Izumi Yamaguchi (山口 いづみ, Yamaguchi Izumi, born 3 October 1954, in Shibuya, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. She is represented with F Road (Full House Group). Her son is actor Kento Yamaguchi.

Izumi Yamaguchi
山口 いづみ
Born (1954-10-03) 3 October 1954 (age 69)
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Other namesIzumi Kosaka (小坂 泉, Kosaka Izumi, née Yamaguchi (山口))
CitizenshipJapan
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • artist
Years active1972–
Notable workErimo Misaki
Television
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
ChildrenKento Yamaguchi (eldest son)

Biography edit

After dropping out from high school, she joined Watanabe Productions.

By the time she was in elementary school, she belonged to the theatre company "Kojika" (her first drama appearance is The Human Condition in the role of a Chinese child).

In 1972, she made her debut in the entertainment world with Zoku Ōoku no Onna-tachi. In April of that year, she debuted her musical career with "Midori no Kisetsu", but soon turned into an actress. She appeared on television dramas such as Zakkyo Jidai and Ōedo Sōsamō.

In 1982, she married a securities company employee. They gave birth to two boys.

On 1 September 2010, she moved to F Road from Office PSC that she belonged to.[1]

Knowing the song "Četri stađuna" sung by Croatian national singer Meri Cetinić, she performed in live shows with her Croatian singing.[2] Through videos published on the Internet, Croatia also gained popularity, and when she visited Croatia in 2011 she was welcomed.[2]

Filmography edit

Films edit

Year Title Distributor Notes
1972 Matsurida Obakeda Zenin Shūgō!! Shochiku
1973 Kigeki: Koko kara Hajimaru Monogatari
1975 Erimo Misaki Nikkatsu
1978 Mito Kōmon Toei Company
1979 Honjitsu Tadaima Tanjō
1986 Mandara-ya no Ryota New Select
1989 Kazoku Rondo Toei Company
2015 Tane Maku Tabibito: Kuni Umi no Gō Shochiku As General Manager Ogata
Poplar no Aki

