Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
January 6, 1931 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
谷口瞳
Hitomi Taniguchi
松田瞳
Hitomi Matsuda
Каору Ятигуса
Kaoru Yachigusa
Acting
Kaoru Yachigusa (八千草 薫, Yachigusa Kaoru, January 6, 1931 – October 24, 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. She has gotten some Japanese awards and honours such as; Medal with Purple Ribbon (1997), Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2003), and Mainichi Film Awards: Tanaka Kinuyo Prize (2004)
Yachigusa died on October 24, 2019, at a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 88.
