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Kaoru Yumi

Japanese actress (born 1950)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ3547243 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kaoru Yumi (由美 かおる, Yumi Kaoru; born November 12, 1950) is a Japanese actress.

Filmography

Movies

Yoru no bara wo kese (夜のバラを消せ) (1966)

Dōsei Jidai ~Kyōko to Jirō~ (同棲時代 －今日子と次郎－) (1973)

Shinanogawa (しなの川) (1973)

ESPY (エスパイ) (1974)

Prophecies of Nostradamus (ノストラダムスの大予言) (1974)

Chō kōsō hoteru satsujin jiken (超高層ホテル殺人事件) (1976)

Torakku yarō tenka gomen (トラック野郎天下御免) (1976)

Hi no tori (火の鳥) (1978)

TV Dramas

Tokyo no Sanzoku (東京の山賊) (1970 NHK) as Yaku Hiroko

Miracle Girl (ミラクルガール)

Japan Sinks (日本沈没) (1973)

Edo o kiru (江戸を斬る)

Mito Kōmon (水戸黄門) (1986 TBS)

Mito Kōmon ~Silver Shimmer~ (水戸黄門外伝 かげろう忍法帖 かげろうお銀役)

Minami machibugyō jiken jō okore!

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kaoru Yumi” as japanese actress (born 1950). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1950, 1966, 1973, 1974—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1950-11-12. The account is most persuasive where Kaoru, Yumi and Japanese can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as japanese actress (born 1950). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3547243. VIAF identifies the subject as 254080782. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1950, 1966, 1973 and 1974.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kaoru Yumi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.