Kyoko Aoyama

Biography

Kyoko Aoyama was a Japanese actress born on November 23, 1935, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. She began her career in the 1950s, initially as an extra in films such as "Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri" (1960) and later gained recognition for roles in period dramas like "江戸遊民伝" (1958). Aoyama married actor and singer Yukio Mishima's husband, Yukio's real name was小林みどり (Kobayashi Midor), in 1967 and retired from acting shortly after. She passed away on January 12, 2020, at the age of 84 due to lung cancer.