Also known as: Chieko Baishō · Baishō Chieko · Baisho Chieko · Baisyo Tieko · Tieko Baisyo · Chieko Baishou
Label: King Records
Biography
Chieko Baisho is a Japanese actress and singer, born in Tokyo on June 29, 1941. Active since 1961, she has worked in film, television, stage, and voice acting. During her music career, she has been associated with King Records. She is best known for her long-running role as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series.
Alongside her acting career, Baisho has also performed as a singer. In anime, she voiced Sophie in Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle, a Studio Ghibli film released in Japan as Hauru no Ugoku Shiro. She also performed the OP "Sekai no Yakusoku (世界の約束; The Promise of the World)."
