Hiroko Yakushimaru
Acting · Sound
Born June 9, 1964, Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her early career. Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up. In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, the film where she played the leading role. She also recorded the same-titled theme song for the film, which hit No. 1 on Oricon in late 1981, and stayed there until January 18, 1982. Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s. She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai.
Filmography
- 2026Sukiyaki — Iku Ooshima
- 2024Blue Period — Masako Saeki
- 2024Last Mile — Misumi Natsuyo
- Passion for Punchlines — Shima Takako
- 2023薬師丸ひろ子 40th Anniversary Tour 2022 ～アナタノコトバ～
- 2022Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021
- Lost Man Found — President Yamamura
- 2022Tonbi — Taeko
- Dearest — Azusa Sanada
- 2021Riverside Mukolitta
- 2020Mio's Cookbook
- Yell
- 2019Black School Rules — Virginia Wolf
- 2019Kizuna no Pedal — 宮澤純子
- 2018Cafe Funiculi Funicula — Kayo Takatake
- Unnatural — Misumi Natsuyo
- 2017Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura — Female owner
- 2017Fuji Family New Year Special 2017 — Oguni Takako
- Onna no Kunsho — Theme Song Performance
- 2017The 8-Year Engagement — Hatsumi Nakahara
- 2016Fuji Family — 鷹子（長女）
- 2016Yuriko's Picture Book — Yuriko Onodera
- 2015Aka Medaka — Narrator
- Dokonjō Gaeru — Mom
- 2015Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island — Latifa (voice)
- Back of Father — Marui Yumiko
- Amachan — Hiromi Suzuka
- Carry On! Hara-chan! — Yaguchi Yuriko
- 2013The Stork Nest — Yumiko Yasuda
- 2012Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 — Tomoe Suzuki
- 2012I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair — Hasebe Haruko
- The Full Throttle Girl — Sakuragawa Shoko
- 2011Wasao — Setsuko
- Detective Lovesick — Nobuko Maehara
- 2010Dogwood Tree — Ryoko
- 2010Dr. Hisayoshi Suma — 須磨千代子
- 2009A Good Husband — Sakura Kitami
- 2009The Homeless Student 2 — Keiko Tamura
- 2008Be yourself — Yuka Enomoto
- 2008Nadeshiko Tai
- 2008Sing Salmon Sing — Yoko Senuma
- 20071 Litre Of Tears SP — Shioka Ikeuchi
- 2007Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 — Tomoe Suzuki
- 2007Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust — Mariko Tanaka
- 2007Glasses — Morishita
- 2006Aogeba Tôtoshi — Mari Minegishi
- 2006Arigatou
- 2006Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series — Mirei
- 1 Litre of Tears — Shioka Ikeuchi
- 2005Always - Sunset on Third Street — Tomoe Suzuki
- 2005Princess Raccoon — Ohagi no tsubone
- 2005Tetsujin 28: The Movie — Yoko Kaneda
- 2005The Lakeside Murder Case — Minako Namiki
- Tiger and Dragon
- 2003Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series — Mirei Asada
- 2002Fan of Hong Kong star
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye — Asada Mirei
- Mama no Idenshi
- ママの遺伝子 — 藤木七海
- 1997Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
- 1993Nurse Call — Kozue Igarashi
- 1992Twinkle — Shoko Koyama
- 1990Heart's Delivery
- 1990Let's Go to the Hospital — Midori Yoshikawa
- 1990Tasmania Story
- 1989READY! LADY — Ryoko, Theme Song Performance
- 1988Downtown Heroes
- 1987Hoshi Kikou
- 1986Cabaret — Waitress
- 1986The Gentlemen’s Alliance
- 1985Like a Savage — Tamako Arisugawa
- 1984Main Theme — Shibuki Ogasawara
- 1984W's Tragedy — Shizuka Mita
- 1983Detective Story — Naomi Arai
- 1983Legend of the Eight Samurai — Princess Shizu
- 1981Sailor Suit and Machine Gun — Izumi Hoshi
- 1981School in the Crosshairs — Yuka Mitamura
- 1980Dreamy Fifteen — Kei Yamawa
- 1980Toward the Terra — Jona Macka (voice)
- 1979G.I. Samurai — Young Takeda Samurai
- 1978Never Give Up — Yoriko Nagai
- The Kingdom of Ingredients — 旁白
- 薬師丸ひろ子 35th Anniversary Best Songs 1981-2017 ～Live in 春日大社～