---
name: "Emi Ito"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emi-ito"
fi1m_id: "emi-ito"
imdb_id: "nm0411688"
tmdb_id: 1014950
wikidata_id: "Q11379786"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 April 1941"
died: "15 June 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T20:38:34.267738+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Emi Ito

## Identity

Emi Ito

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emi-ito
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emi-ito
- **IMDb ID:** nm0411688
- **TMDB ID:** 1014950
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11379786
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11379786, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1014950

Actor. Born 1 April 1941 in Tokoname, Chita, Aichi, Japan. Died 15 June 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 April 1941, Tokoname, Chita, Aichi, Japan
- **Died:** 15 June 2012
- **Also known as:** The Peanuts, 伊藤えみ, ザ・ピーナッツ, 澤田日出代, Hideyo Sawada
- **Frequently works with:** [Hiroshi Koizumi](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-koizumi.md), [Ishirō Honda](https://film.one/person/ishiro-honda.md), [Shinichi Sekizawa](https://film.one/person/shinichi-sekizawa.md), [Yuriko Hoshi](https://film.one/person/yuriko-hoshi.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11379786, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1014950

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Emi Itô (also credited as Emi Ito) was a Japanese actress and singer. With her identical twin sister Yumi Itô, she performed as the vocal duo The Peanuts from 1958 to 1975.

She is known for portraying one of Mothra's diminutive priestesses, the Shobijin, in three Toho kaiju films: *Mothra* (1961), *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964) and *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964). The sisters also appeared in other Japanese films during the 1960s.

Itô was born on 1 April 1941 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and died on 15 June 2012 in Tokyo.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikizilla.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, as Shobijin — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kamen Rider* (1971), series, as Kindergarten Teacher
- *Mexican Free-for-All* (1968), as The Peanuts
- *Las Vegas Free-For-All* (1967), Actor
- *The Crazy Adventure* (1965), Actor
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), as Shobijin, Vocals — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)
- *Double Trouble* (1964), as The Peanuts
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), as Shobijin (Twin Fairy), Vocals
- *Let's Meet in Our Dreams* (1962), Actor
- *Me and Me* (1962), as Masumi Akagi
- *Mothra* (1961), as Shobijin (Twin Fairy), Vocals
- *The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers* (1961), Actor
- *Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon* (1961), Actor
- *Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher* (1960), Actor
- *Zoku bantōhan to detchidon* (1960), Actor
- *Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill* (1960), Actor
- *The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity* (1960), Actor
- *The Imitation Lords* (1959), Actor
- *Adorable Flowers* (1959), Actor

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