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name: "Kaho Minami"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 January 1964"
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# Kaho Minami

Actor. Born 20 January 1964 in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1964, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
- **Also known as:** みなみ かほ, 미나미 카호, 南果步
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3545199, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87644

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Pachinko*](https://film.one/tv/pachinko.md) (85)

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## Biography

Kaho Minami is a Japanese actress. She was born on 20 January 1964 in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, and is of third-generation Korean descent. She graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama & Music in Tokyo. While a student, she won the lead role in her debut film, *For Kayako* (1984). Her stage debut was as Juliet in *Romeo and Juliet*, directed by Tamasaburō Bandō.

Minami has appeared in numerous films and television series. She is known for roles in *Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack* (2001) as SDF Intelligence Captain Kumi Emori, *Infection* (2004) as head nurse, *The Great Yokai War* (2005), *Kabukicho Love Hotel* (2014), *Oh Lucy!* (2018) as Ayako, and the Apple TV+ series *Pachinko* (2022) as Etsuko. She has received awards including the Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989 and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1990.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, kaho-minami.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pachinko* (2022), Fi1m 85, as Etsuko — [page](https://film.one/tv/pachinko.md)

## Also known for

- *Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack* (2001), SDF Intelligence Capt. Kumi Emori
- *Infection* (2004), Head nurse
- *Oh Lucy!* (2018), Ayako
- *The Great Yokai War* (2005), Yōko Ino
- *Kabukicho Love Hotel* (2014), Satomi Suzuki

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