TV dramas edit

Dates Title Role Network Production Notes
1971 Ōoku no Onna-tachi Miyo CX NMC
Dōkoku no Hana
1971–72 Orandasa Konji Kenchō Okuni Toho Episode 6 "Korori no Nazo"
Bijin wa ikaga? TBS
1972 Zoku Ōoku no Onna-tachi Kazunomiya CX NMC
28 Oct 1972 Grand Gekijō Jo Mitsuyo Muko Erabi NTV
24 Jan 1973 Shin Hasegawa Series Echigojishi-sai EX
10 Feb 1973 Grand Gekijō Kono Haha Kono Ko NTV
1973 Ginga TV Shōsetsu Nami no Tō NHK
Kenkyaku Shōbai Fusano Muraoka CX Episode 17 "Usagi to Kuma"
1973–74 Oyaji no Yomesan
Zakkyo Jidai College student four, Fuyuko Kuriyama NTV
1974 Kyūkon Ryokō
Party Dai Sakusen TBS Episode 21 "Keiji Bolombo Hanayome Kōkan Satsujin Jiken"
Nidaime no Seishun MBS
Kōkō Kyōshi Mari Shirakawa TX Episode 7 "Sensei ni Onna Gokoro wa wakaranai"
1974–75 Karei naru Ichizoku Makiko Yasuda MBS Toho
1974–76 Ōedo Sōsamō Coimmunity · Ishibition Fire Okon TX Episodes 166 "Uikenzan, Yashamen no Onna" to 262 "Onmitsu Dōshin o Yoshi Jūdan ni Naku"
1974 Mizumore Kōsuke NTV Episode 7 "Oyaji Dairinin"
1975 Episode 15 "Kao de Waratte..."
Yoake no Keiji TBS Episode 15 "Uso no Kekkon Keiji wa Tsurai yo"
31 Mar 1975 Mito Kōmon Chie C.A.L Part 6 Episode 1 "Okore! Satsumahayato -Kagoshima-"
1975 Hōrō Kazoku Ryoko Kawachi MBS Episodes 2 and 5
1975–76 Oretachi no Tabi NTV Episodes 17 and 33 "Imōto no Namida o aru Hi Mita nodesu"
Machāki no Mori no Hikage no Kazura EX
Edo o Kiru II Yumi Mizuno TBS C.A.L
27 Sep 1976 Mito Kōmon Otayo TBS C.A.L Part 7 Episode 19 "Mogami Kōka Koi no Uta - Yonezawa"
1976 Onna no Kunshō CX
1976–77 Doterai Otoko: Sōkessan-hen KTV 5th Series
1976 G-Men '75 Chizuru Arimura TBS Toei Company Episode 75 "Keiji o Suteta Keiji"
28 Nov 1977 Mito Kōmon Chie C.A.L Part 8 Episode 20 "Komusō no Missho -Sumoto-"
1977 Edo o Kiru III Oro Episode 5 "Ninjō Tōyama Sabaki"
Iroha no "i" NTV Episode 27 "Ryōko yo Kazenoyōni"
Tōyama no Kinsan Spy Osen EX
Kāsan no Uso
Kishibe no Album Toshiko Oka TBS
Tokusō Saizensen Mizue Kitagawa EX Episode 20 "Keiji o Aishita Onna"
1978–87 Mito Kōmon Shino Onozuka (Sasaki) TBS C.A.L Parts 9 to 17
1978 Ōoka Echizen Chie Kosaka Part 5
Kimagure Honkakuha Kaede Yagisawa NTV Episode 1 "Kappa no Satogaeri"
Hayate Dōshin Oran TX C.A.L Episode 1 "Nazo o Yobu Tōjin Ken"
1978–79 Fūrintori Monochō Osen EX
1979 G-Men '75 Izakaya's mother TBS Toei Company Episode 218 "Fukurō no Mori Mina-goroshi no Yoru"
Shin Shichinin no Keiji Episode 45 "Iwashita Keiji no Koibito"
Episode 64 "Chieda ga Shinda Hi"
8 Jan 1980 Shiseido TV Special The Tale of Genji
1980 Shin Go To-mono-chō Omiwa NTV Episode 109 "Edo no Komori-uta"
Hanakabura MBS
TBS The Emperor's Cook TBS
1980 Yokohama Monogatari NHK
Netchū Jidai: Kyōshi-hen 2 Reiko Kazami NTV
1 Dec 1980 Mito Kōmon Ochō Tayū TBS C.A.L Part 11 Episode 16 "Ōatari no Kōmonsama Dai Shibai -Shibata-"
1980 Edo o Kiru V Okyō
9 Mar 1982 Yūkai no Hōshū NTV
1982 Hitachi TV City Ningen Banji Saiō ga Hinoeuma TBS Episode 13
3 Jun 1982 Onna no Kanashimi ga Kikoeru: Kakuseizai ni Obore yuku Tsuma-tachi YTV
4 Jun 1982 Joyū Series: Tsuma-tachi wa...... CX Episode 9 "Furimukeba Haru"
19 Jun 1982 Seicho Matsumoto no Jikan no Shūzoku TBS
21 Aug 1982 Gotoba Densetsu Satsujin Jiken Office lady Miyako Shohouji
4 Dec 1982 Ankyo no Rensa
1982 Hara peko Dōshi
Mokuyōza / Ai o Sabakemasu ka MBS
Tenka Gomen no Ganko Oyaji: Ōkubo Hikozaemon Oman no Kata TBS
Rōnin Hakkei Yukitarō Fūryū Ken Matsue CX
1982–83 Danna-sama wa 18-sai Mari Hattori TBS
2 May 1983 Ōoka Echizen Oichi C.A.L Part 7 Episode 3 "Aiaigasa no Onna"
1983 Ōoka Seidan Ma-zō: Aisuru Tsuma yo!! Yuruse!! Ogen CX
Gekai: Kido Shūhei TBS
2 Jul 1983 Kaseifu wa Mita! 1 Fūfu no Himitsu: Kogeta Hisako Kawahara EX
12 Nov 1983 Hisaya Morishige Geinō Seikatsu 50-shūnen Tokubetsu Kikaku Eiga Monogatari CX
1984 Sono Toki, Tsuma wa TBS
16 May 1985 Shissō YTV
1985 Fukei Kōhosei Monogatari NTV
Super Police Yoko Fukamachi TBS Episode 7 "Kikiippatsu! Uchi no Nyōbō ni kagitte!"
Ki ni naru aitsu NTV
1986 Momen Kazoku THK
4 Apr 1987 Netchū Jidai Special
21 Apr 1987 Satsujin Kinen Shashin: Akiko Wada no DPE-ya Series 2 Kiken Fōkasu Shōnen NTV
