---
name: "Janet Ashikaga"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janet-ashikaga"
fi1m_id: "janet-ashikaga"
imdb_id: "nm0038958"
tmdb_id: 2032503
wikidata_id: "Q23013368"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "16 May 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:26:11.634027+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."
---

# Janet Ashikaga

## Identity

Janet Ashikaga

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janet-ashikaga
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janet-ashikaga
- **IMDb ID:** nm0038958
- **TMDB ID:** 2032503
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23013368
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23013368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038958/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2032503

Editor. Born 16 May 1947 in Queens.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 16 May 1947, Queens
- **Active:** 1993–1999
- **Frequently works with:** [Aaron Sorkin](https://film.one/person/aaron-sorkin.md), [Alex Graves](https://film.one/person/alex-graves.md), [Bryan Gordon](https://film.one/person/bryan-gordon.md), [Don Scardino](https://film.one/person/don-scardino.md), [Kevin Falls](https://film.one/person/kevin-falls.md), [Marc Buckland](https://film.one/person/marc-buckland.md), [Paul Redford](https://film.one/person/paul-redford.md), [Robert Berlinger](https://film.one/person/robert-berlinger.md)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Family 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23013368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038958/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2032503

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Janet Ashikaga is an American television editor. She was born in Queens, New York, in 1947. She began her career in the late 1970s and worked on series including the Incredible Hulk television films.

Ashikaga edited multiple episodes of Frasier (1993), including the pilot, and forty episodes of The West Wing (1999). She served as sole editor on Seinfeld for much of its run and worked on Sports Night. She has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for her editing.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Sports Night* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Editor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/tv/sports-night.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Medium* (2005), series, Editor
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Sports Night* (1998), series, as Editor (uncredited) · Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/sports-night.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Baby of the Bride* (1991), Editor
- *Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind* (1991), Editor
- *The Death of the Incredible Hulk* (1990), Editor
- *The Trial of the Incredible Hulk* (1989), Editor
- *The Incredible Hulk Returns* (1988), Editor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/janet-ashikaga