Tomoko Mariya

Born: 1960-03-25

Tomoko Mariya (毬谷 友子, Mariya Tomoko, March 25, 1960) is a Japanese actress, singer, writer, and lecturer at Musashino Art University. Her real name is Tomoko Yashiro (矢代 友子, Yashiro Tomoko) and her nickname is Ton-chan (とんちゃん). She is from Minato, Tokyo. Previously affiliated with J.Clip, she is now freelance.


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A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

as Harumi Minagawa
Released: 2016-03-26

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

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A Flower Aflame

as Miss Kitabayashi
Released: 2016-08-06

When Sonoko enters a traditional Japanese arranged marriage with Amamiya facilitated by her...

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Yumeji

as Tomoyo Wakiya
Released: 1991-05-31

Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an...

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Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

as Noriko Murakami
Released: 1995-09-09

Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.

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Umi de no hanashi

as Kaede's mother
Released: 2006-12-16

Kaede's life is changed when she discovers that she is the product of her father's affair. She...

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Tokyo Heaven

as Ikuko Tanaka
Released: 1990-06-09

A pampered young model is killed in a traffic accident. Given the chance to return to earth, she...

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Hibi Rock

as Izumi Kazama
Released: 2014-11-22

Young rocker Takuro meets pop star Saki at one of his band's shows. When she asks him to write a...

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Talk to the Dead

as uncredited
Released: 2013-08-02

Having lost her beloved father at an early age, Yuri lives with her mother and younger brother....

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Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

as Miyagino
Released: 2010-05-29

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he...

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High School Girl's Friend

as uncredited
Released: 2001-07-14

Genichiro, a lonely retired man living with his son’s family who mostly ignores him, feels...

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Akai ito no onna

as Tamine Takamichi
First aired: 2012-09-03

The story is set in a suburban city facing further modernization and depopulation, and depicts...

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Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-01-10

The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of...

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