1987 Fūun Edojō: Dotō no Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu Tokugawa Masako TX
24 Apr 1987 Kinyō Onna no Drama Special Nijūsaiban: Shukumei no Onna TBS
29 Apr 1987 Suiyō Drama Special Oyaji no Hige 2: Dokushin Josei ni dake Heya o Kashimasu
3 Jun 1989 Doyō Drama Special Oyaji no Hige 5
1990 Honō no Tabiji THK
7 Nov 1990 Suiyō Grand Roman 70-Sai no Seishun NTV
8 Feb 1991 Otome no Mystery Joyū Natsuki Midori Series 3: Adashi no Densetsu Satsujin Jiken CX
18 Feb 1991 Getsuyō Onna no Suspense Yoru no Owaru Toki Chie Miyasaka TX
1991 Papa to natchan TBS
13 May 1991 Kane no Naruki ni Hana wa Saku 2 Nazo no Diet Chiryō de Marumōke! YTV
23 Dec 1991 Fuyu no Jidaigeki Tokubetsu Kikaku: Yoshiwara Hiren Shinobi no Onna TBS
14 Feb 1992 Kinyō Drama Theater Tabi wa Michizure Yohanasake nē! CX
3 May 1993 Oyaji no Hige 14 TBS
20 Dec 1993 Kāsan wa Don? 3
1993 Kachō San no Yakudoshi
Jan–Mar 1994 Hi no ataru Basho CX
28 Feb 1994 Ai to Giwaku no Suspense Kensatsu Shinsa-kai: Aru Shōnen no Sakebi KTV
3 Apr 1994 Toshiba Nichiyō Gekijō Kachō-san no Yakudoshi Special TBS
1995 Saikō no Koibito EX
1 Apr 1996 Mito Kōmon Ren Teruni TBS C.A.L Part 24 Episode 27 "Ichiyōraifuku Yonezawa no Haru -Yonezawa-"
23 Oct 2000 G-Men '75 Special: Kaette Kita Tokuina Sainō o Motta Specialist-tachi! !
Apr–Jun 2001 Ainokotoba THK
12 Aug 2001 Hekikū no Tango Tokyo Shitamachi, aru Shokunin Ikka no Shūsen NHK
2 Apr 2002 Hanzai Kōshō Hito Yuriko 2: Minagamionsen Tatekomori Jiken TX
19 Apr 2002 Hime-sama Jiken Jō 2: Yanagawa Omiai Satsujin Jiken CX
26 Nov 2003 Tama Minami-sho Tatakiage Keiji Chikamatsu Heikitsu 3: Shōsha Jūyaku Fujin Shisatsu Jiken! Taeko Matoba TX
15 Dec 2003 Mito Kōmon Yūki Matsu TBS C.A.L 1000th Anniversary Special
22 Aug 2004 Getsuyō Misuterī Gekijō Jichikai-chō Itoi Hime-ko Shataku no Jiken-bo 4
24 Nov 2004 Kita Alps Sangaku Kyūjotai Shimon Ikki 6: Hakuba Norikuradake no Satsui TX
21 Jan 2005 Chōtei Iin Yumeko Hinata no Jiken-bo 3: Kanashī Tenbatsu Akie Tatsumi CX
7 Apr 2006 Mitsuhiko Asami Series 23: -Nikkō Satsujin Jiken- Tōshōgū to Mitsuhide Akechi no Innen o ou Mitsuhiko ni Renzoku Satsujin no Chōsen-jō! CX
Apr–Jun 2006 Itsuwari no Hanazono THK
16 Dec 2006 Koisuru Nichiyōbi: New Type BS-TBS Episode 11 "Hatsukoi o Jōju seyo!"
28 May 2007 Getsuyō Golden Rakuen no Lion: Veteran Josei Kisha ga Kōkyū Club ni Sennyū!? Shi o Izanau Amai Wana TBS
6 Jun 2007 Suiyō Mystery 9 Brand Keiji 2: Yobi Kantei Sōsa-in Mami Kirihara Kanazawa Kaga Nise Yūzen Satsujin Jiken Mitsuyo Nishikino TX
21 Jul 2007 Onsen (Hi) Dai Sakusen 4 Junko Hanamura EX
25 Jan 2008 Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken Natsumi Minakami CX
1 Feb 2008 Tsuma-tachi kara no Mikudarihan: Otto-tachi no (Hi) Rikon Kaihi Manual Keiko Saegusa
12 Jun 2008 7-Ri no On'na Bengoshi Asako Izumi EX 2nd Series Episode 10 "Sai Shūshō DV Satsujin!! Tōsatsu sa reta Celeb Onna"
Jul–Sep Seigi no Mikata Satomi Yoshikawa NTV
20 Mar 2009 Keishichō Mitsuboshi Keiji Jotaro Sasaki: Aibō o Nerau Hiretsuna Wana! CX
6 Jun 2009 Yasuo Uchida Suspense Fukuhara Keibu EX
12 Aug 2009 Shin Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 Kakari
Jan 2010 Indigo no Yoru Yoko Sasaki THK
11 Jun 2010 Keishichō Shissōnin Sōsaka Akiko EX Episode 9
26 May 2011 Yottsu wa Jinja Ura Kagyō Shitsurenhoken: Tsuge-ra Se-ya Mari Kitamura's mother YTV Episode 8
28 Oct 2011 Watashi wa Shadow Yasue Murakami TBS
19 Dec 2011 Mito Kōmon Shizue C.A.L Last Round Special
27 Jul 2012 Kinyō Road Show! Tokubetsu Drama Kikaku Kazoku, Kashimasu: Family Complex Megumi Ono NTV
Sep–Nov 2012 Akai Ito no Onna Kotoko Furukawa THK
Oct–Sep 2013 Tengoku no Koi Tatsuko Ebihara
15–17 Oct 2014 Hottokenai Majo-tachi Ritsuko Tachikawa Episodes 32 to 34
2 Jan 2015 Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki Ōedo Sōsamō Osakae TX
12 May 2015 Seicho Matsumoto Mystery Jidaigeki Omasa BS Japan Episode 4 "Hidari no Ude"
30 Nov 2015 – Shin Botan to Bara Moeko Asagi THK
21 Oct 2019 Sherlock: Untold Stories Honami Hosokawa CX Episode 3

