Kaoru Yachigusa

Japanese actress (1931-2019)

Born

6 January 1931, Osaka Prefecture

Died

24 October 2019

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Occupation

actor, seiyū

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Kaoru Yachigusa (八千草 薫, Yachigusa Kaoru; 6 January 1931 – 24 October 2019) was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957, she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. After leaving the revue, she was active in film, television, and narration.

In 1975, She famously quit part way through the filming of the television series Akai Giwaku, outraged at being forced to work at times dictated by idol Momoe Yamaguchi's schedule.

Her husband, director Senkichi Taniguchi, died on October 29, 2007, in Tokyo, Japan. The couple had been married since 1957.

Yachigusa died on October 24, 2019, at a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 88.

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Toshirō Mifune
• Mariko Okada
• Kōji Tsuruta
• Daisuke Katō
• Hiroshi Inagaki

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3546783 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.