Yoshiko Yamamoto

While she was in university, she joined the TBS Broadcasting Drama Troupe as a 6th-term member in March 1958, with her classmates including Takako Sasuga and Sumiko Shirakawa. Before she had joined, she was a part of the Sanno Theater Company. Nakagawa Pro, Akasaka Production, Mausu Promotion, Miyoko Asō (Fune Isono) in 2018, Shinsuke Chikaishi (Masuo Fuguta) in 2022, Takako Sasuga (Tarao Fuguta) in 2023, and Nobuyo Ōyama (Katsuo Isono) in 2024, she and Midori Katō (Sazae Fuguta) are the last surviving original cast members of the Sazae-san anime series.

Personality Her vocal range is alto. In preparation, she learned horseback riding at Seifukai in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, and Western dancing from Dan Yada. While her official reason for leaving was claimed to have been because of "health issues",

Yamamoto has revealed that she is a mother of a few children, and that whenever she would go to PTA meetings in 1975, the other mothers present there would ask her to "do Wakame-chan", much to her embarrassment.

Filmography Television anime Jungle Emperor Leo (1965): Mary Harris no Kaze (1966): Abou Ishida Animal 1 (1968): Rokurō Azuma Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (1968): Tarokichi Marine Boy (1969): Young John, Pit Boy Sazae-san (1969–present): Wakame Isono (first voice) Moomin (1969): Too-Ticky Ninpu Kamui Gaiden (1969): Genta The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1970): Aya Akakichi no Eleven (1970): Mamoru Asuka (Ryouko's brother) Ashita no Joe (1970): Boy (episode 66) Andersen Monogatari (1971): Tin soldier (episode 4), Mouse (episode 6), Ketty (episodes 42–43) Kunimatsu-sama no Otōridai (1971): Ābō Shin Obake no Q-Tarō (1971): Doronpa Nozomi in the Sun (1971): Additional voice Golgo 13 (1971): Additional voice Marvelous Melmo (1971): Biriken (episode 9), Tadao (episode 13) Tensai Bakabon (1971): Additional voice Onbu Obake (1972): Ojō Kashi no Ki Mokku (1972): Baby Crow, Mario Shin Moomin (1972): Too-Ticky The Gutsy Frog (1972): Additional voice Karate Master (1973): Maid (episode 7), Katherine (episodes 23–25), Somvan (episodes 34–35) Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog (1973): Chiro, Awa-ko, Lily, Baby Bird, Additional voice Kōya no Shōnen Isamu (1973): Additional voice Jungle Kurobe (1973): Gakku (second voice) Miracle Girl Limit-chan (1973): Tomoo Asami Little Wansa (1973): Chibikuro, Ichiro, Roro's Owner The Song of Tentomushi (1974): Mizuo Isshū (first voice) Time Bokan (1975): Mikerobo, Additional voice Nobody's Boy: Remi (1977): Arthur Tōshō Daimos (1978): Child The Adventures of the Little Prince (1978): Cliff, Gym Astro Boy (1980): Pook (episode 20), Pipi (episode 36) Ashita no Joe 2 (1980): Chelsea Eagle Sam (1983): Chichi The Twins at St. Clare's (1991): Mademoiselle

Theatrical anime The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee: Wish Upon a Forget-Me-Not (1971): Aya The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee: Being Held By Mama (1972): Aya Magical Girl Limit-chan (1974): Additional voice Fushigi no Tatari-chan (2000): Grandma

Television drama O Sage Shachō (1958) Ai Rabu Teishu (1959)