Yōko Asaji (浅茅 陽子, Asaji Yōko) (born April 2, 1951) is a Japanese actress from Shimizu (now part of the city of Shizuoka), Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Yōko starred in the NHK morning drama Kumo no Jūtan, achieving widespread popularity. Since then she has appeared in various television, film, and stage productions. In addition to contemporary roles, Yōko has taken parts in jidaigeki. She portrayed Yaya in the 1987 NHK Taiga drama Onna Taikōki, and from 1988 to 1994 she played Osai, the wife of the fire captain, in Abarenbo Shogun (the second of three actresses for that character). Yōko voiced Maddie Hayes, the Cybill Shepherd role, in the dubbed version of Moonlighting.
2023
as Shikiko
2016
as Shino Umeda
2013
as Hasumi Kyoko
2012
as Kazue Obayashi
2004
as Atsuro's wife
2003
1993
1991
1991
1989
1989
1988
1988
as Shino Kikuchi
1987
as Kiko Adachi
1987
as Okame
1983
as Michiko
1982
1981
1981
1981
1979
1978
1976
as Gen
1976
as 小野間(稲葉)真琴