Kiwako Taichi

Kiwako Taichi (太地 喜和子 , Taichi Kiwako , 2 December 1943 – 13 October 1992) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1967 and 1985.

Kiwako Taichi was born in Tokyo on 2 December 1943. She graduated Shoin Junior and Senior High School and, after training in the Haiyuza Theatre Company, she joined Bungakuza in 1967. Appearing in such plays as Yabuhara Kengyō [ja] and Gan no Tera [ja] , she was hailed as a potential successor to Haruko Sugimura. In 1970, she married actorTaisaku Akino but divorced.

She died in a car accident in Ito, Shizuoka on 13 October 1992 while working there with Bungakuza.