List of Famous people named Yoshiko
Yoshiko Tanaka
Yoshiko Tanaka 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.
Yoshiko Sakurai
Yoshiko Sakurai is a Japanese journalist, TV presenter, and writer. She is also president of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, established in 2007.
Yoshiko Mita
Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, then became free to appear in films, on television, and on the stage. Her performance in the film W no higeki earned the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress in 1986. From 1991 to 1994, she topped Japan's official list of taxpayers in the Actors and Celebrities category.
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Yoshiko Yamaguchi was a Japanese actress and singer, born in China, who made a career in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States.
Yoshiko Kawashima
Yoshiko Kawashima was a Qing dynasty princess of Manchu descent. She was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War. She is sometimes known in fiction under the pseudonym "Eastern Mata Hari". After the war, she was captured, tried, and executed as a traitor by the Nationalist government of the Republic of China. She was also a notable descendant of Hooge, eldest son of Hong Taiji.
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Yoshiko Sakakibara is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator.
Yoshiko Okada
Yoshiko Okada was a Japanese stage and film actress who defected to the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
Yoshiko Kira
Yoshiko Kira is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Councillors since 2013, representing the Tokyo at-large district. She is a member of the Japanese Communist Party.
Yoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga is a Japanese actress.
Yoshiko Shinohara
Yoshiko Shinohara is a Japanese businesswoman. She is the founder of Persol Holdings, and is Japan's first self-made female billionaire.