Sayoko Yamaguchi

Biography

Sayoko Yamaguchi was a Japanese model and actress born on September 19, 1949, in Yokohama. She broke into international modeling in the 1970s, becoming one of the first Asian models to feature in top fashion shows and magazines. Her career spanned film and theater, as well as costume design, before her death at 57 from acute pneumonia in 2007. A posthumous documentary about her life was released in 2015.