About

Known credits:
40
Birthday:
1959-01-16
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Kimiko Ikegami

Overview

Kimiko Ikegami (born January 16, 1959) is a Japanese actress. Born in Manhattan, New York City, she moved to Kyoto at age 3. Kimiko graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo and subsequently attended Tamagawa University. She is closely related to the Bandō Mitsugorō kabuki actors: her grandfather was the eighth, her uncle the ninth (later Bandō Minosuke VII), her cousin (Bandō Yasosuke V) the tenth to take that name. With the encouragement of that cousin, Kimiko turned to acting.

She made her television debut in 1975 in the NHK show Maboroshi no Pen Friend, and in that year also appeared in Ai to Makoto on TV Tokyo. Her entry into film came in 1975, when she appeared in Hadashi no Seishun (Shochiku). In Taiga drama series, Kimiko portrayed Ōhime Kusa Moeru (1979) Chacha (later named Yodo-Dono) in the 1981 Onna Taikō-ki, Lady Tsukiyama (the wife of the title character) in Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), and Eri (Lady Aburakawa, concubine of the title character) in Takeda Shingen. Other jidaigeki roles have included Sumi in the 1988 NHK Miyamoto Musashi Okon in Tōyama no Kin-san (1989), and Nami in the 2003 TV Tokyo Chūshingura: Ketsudan no Toki. Contemporary roles include the yakuza in Gokudō no Onna-tachi Revenge (the thirteenth in the series) and the female lead in Shiroi Kyotō (TV Asahi, 1990). She appears frequently as a guest star on television series such as Mito Kōmon.

Kimiko also recorded a song, Nagasarete, on the Victor Entertainment label. The 1984 release (as of 2006, out of print) was the theme song for the show Kiryūin Hanako no Shōgai.

Her honors include the 1990 Japan Jewellery Association Best Dresser Award.

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Known for

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2024 Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e Actor N/A
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2022 LONE WOLF Actor Hitomi Natsume N/A
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2017 Mixed Doubles Actor 59
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2012 西村京太郎サスペンス　秋葉京介探偵事務所～狙われた男～ Actor Fumiko N/A
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2006 狩矢警部シリーズ 特別編「京舞妓VS狩矢警部〜乱れ傘の舞殺人事件」 Actor N/A
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2005 Too Late to Help You Actor Oyou 69
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2005 二つの嘘　同窓会殺人事件 Actor N/A
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2004 48 Hours of Terror - When the Clock's Hands Turn into a Knife Actor Machiko Sasamori N/A
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2001 監察医 室生亜季子㉚　震える顔 Actor Kazuko Shimazaki N/A
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2000 Yakuza Ladies 10 Actor N/A
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1998 Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro Actor N/A
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1995 Kumokiri Nizaemon Actor N/A
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1993 Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle Actor N/A
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1993 新幹線物語'93夏 Actor 中原景子 N/A
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1993 A Samurai's Sorrow Actor N/A
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1993 Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict Actor Yagyu Chizuro 59
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1992 Chronicle of the Town Magistrate Actor N/A
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1991 Takeda Shingen Actor N/A
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1990 Shingo's Ten Duels Actor Okiku N/A
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1989 Last Serenade Actor Morishita Manami N/A
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1988 A Chaos of Flowers Actor Akiko Hatano 59
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1988 Takeda Shingen Actor 69
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1988 Tokugawa Ieyasu Actor N/A
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1987 美しい共犯者・三重逆転 Actor N/A
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1986 Byakkotai Actor Jinbo Yukiko N/A
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1986 Danjoshichi Natsu Monogatari Actor 70
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1985 Dangerous Women Actor Saeko Fujii N/A
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1984 Make-Up Actor Satoko Tsutano N/A
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1984 宮本武蔵 Actor Akemi N/A
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1983 The Geisha Actor Momowaka 59
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1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu Actor Lady Tsukiyama 70
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1983 Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun Actor N/A
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1982 Murder Case: Lover Swap Actor N/A
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1981 Rennyo and His Mother Actor N/A
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1979 The Man Who Stole the Sun Actor Reiko Sawai 59
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1978 Winter's Flower Actor Yoko Matsuoka 58
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1977 House Actor Gorgeous / Gorgeous' Mother 66
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1976 Brother and Sister Actor San N/A
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1975 Let's Go, Grandma! Actor N/A
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1975 Hadashi no seishun Actor N/A
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