Background
Yachiyo Kasugano was born in Kobe and originally named Yoshiko Ishii.
Yachiyo Kasugano was born in Kobe and originally named Yoshiko Ishii.
Yachiyo Kasugano joined the Takarazuka Theater as an actress at an early age and established her fame in "Hamlet." Also appeared on the screen, her first picture was "A Woman of Tokyo" (1950). Being one of the senior-most players of Takarazuka she was one of the advisers of the Takarazuka troupe together with Amatsu-Otome.