Yukari Oshima

Yukari Ōshima
大島ゆかり
Yukari Ōshima ; 大島ゆかり
Born	Yukari Tsumura (津村ゆかり); December 31, 1963 (age 60); Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Other names	Cynthia Luster
Occupation(s)	Actress, martial artist
Years active	1984–2005 ; 2011–present
Spouse(s)	Mark Cheng (1991–1995) ; Philip Ko (1995–2017)

Yukari Ōshima (大島ゆかり, Ōshima Yukari, born December 31, 1963) is a Japanese actress and martial artist. She gained prominence in Hong Kong and became popular in the Philippines as Cynthia Luster. Due to Filipinos' interest in Jackie Chan, she became Chan's pseudo female equivalent.^[1]

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Yukari Tsumura (津村ゆかり, Tsumura Yukari) was born in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, to a Japanese businessman and fashion designer and a Chinese mother. She began studying Gōjū-ryū Seigokan karate at Ennouji Dojo in junior high school. She was one of Japan's brightest female martial artists during the 1980s and a leading figure in the girls with guns fad of Hong Kong action cinema.^{[citation needed]} Oshima portrayed "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: The Story of Ricky. After her Hong Kong career dried up, she embarked on a new career in the Philippines in the 1990s with the stage name Cynthia Luster.

Oshima now resides in Fukuoka, Japan,^[1] where she has promoted tourism in the city. She is commonly known to Western audiences as the actress in the Marlboro Lite commercials in the late 1990s.

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.	1983	Space Sheriff Gavan	TV Series
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman	Doll Assassin	Ep. 28			1983
1984	Space Sheriff Shaider		TV Series
1985	Choudenshi Bioman	Farrah Cat	TV Series
1986	Sukeban Deka II		Ep. 1

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Year	English title		Original title	Role	Notes	Ref.
Year	International	Philippines	Original title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1984	Chodenshi Baioman the Movie		超電子バイオマン	Farrah Cat
1986	Millionaires Express	China Warriors	富貴列車	Samurai		^[2]
	A Book of Heroes	Fight to Win Again	歡樂龍虎榜	Yamashita's fighter		^[3]
	The Funny Family		頑皮家族	Tempura
	Kung Fu Wonder Child		靈幻童子	Hai Chiu Hse
1987	Angel		天使行動	Madame Yeung / Sue (English version)
1989	Final Run		目中無人	Mon Ta Yee-Wa
	Burning Ambition		龍之爭霸	Chau Siao-Tao
	Close Escape		飛越危牆	Migi
	Lucky Seven 2		7小福 2
	Framed		沉底鱷	Kitty Li
	A Punch to Revenge		十面埋伏
1990	Never Say Regret		無悔行動
	Outlaw Brothers		最佳賊拍檔	Tequila
	Angel's Mission		先發制人	Hing-tse
	Brave Young Girls		黑海霸王花	Lady Overlord
	Midnight Angel		午夜天使	Ying
	That's Money		越軌行動	Typist
1991	The Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues		烈火情仇	Amy Lee
	Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky		力王	Huang Quan
	Spiritually a Cop		駁腳差佬
	Angel Force		天使特警	Arms Trafficker
	The Angels		天使風雲
	Ghost's Love		雲雨生死戀	Kicking policewoman
	Devil Cat		貓變	Black Cat
	The Story of the Gun		黑星風雲	Lin Ho-Hung
	Dreaming the Reality		夢醒血未停
	Gambling Ghost Are Ready		賭鬼總動員
1992	Lover's Tear			Police officer
	Full Contact		新龙争虎斗	Mrs Wang
	Big Deal			Sim-Lan
	The Direct Line			Mok Yu Xia, CID Madam
	Nv Xiao Feng Yun: Xie Jiao Ru qin
	Fatal Chase			Cynthia
	Beauty Investigator			The Hitwoman
	Jin San Jiao qun Ying hui			Bullet
	Hard to kill
	Mission of Justice
	Patio
	The Story of the Gun
	Win Them All
1993	Zong Heng Tian Xia				Uncredited
	Angel the Kickboxer
	Lethal Panther			Jane Matsuko/Shoko	In International version
	Serious Shock! Yes Madam!			Coco
	The Avenging Quartet			Oshima
	Project S			Terrorist
	Ghost's Love
	Love to Kill
	Angel of Vengeance
	Kakambal Ko sa tapang			Michelle
	Angel Terminators II			Bullet	Also known as The Best of Lady Kickboxers	^[4]
	1/3 Qing Ren			Lin Ching-Hsia
	Xing Qi Gong Zhi Tan Bi
1994	Once Upon a Time in Manila			Lt. Cynthia Wang	Cynthia Luster's first Filipino movie
	Yue gui Zhi Lang
	Pintsik			May Leng
	His Way, Her Way, Their Ways!
	Hong Tian mi Ling			Inspector Cynthia Lee Lai-Nga/Lisa Li
	Deadly Target
1995	Drug Fighters			Yi Chian
	Kinkyu yobidashi - Emâjenshî kôru
	Ultracop 2000			Trishia Marks
	1/3 Lover		大島由加里			^[5]
	Emergency Call '95			Cameo
	Hubungan Jenayah			Heung Lan
	Power Connection
1996	Guardian Angel
1997	Tiger Angels
	Tapang sa Tapang		沈诗芳-小慧欣	Jane Nakamoto
	Super Cops			Interpol Agent Yukari
	Challenge
	Vengeance is Mine
1998	Gold Rush					^[6]
	The Golden Nightmare			Nikki
	Leopard Hunting			Chieko
	To Kiss is Fatal			Diana Pama Aller
1999	Digital Warriors			Jean Chung
	Double Sin
	It Takes a Thief					^[7]
2000	Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai			Fay Lan
2001	Xtreme Warriors
2001	Ashita wa kitto			Girl in grape field
2011	Legendary Amazons			Zou Lanying	Final film role

