Who Is Who : Yukari Ōshima

Yukari Ōshima, born December 31, 1963), Pinyin: Dàidǎo Yóujiālǐ, born December 31, 1963) is a Japanese actress and martial artist. Oshima (also known as Cynthia) gained prominence in Hong Kong and became the pseudo female counterpart of Jackie Chan in the country, making her a household name in Filipino families during that time.

Born Tsumura Yukari in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, to a successful Japanese businessman and fashion designer and to a Chinese woman. Yukari began studying Gōjū-ryū Karate in junior high.

She was one of Japan's brightest female martial artists during the 1980s and one of the leading ladies of the babes and bullets fad of Hong Kong action cinema. She's known as the role "Farrah Cat" in Bioman, which aired not only in Japan originally but also worldwide. She is best known to Western audiences as Yomi in Riki-Oh. After her Hong Kong career dried up, she left for the Philippines in the 1990s and used the stage name Cynthia Luster.

Oshima resides in Fukuoka, Japan, where she's promoted tourism in the city. She is commonly known to Western audiences as the actress in the Marlboro Lite commercials (in the late 1990s).

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Born : 津村ゆかり (Tsuruma Yukari), December 31, 1963 (age 51), Fukuoka, Japan
Other names : Cynthia Luster
Years active : 1984 - 2004, 2011 - present
Spouse(s) : Mark Cheng (1991 - 1995)

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