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Yuriko Hoshi

Japanese actress (1943–2018)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ3573267 ↗
Source-derived summary

Yuriko Hoshi (星 由里子, Hoshi Yuriko; 6 December 1943 – 16 May 2018), born Yuriko Shimizu (清水 由里子), was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 90 films beginning in 1959.

Career

Born in Tokyo but raised in Kobe, Hoshi made her film debut in 1958 at Toho.

Hoshi died in Kyoto, Japan, at age 74.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Yuriko Hoshi” as japanese actress (1943–2018). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Yuriko, Hoshi and Japanese.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1943, 2018, 1959, 1958—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1943-12-06. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Yuriko, Hoshi and Japanese providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Yuriko Hoshi”, the useful work is to connect “japanese actress (1943–2018)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 May 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3573267. VIAF identifies the subject as 119203756. The Library of Congress control number is no2016169699. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1943, 2018, 1959 and 1958.

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This entry incorporates text from “Yuriko Hoshi” 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.