Yoko Tsukasa

Yōko Aizawa (相澤 葉子, Aizawa Yōko, born August 20, 1934) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kinokawa.[1] She is professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare[2] and serves as the 2nd head of Nihon Taishōmura theme park.[3]

Yoko Tsukasa
Born (1934-08-20) August 20, 1934
Tottori, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1954–present

Life

Yōko Shōji (庄司 葉子) was born on August 20, 1934, in Tottori Prefecture,[4] to a family of cotton merchants who had settled in Yumihama.[5] Her family is a branch of the Shōji family, the landed magnate of Watari.[6] She is the niece of businessman and politician Shōji Ren.[7]

Tsukasa attended Tottori Prefectural Sakai High School and graduated from Kyoritsu Women's Junior College.[8]

When she was scouted by Ryō Ikebe to become an actress, it was met with great objection from her uncle Shōji Ren. According to Ren's associate Yasuda Mitsuaki, Ren told Tsukasa and Ikebe that "I could not show my face to [our] honorable ancestors if the Shōji clan would produce a riverbank beggar [lowly actor]. If you would do this, you will be cut out from the family for a kalpa [forever]." After this, Ikebe asked something to be done about Ren's opinion.[6] Despite the great objection by her uncle, Tsukasa still decided to pursue a career as an actress.

She married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa.[8] Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida.[9]

Filmography

Films

Television

Honours

References
  1. ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  2. "東京福祉大学お知らせ". Tokyo University of Social Welfare. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  3. "第２代村長・司葉子さん顕彰 恵那・大正村に記念館：中日新聞Web". Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  4. Tanaka, Tomoyuki (1983). Tōhō tokusatsu eiga zenshi. Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha Shuppan Jigyōshitsu. Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha Shuppan Jigyōshitsu. p. 532. ISBN 4-924609-00-5. OCLC 19394289.
  5. Mori, Osamu (1977). 弓浜半島と夜見村. 森納. p. 25.
  6. Yasuda, Mitsuaki. "Ano hito kono hito" Watashi no kōyūroku ｢あの人この人｣私の交友録. pp. 206–208.
  7. 米原章三伝. 米原章三伝刋行会. 米原章三伝刋行会. 1978. p. 289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "日本の女優 100人". Bessatsu Takarajima 別冊宝島. 2551: 47.
  9. "［歌手・女優 相田翔子さん］（下）早産のため１８６６グラムで生まれた娘も、今は歌とダンスが大好きな小学４年生". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  10. "乱れ雲". eiga.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  11. "連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六". eiga.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.


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