Yayoi Watanabe

is a Japanese actress. She appeared in many Toei films including Pinky violence films. In 1979, she married sumo wrestler Tatsuya Kurama and retired. After his 1995 death from leukemia, Watanabe wrote an autobiographical book about him which was adapted into a TV drama.

Selected filmography Film Shin Harenchi Gakuen (1971) Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972) Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1972) Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song (1973) Karate Kiba (1973) School of the Holy Beast (1974) Cross the Rubicon! (1975) Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976) Karate Warriors (1976) Okinawa Jūnen Sensou (1978)

Television playgirl (1972) Unmeitōge (1974) as Sasaka G-Men '75 (1975–79) Guest (ep.13,19,63,71,166,199) Space Ironman Kyodain (1976) Monkey (1979) Guest (ep,26) Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan (1980) Guest (ep,19)