Ichihara was a member of the Haiyuza theater troupe from 1957 to 1971.

She narrated the long-running anime series Manga Nihon mukashi banashi.

She won the Japan Academy Prize for Black Rain.

[1] Ichihara died of heart failure, twelve days before her 83rd birthday.

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