Asaoka Yukiji was born July 23, 1935 in Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan. She was a singer and an actress affiliated with the Takarazuka Revue Company (宝塚歌劇団). She died on April 27, 2018. A Tokyo native, the daughter of the famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Itou Shinsui. Her second husband was actor Tsugawa Masahiko. She was famous for her roles in Japanese television series and has appeared starring opposite of Shintaro Katsu in both a film of the Zatoichi series and in the first film of the Hanzo the Razor trilogy. She is, however, mostly famed for her singing. She was also a voice actor. (Source: AniDB)