Japanese singer, actress, and politician (1920–2014)
The native form of this personal name is Yamaguchi Yoshiko. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
山口 淑子
Yamaguchi in the 1940s
Member of the House of Councillors
In office July 8, 1974 – July 7, 1992
Constituency
National district (1974-83) National PR (1983-1992)
Personal details
Born
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
(1920-02-12)February 12, 1920 Liaoyang, Manchuria, Republic of China
Died
September 7, 2014(2014-09-07) (aged 94) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality
Japanese
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party
Spouses
Isamu Noguchi
(m. 1951; div. 1956)
Hiroshi Otaka
(m. 1958; died 2001)
Occupation
Singer, actress, journalist, politician
Awards
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class
Musical career
Also known as
Yoshiko Ōtaka (大鷹 淑子) Pan Shuhua (潘淑華) Shirley Yamaguchi Li Hsiang-lan (李香蘭)
Genres
Popular music
Years active
1938–1958
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
李香蘭
Simplified Chinese
李香兰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lǐ Xiānglán
Wade–Giles
Li3 Hsiang1-lan2
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Lei5 Hoeng1 Laan4
Yoshiko Yamaguchi (山口 淑子, Yamaguchi Yoshiko, February 12, 1920 – September 7, 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. After the war, she appeared in Japanese movies under her real name, as well as in several English language movies under the stage name, Shirley Yamaguchi.
After becoming a journalist in the 1950s under the name Yoshiko Ōtaka (大鷹 淑子, Ōtaka Yoshiko), she was elected as a member of the Japanese parliament in 1974, and served for 18 years. After retiring from politics, she served as vice president of the Asian Women's Fund.[1]
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