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name: "Hisako Kyōda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hisako-kyoda"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 February 1935"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
updated: "2026-09-17T06:28:45.176823+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."
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# Hisako Kyōda

Actor. Born 22 February 1935 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 February 1935, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 1984–2002
- **Also known as:** Hisako Kyoda, Hisako Kyôda, Kyôda Hisako, Kyōda Hisako, Kyoda Hisako, Naoko Kyooda, 京田 尚子, Hisako Kyouda, 京田尚子
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (1), 2000s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9102508, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477449/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/615

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Millennium Actress*](https://film.one/film/millennium-actress.md) (86), [*Warriors of the Wind*](https://film.one/film/warriors-of-the-wind.md) (85)

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## Biography

Hisako Kyōda is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born on 22 February 1935 in Tokyo, she trained at Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College and has been active since 1945. She is affiliated with the talent agency Haikyō.

Kyōda is known for numerous voice roles in anime, including Obaba in *Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind* (1984), Genkai in *Yu Yu Hakusho* (1992), Kaede in *InuYasha* (2000), Chiyoko's Mother in *Millennium Actress* (2002), and Ito Morita in *In This Corner of the World* (2016). She has also appeared in *Hunter x Hunter* (2011), *Memories* (1995), *Violet Evergarden: The Movie* (2020), *One Piece Film: Strong World* (2010) and *Paranoia Agent* (2004).

In 2019 she received a Merit Award at the Seiyu Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Millennium Actress* (2002), Fi1m 86, as Chiyoko's Mother (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/millennium-actress.md)
- *Warriors of the Wind* (1984), Fi1m 85, as Obaba (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/warriors-of-the-wind.md)

## Also known for

- *Hunter x Hunter* (2011), Grandmother (voice)
- *InuYasha* (2000), Kaede (voice)
- *In This Corner of the World* (2016), Ito Morita (voice)
- *Memories* (1995), Grandma (voice)
- *Violet Evergarden: The Movie* (2020), Nerine (voice)
- *Yu Yu Hakusho* (1992), Genkai (voice)
- *One Piece Film: Strong World* (2010), Xiao's grandmother (voice)
- *Paranoia Agent* (2004), Mysterious Old Woman (voice)

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