Several Japanese newspapers echoed last Sunday the news of the death of the actress, singer and dancer Yukiji Asaoka (real name Yukie Kato) on April 27 at the age of 82 years. Although it has not transcended the cause of death, it was known that Asaoka was in treatment for Alzheimer's.
In the anime world it was the voice of Matsuko in My neighbors the Yamada, the one of Kitanokata in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya the Euterpe in Oyaro Nezumi no Fushigi.