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Sayuri Yoshinaga

1945 - Today

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Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合, Yoshinaga Sayuri, born 13 March 1945) is a Japanese actress and activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sayuri Yoshinaga has received more than 132,003 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sayuri Yoshinaga is the 2,599th most popular actor, the 921st most popular biography from Japan and the 34th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sayuri Yoshinaga ranks 2,599 out of 13,578Before her are Rachel Roberts, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, David Tomlinson, Lee Jung-jae, Zlatko Burić, and Luis Mariano. After her are Jane Badler, Margaux Hemingway, Murray Head, Burl Ives, Anil Kapoor, and Joe E. Tata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Sayuri Yoshinaga ranks 268Before her are Noel Redding, Linda Harrison, Brett Lunger, Al Stewart, Vernon Wells, and Roger Spottiswoode. After her are Dragan Holcer, Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Leonard Adleman, Cem Karaca, Sylvester Levay, and David D. Friedman.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sayuri Yoshinaga ranks 921 out of 6,245Before her are Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Ryuzo Hiraki (1931), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Toyohito Mochizuki (1953), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), and Naoya Shiga (1883). After her are Yuji Kishioku (1954), Genichi Taguchi (1924), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Akinori Nakayama (1943), Haruo Nakajima (1929), and Shigeru Umebayashi (1951).

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Sayuri Yoshinaga ranks 34Before her are Chishū Ryū (1904), Yūsaku Matsuda (1949), Akihiro Miwa (1935), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), and Kirin Kiki (1943). After her are Haruo Nakajima (1929), Takuya Kimura (1972), Miyoshi Umeki (1929), Tsuru Aoki (1892), Chieko Baisho (1941), and Yoko Shimada (1953).

Television and Movie Roles

Buddha: The Great Departure
Narration / Chapra's Mother (voice)
Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shield him from the miseries of the world. Meeting the young outcast girl Migaila, Siddhartha experiences love for the first time but also witnesses the suffering that afflicts humankind. Meanwhile, in Kosala, Chapra rises through the military, despite his lowly origins, to become a hero and general of the army. A final showdown between the two kingdoms forces Siddhartha to re-evaluate the path he is following.
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
Lady Maya (voice)
2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only one eye and Depa. Siddhartha continues traveling. Siddhartha is overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan. Second Buddha movie from Tezuka Productions.
About Her Brother
Ginko Takano
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.