Yukiko Tsukuba (June 10, 1906 – early June 1977; in Japanese: 筑波雪子 , or kana: つくば ゆきこ ) was a Japanese actress on stage, in silent films, and in early sound films. She was also the All-Japan women's billiards champion in 1929.
Early life
Tsukuba was born in Tokyo. She trained as a geisha, and became an internationally publicized beauty[1] and film star[2] while she was still in her teens.[3]
With actor Tsuzuya Moroguchi, Tsukuba started a short-lived production company, in 1927.[7] In 1929, she won the All-Japan Women's Billiards championship.[8][9]
Tsukuba married businessman and politician Jinkichi Terada [ja] in 1942. Her husband died in 1976, and she died in 1977, from stomach cancer, at the age of 70, in Setagaya.
References
^Underwood & Underwood (May 23, 1926). "Miss Yukiko Tsukuba". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 106 – via Newspapers.com.