Background
Kiki was born in the Kanda area of Tokyo as the daughter of a master of the biwa lute.
樹木 希林
Kiki was born in the Kanda area of Tokyo as the daughter of a master of the biwa lute.
She eventually gained fame for performing uniquely comedic and eccentric roles on such television shows as Jikan desu yo and Terauchi Kantarō ikka and in television commercials. She changed her name to "Kirin Kiki" when, after being asked on a television show to auction off something of hers, she ended up selling her first stage name, claiming she had "nothing else to sell." She is currently married to the rock musician Yuya Uchida. Her daughter, Yayako Uchida, is an essayist and musician.
Notably, Uchida portrayed the younger self of Kiki"s character in the film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Maine, and Sometimes Dad.
Yayako Uchida is married to the actor Masahiro Motoki, who was adopted into the Uchida family as a mukoyōshi.
After graduating from high school, she started her acting career in the early 1960s as a member of the Bungakuza theater troupe using the stage name Chiho Yūki (悠木千帆).
