Yūko Tanaka
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Yūko Tanaka is a Japanese actress born on April 29, 1955, in Osaka Prefecture. She graduated from Meiji University with a degree in theater studies and began her acting career after joining the literary theater troupe Bungakuza in 1978. Her career started in television, with her debut in the NHK serial drama Sister Ma in 1979, and she gained widespread fame for her starring role as the adult Oshin in the highly acclaimed and record-breaking NHK serial television novel Oshin, which aired from 1983 to 1984.
While primarily known as a live-action actress, Tanaka has taken on notable voice acting roles in animated films. Her most prominent anime voice role is Lady Eboshi in the Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke (1997), directed by Hayao Miyazaki. She also voiced the character Cob in another Studio Ghibli production, Tales from Earthsea (2006). Earlier in her career, in 1979, she provided the voice for Judy in the television anime movie Daddy-Long-Legs.
Her career is distinguished by numerous awards. She received the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress and the Newcomer of the Year Award for her roles in the films Eijanaika and Edo Porn in 1981. For her leading role in the film Amagi Pass, she won Best Actress awards from the Blue Ribbon Awards and the Kinema Junpo Awards, as well as the Best Actress award at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1983. She later won Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actress for her roles in The Milkwoman and Hibi in 2005. In recognition of her career, she was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Japanese government in 2010. No information could be found to confirm the role of Popock in the series Nepos Napos.
Yūko Tanaka is a Japanese actress born on April 29, 1955, in Osaka Prefecture. She graduated from Meiji University with a degree in theater studies and began her acting career after joining the literary theater troupe Bungakuza in 1978. Her career started in television, with her debut in the NHK serial drama Sister Ma in 1979, and she gained widespread fame for her starring role as the adult Oshin in the highly acclaimed and record-breaking NHK serial television novel Oshin, which aired from 1983 to 1984.
While primarily known as a live-action actress, Tanaka has taken on notable voice acting roles in animated films. Her most prominent anime voice role is Lady Eboshi in the Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke (1997), directed by Hayao Miyazaki. She also voiced the character Cob in another Studio Ghibli production, Tales from Earthsea (2006). Earlier in her career, in 1979, she provided the voice for Judy in the television anime movie Daddy-Long-Legs.
Her career is distinguished by numerous awards. She received the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress and the Newcomer of the Year Award for her roles in the films Eijanaika and Edo Porn in 1981. For her leading role in the film Amagi Pass, she won Best Actress awards from the Blue Ribbon Awards and the Kinema Junpo Awards, as well as the Best Actress award at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1983. She later won Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actress for her roles in The Milkwoman and Hibi in 2005. In recognition of her career, she was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Japanese government in 2010. No information could be found to confirm the role of Popock in the series Nepos Napos.
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Nepos Napos
- JapaneseAnime overview: Princess Mononoke
- JapaneseAnime overview: Daddy-Long-Legs