Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Japanese singer and actress

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1920

Place of Birth: Dengta, Liaoning, China

Date of Death: 07-Sep-2014

Profession: politician, singer, news presenter, television presenter, journalist, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: Japan, China

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Yoshiko Yamaguchi (?? ??, Yamaguchi Yoshiko, 12 February 1920 – 7 September 2014) was a Chinese-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career 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 Xianglan, rendered in Japanese as Ri Koran.
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. She was elected as a member of the Japanese parliament in the 1970s and served for 18 years.
After retiring from politics, she served as vice president of the Asian Women's Fund.