Kiki Kirin

Kiki Kirin

Kiki Kirin (樹木希林) was born on January 15, 1943 in Japan. Kiki Kirin movies and tv shows: Ito no Mori no Ie, Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!, Aji Ichimonme: 2013 Special...
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First Name: Keiko
Family Name: Uchida
Native Name: 樹木希林
Also Known As: Keiko Nakatani;Nakatani Keiko;中谷啓子;Chiho Yūki;悠木千帆;Yūki Chiho
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Female
Born: January 15, 1943
Kiki was born in the Kanda area of Tokyo as the daughter of a master of the biwa lute. After graduating from high school, she started her acting career in the early 1960s as a member of the Bungakuza theater troupe using the stage name Chiho Yuki. She eventually gained fame for performing uniquely comedic and eccentric roles on such television shows as Jikan desu yo and Terauchi Kantarō ikka and in television commercials. She changed her name to "Kirin Kiki" when, after being asked on a television show to auction off something of hers, she ended up selling her first stage name, claiming she had "nothing else to sell."
While battling various ailments, including a detached retina in 2003 and breast cancer in 2005, Kiki has continued to act and has won several awards, including the best actress Japan Academy Prize for Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad in 2008, the best supporting actress award from the Yokohama Film Festival for her work in Kamikaze Girls and Half a Confession in 2004, and the best supporting actress Blue Ribbon Award for Still Walking in 2008.
Kiki married fellow Bungakuza actor Shin Kishida, but they divorced in 1968. She is currently married to the rock musician Yuya Uchida. Her daughter, Yayako Uchida, is an essayist and musician; notably, Uchida portrayed the younger self of Kiki's character in the film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. Yayako Uchida is married to the actor Masahiro Motoki, who was adopted into the Uchida family as a mukoyōshi.
(Source:Wikipedia)