Stage edit

Year Title Role
1981 Hōrō-ki Yuki

Films (Japanese dub) edit

Date Title Role Actor Notes
15 May 1977 Emmanuelle Emmanuelle Sylvia Kristel Dubbing for TV Asahi's Nichiyō Yōga Gekijō and Blu-ray release

Advertisements edit

Company Product
Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Lulu
Oenon Holdings Tomihisa Musume
Seven Two Seven Cosmetics 727
SoftBank Mobile

Discography edit

Single records edit

Date Title Label No. Notes
5 Apr 1972 Midori no Kisetsu / Kaze no Fuku Machi Toshiba TP-2635
25 Aug 1972 Midori no Taiyō / Jū-gatsu Umare TP-2722
20 Jan 1973 Chīsana Himitsu / Anata ga Nokoshite itta mono TP-2797
25 Jul 1973 Privacy / Koi no Inori TP-2882
Oct 1973 Soyokaze no yō ni TV drama Zakkyo Jidai theme song (not released as a single, recorded in 1999 VAP "Comedy Drama Song Book")

Albums edit

Date Title Label No.
2 Apr 2010 Izumi Yamaguchi Bossa nova o Utau Think! THCD131

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Yamaguchi, Izumi. "山口いづみオフィシャルブログ「ご報告」" (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 Jul 2017.
  2. ^ a b "人生は夕方から楽しくなる:クロアチアで歌が人気 山口いづみさん". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 26 Jul 2017.

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