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Meiko Kaji

1947 - Today

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Meiko Kaji (梶 芽衣子, Kaji Meiko; born March 24, 1947) is a Japanese actress and singer. Since the 1960s, she has appeared in over 100 film and television roles, most prominently in the 1970s with her most famous roles as outlaw characters, best known for her performances in the film series Stray Cat Rock, Wandering Ginza Butterfly, Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion and Lady Snowblood. Kaji also performed as a singer, releasing records concurrently with her film career and beyond, even providing the official feature theme song tracks to a few of the films in which she also starred. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meiko Kaji is the 2,426th most popular actor (down from 1,762nd in 2019), the 897th most popular biography from Japan (down from 692nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Meiko Kaji ranks 2,426 out of 13,578. Before her are Patricia McPherson, William Hartnell, Yves Robert, Scott Bakula, Sarah Clarke, and Diane Venora. After her are Beatrice Straight, Vincent Pastore, Virginia Madsen, Françoise Fabian, David Wenham, and John C. Reilly.

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Among people born in 1947, Meiko Kaji ranks 295. Before her are Co Adriaanse, Jiří Kylián, Kim Campbell, Robert David Hall, Steven Holl, and Joe Walsh. After her are Mick Box, Bobby Kimball, Julie Driscoll Tippetts, Hristo Bonev, Yūko Tsushima, and Tessa Jowell.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Meiko Kaji ranks 897 out of 6,245. Before her are Saburō Kurusu (1886), Masakatsu Miyamoto (1938), Kuniya Daini (1944), Saigyō (1118), Koichi Tanaka (1959), and Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905). After her are Toshiko Yuasa (1909), George Ohsawa (1893), Arai Hakuseki (1657), Peter Doi (1892), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), and Masuzo Madono (null).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Meiko Kaji ranks 28. Before her are Mayumi Tanaka (1955), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), Kōji Yakusho (1956), Sho Kosugi (1948), Mie Hama (1943), and Akihiro Miwa (1935). After her are Kirin Kiki (1943), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), Takuya Kimura (1972), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Tōru Furuya (1953), and Tadanobu Asano (1973).

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