. Tanaka was born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. In her Candies period her nickname was Sue. She also had a role in Godzilla vs. Biollante, portraying Asuka Okouchi. She won the award for best actress at the 14th Hochi Film Award for Black Rain. In 1991, she married golfer Kazuo Odate, and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. In October 2010, Tanaka's cancer relapsed and she died on April 21, 2011. She was 55 years old at the time of her death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoshiko Tanaka, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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愛のホットライン poster

愛のホットライン

TV · 1 ep

2011
Maid for Pleasure poster

Maid for Pleasure

TV · as Yukimura Akie · 2 eps

2010
Hitsudan Hostess poster

Hitsudan Hostess

Movie · as Emiko Saito

2010
Tenohira no memo

Tenohira no memo

Movie · as 折川福実

2009
Tokyo Dogs poster

Tokyo Dogs

TV · as Kyoko Takakura · 10 eps

2007
Winds From Zero poster

Winds From Zero

Movie · as Keiko Mogi

2007
Smile poster

Smile

Movie · as Yukie Inotani

2007
An Eraser in My Head poster

An Eraser in My Head

Movie · as Kono Azusa

2007
Oyaji poster

Oyaji

Movie · as Toshiko Numata

2007
Best Wishes for Tomorrow poster

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

Movie · as Aiko Mizutani

2006
Arigatou poster

Arigatou

Movie

2006
Just One Love poster

Just One Love

TV · as Mitsuko Tsukioka · 10 eps

2005
The Deep Red poster

The Deep Red

Movie · as Kayo Saiko

2005
Seishu Hanaoka no Tsuma

Seishu Hanaoka no Tsuma

TV · 5 eps

2005
Red Confusion poster

Red Confusion

TV · as Oshima Toshie · 3 eps

2005
二つの嘘 同窓会殺人事件

二つの嘘 同窓会殺人事件

TV · 1 ep

2004
Install poster

Install

Movie · as Megumi Kasa

2004
Kusa no ran poster

Kusa no ran

Movie

2003
Touch a Dream poster

Touch a Dream

Movie · as Yoshi

2003
Women in the Mirror poster

Women in the Mirror

Movie · as Masako

2001
Churasan poster

Churasan

TV · as Kohagura Katsuko · 169 eps

2001
Honke no Yome

Honke no Yome

TV · 10 eps

2000
Ring 0 poster

Ring 0

Movie · as Akiko Miyaji

1999
Railroad Man poster

Railroad Man

Movie · as Akiko Sugiura

1999
Teppen

Teppen

TV · 11 eps

1998
Friendship poster

Friendship

Movie

1998
Precious Time poster

Precious Time

TV · as Yaeko Kano · 12 eps

1997
Beach Boys poster

Beach Boys

TV · as Keiko Izumi · 2 eps

1997
Futari poster

Futari

TV · 11 eps

1996
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin poster

Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin

Movie

1996
SMAP×SMAP poster

SMAP×SMAP

TV · as Bistro Guest · 1 ep

1995
A Last Note poster

A Last Note

Movie

1995
Salaryman Senka poster

Salaryman Senka

Movie

1995
The detective whose path was crossed by a snake poster

The detective whose path was crossed by a snake

Movie

1995
Hanayome wa 16-sai!

Hanayome wa 16-sai!

TV · 10 eps

1995
A Son of the Good Earth poster

A Son of the Good Earth

TV · 11 eps

1995
Hashiran ka! poster

Hashiran ka!

TV · as 浦田小夜子 · 151 eps

1994
Sakura poster

Sakura

Movie · as Chikako Sato

1994
The Unconcealed Woman

The Unconcealed Woman

Movie

1994
Ie Naki Ko poster

Ie Naki Ko

TV · 12 eps

1993
Araki Mataemon: Duel at Kagiya Corners poster

Araki Mataemon: Duel at Kagiya Corners

Movie

1993
The Tomb & the Divorce poster

The Tomb & the Divorce

Movie · as Atsuko Ishino

1993
Nikushimi ni Hohoende

Nikushimi ni Hohoende

TV · 11 eps

1993
憎しみに微笑んで poster

憎しみに微笑んで

TV · 1 ep

1992
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell poster

Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell

Movie

1992
Godzilla vs. Mothra poster

Godzilla vs. Mothra

Movie · as Asuka Okouchi

1992
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell poster

Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell

TV · 6 eps

1991
The Paradise Garden

The Paradise Garden

Movie

1991
Kimi no na wa poster

Kimi no na wa

TV · as 西崎(→後宮→水沢)悠起枝 · 312 eps

1990
Don't touch the thief! poster

Don't touch the thief!

TV · as Mayumi Konno · 1 ep

1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante poster

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Movie · as Asuka Okouchi

1989
Black Rain poster

Black Rain

Movie · as Yasuko

1987
Kaibyō Koi-ga-fuchi poster

Kaibyō Koi-ga-fuchi

Movie

1985
Yume-Chiyo poster

Yume-Chiyo

Movie · as Kurenai

1984
Kokoru wa Itsumo Ramune Iro poster

Kokoru wa Itsumo Ramune Iro

TV · as 若杉ワカナ · 152 eps

1983
誰もが信じられない!

誰もが信じられない!

Movie · as Mitsuko Iga

1983
Oshin poster

Oshin

TV · as Hatsuko · 297 eps

1982
The Man from Shimizu poster

The Man from Shimizu

Movie

1982
Eternal Monument poster

Eternal Monument

Movie · as Haruko Kaura

1981
Onna Taikoki poster

Onna Taikoki

TV · as Shino · 50 eps

1980
The First Catch poster

The First Catch

Movie

1976
The Roads Men Travel poster

The Roads Men Travel

TV · as Singer · 1 ep

1975
Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!! poster

Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!

Movie