Meiko Kaji

Film & TV

Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Masako Ōta, known as Meiko Kaji, is a Japanese actress and enka singer born on 24 March 1947 in Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture. After graduating from Yakumo Academy in Meguro in 1965, she made her debut at Nikkatsu Studios under her real name, playing supporting roles in the late 1960s. Her first notable role came in 1969 in *Nihon Zankyoden*. She gained visibility with the 1970-1971 series *Stray…

Known for

• Romantics Anonymous2025
• Yu Yu Hakusho — Genkai2023
• Modern Love Tokyo — Mako2022
• What Did You Eat Yesterday? — Hisae Kakei2021
• Under the Open Sky — Shoji Atsuko2021
• Nezunoban — Kumiko2021
• The Voice of Sin — Mayumi Sone2020
• My Neighbor's Masala2020
• What Did You Eat Yesterday? — Hisae Kakei2019
• The Inugami Clan — 宮川香琴2018

via TMDB

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

129,128

Total plays

1,042,259

Meiko Kaji , (born March 24, 1947 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese Enka singer and actress. Meiko Kaji first began work in the film industry under the name Masako Ota at Nikkatsu studio in 1965. In 1970, with little success but extensive experience in the movie business, Meiko Kaji signed up with the Nikkatsu movie studio and was subsequently cast in more or less important roles in the Stray Cat Rock series. The films concern juvenile girl gang confrontations and, although inventive, the

via Last.fm · 梶芽衣子

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

Japan

Place of birth

Chiyoda

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

Japanese

Instrument

voice

Record label

Teichiku Entertainment, Inc.

Image

Meiko Kaji 2025 10 04.jpg

via Wikidata · CC0