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[1]
Macuja, Lista (March 24, 2014). "5 memorable movie "imports"". www.starcinema.abs-cbn.com. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
[2]
"2nd Action-Packed Day!". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. 21 August 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 23 August 2020. The Fiercest Encounter of Martial Arts Experts in a Gigantic Movie!
[3]
"Opens Today". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. 25 August 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 28 September 2020. In 1986, we introduced Chuck Norris' student Cindy Rothrock[.] Now in 1987, we are proud to present Bruce Lee's top female student[:] Cynthia Luster)
[4]
"Grand Opening Today!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. April 30, 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 24 April 2021. The super combination of the three LADY MASTERS of KICKBOXING in the most HARD-KICKING MOVIE of the YEAR!
[5]
大島由加里 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
[6]
Gold Rush at HK cinemagic
[7]
It Takes a Thief at HK cinemagic

Williams, Tony (2000). "Yukari Oshima: Hong Kong Cinema's Japanese Panther; A career profile". Asian Cult Cinema. 28 (3rd Quarter): 44–47.

[Imports-1] [1]
Macuja, Lista (March 24, 2014). "5 memorable movie "imports"". www.starcinema.abs-cbn.com. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

[2] [2]
"2nd Action-Packed Day!". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. 21 August 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 23 August 2020. The Fiercest Encounter of Martial Arts Experts in a Gigantic Movie!

[MSposter-3] [3]
"Opens Today". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. 25 August 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 28 September 2020. In 1986, we introduced Chuck Norris' student Cindy Rothrock[.] Now in 1987, we are proud to present Bruce Lee's top female student[:] Cynthia Luster)

[4] [4]
"Grand Opening Today!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. April 30, 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 24 April 2021. The super combination of the three LADY MASTERS of KICKBOXING in the most HARD-KICKING MOVIE of the YEAR!

[5] [5]
大島由加里 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-10.

[6] [6]
Gold Rush at HK cinemagic

[7] [7]
It Takes a Thief at HK cinemagic

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Yukari Ōshima 大島ゆかり
Born	Yukari Tsumura (津村ゆかり) (1963-12-31) December 31, 1963 (age 60) Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Other names	Cynthia Luster
Occupation(s)	Actress, martial artist
Years active	1984–2005 2011–present
Spouse(s)	Mark Cheng (1991–1995) Philip Ko (1995–2017)