Kikko Matsuoka
Kikko Matsuoka | |
|---|---|
| Kikko (1967) | |
| Born | Kikuko Matsuoka (1947年02月11日) February 11, 1947 (age 78) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Hayato Tani |
Kikko Matsuoka (松岡 きっこ, Matsuoka Kikko, born February 11, 1947) is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Kikuko Matsuoka (松岡 紀公子, Matsuoka Kikuko).
Career
[edit ]Starting as a child actress, Matsuoka made her film debut in 1957 with Daiei Film's Tokyo hanzai chizu.[1] Appearing in several dozen films, including the horror film The Living Skeleton (Kyūketsu dokuro sen), she was also a gravure idol in the late 1960s.[1] She was even seen in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice as a diver girl, but was uncredited.[2] Also working on television, she appeared in over thirty television dramas, including recurring roles on hit shows like Key Hunter and The Guardman.[3] She was also a regular on landmark variety shows like Kyosen Maetake gebageba 90-pun. Arguably her most memorable work on television was as a weekly co-host for over ten years on the late night news show 11PM,[1] [4] [5] which itself lasted for over twenty years.
It was during her television work that she met the actor Hayato Tani; they announced their engagement in 1978[6] and married in 1981. The couple have appeared in many Japanese television programs together, including the hit gameshow Takeshi's Castle , where Matsuoka guest starred by encouraging her husband, General Tani, not to give up.[7]
In 1971, Matsuoka recorded the album '25 Ji' for Teichiku records (catalogue number SL 1324) in Japan. The same year, the album was released in Taiwan on Tailee records in a slightly different cover (catalogue number TLA 1214). The album features orchestrated music over which Matsuoka delivers hushed spoken word vocals and interludes. In 2021, Teichiku re-released the album (catalogue number TEA 13). Original 1971 copies are very hard to find and valuable.
Selected filmography
[edit ]- Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Black Lizard (1968)
- The Living Skeleton (1968)
- Black Rose Mansion (1969)
- Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri (1969)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Sekai ga hirogeru mitai: Matsuoka Kikko". Yomiuri Shinbun (in Japanese). 27 May 1969. p. 23.
- ^ "Ano "007 nagusame no hōshū" ni jūdai misu?!". Cinema Today. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Matsuoka Kikko". TV Drama Database. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Ōhashi Kyosen, Matsuoka Kikko, Itsuki Reiko". Yomiuri Shinbun (in Japanese). 14 May 1978. p. 27.
- ^ Tadahiko, Omata. "Akogare no sonzai Matsuoka Kikko". Terebi no mukōgawa. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Tani Hayato Matsuoka Kikko kon'yaku". Yomiuri Shinbun (in Japanese). 7 September 1978. p. 22.
- ^ "Kōgekigungawa kyasuto". Fūun! Takeshi-jō Rekishi Shiryōkan. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
External links
[edit ]- Kikko Matsuoka at IMDb
- Kikko Matsuoka at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
