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Japanese model and actress (1949–2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sayoko Yamaguchi (Japanese: 山口小夜子, September 19, 1949 – August 14, 2007) was a Japanese model and actress.
Yamaguchi was born in Yokohama and graduated from Sugino Gakuen's Dressmaker Gakuin design school in Tokyo.[1]
Yamaguchi broke into the international modeling industry in the 1970s.[2] She was one of the first asian models to be featured in the world's top fashion shows and magazines. She made her debut in Paris in 1972,[2] and went on to work in New York City and other international cities.[citation needed]
In 1977 Newsweek named her one of the world's top six fashion models.[1][2] Also that year, she was featured on the cover of Steely Dan's Aja album, photographed by Hideki Fujii.[3]
Yamaguchi went on to continue her career as a film and theater actress, as well as a costume designer.[2]
Yamaguchi died aged 57, on August 14, 2007, of acute pneumonia.[2] In 2015 she was the subject of a posthumous documentary, Kōri no hanabi Sayoko Yamaguchi (Ice Fireworks Sayoko Yamaguchi).[4]
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