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Yoshiko Yamaguchi

1920 - 2014

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Yoshiko Yamaguchi (Japanese: 山口淑子 Yamaguchi Yoshiko; Chinese: 山口淑子 Shānkǒu Shūzǐ; 12 February, 1920 – 7 September, 2014) was a Japanese singer, actress, journalist, and politician. Born in China, she made an international career in film in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States. Early in her career, the Manchukuo Film Association concealed her Japanese origin and she went by the Chinese name Li Hsiang-lan (李香蘭), rendered in Japanese as Ri Kōran. This allowed her to represent China in Japanese propaganda movies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshiko Yamaguchi is the 1,405th most popular actor (down from 856th in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from China (down from 368th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Chinese Actor.

Yoshiko Yamaguchi is most famous for being the first woman to represent Japan in the Olympics.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 1,405 out of 13,578. Before her are John de Lancie, Madeleine Lebeau, Kirsten Dunst, Luis Guzmán, Ida Kamińska, and Michael Redgrave. After her are John Barrymore, Jean Sorel, Cesar Romero, Rick Baker, Karin Dor, and Sandra Milo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 115. Before her are Peggy Lee, Marlen Haushofer, Don Taylor, Guido Cantelli, Ignatius IV of Antioch, and Heinz Hitler. After her are Marcial Maciel, Václav Neumann, Meliton Kantaria, Tonino Guerra, Emilio Colombo, and Jean Starobinski. Among people deceased in 2014, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 103. Before her are Jack Bruce, Fred Phelps, Run Run Shaw, Menahem Golan, Joan Rivers, and Mário Coluna. After her are Riz Ortolani, Sabah, Elizabeth Peña, Johnny Winter, Marina Ginestà, and Björn Waldegård.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 481 out of 1,610. Before her are Qian Xuesen (1911), Wu Peifu (1874), Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809), Guo Shoujing (1231), Yao Wenyuan (1931), and Yang Xiong (-53). After her are Li He (790), Hong Tianguifu (1849), Zhang Lu (101), Han Gan (706), He Zizhen (1910), and Wang Bi (226).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Yoshiko Yamaguchi ranks 10. Before her are Donnie Yen (1963), Gong Li (1965), Ruan Lingyu (1910), Yuen Siu-tien (1912), Yuen Biao (1957), and Run Run Shaw (1907). After her are Shih Kien (1913), Zhou Xuan (1920), Na Moon-hee (1941), Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), and Joan Chen (1961).

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