Shinobu Otake

[1] At the 25th Moscow International Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Owl.

She performed during the last segment of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony along Tokyo’s Suginami Children Chorus, singing the song "Hoshimeguri no Uta" (Star Tour Song) composed by Kenji Miyazawa, as the Olympic flame was extinguished.

[4] In 2021, Otake took the lead role of Dr. Ruth Wolff in a Japanese stage adaptation of The Doctor.

[citation needed] One year later, Otake married Akashiya Sanma, but got divorced in 1992.

[citation needed] Otake has two children, Nichika, a son by Hattori and Imaru, a daughter by Sanma.