Yoko Narahashi

[1] She gained prominence due to her involvement with The Last Samurai, Babel, and Memoirs of a Geisha.

[4] Born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, Narahashi moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1952 at the age of five when her father got a job at the International Civil Aviation Organization.

[5] She returned to Japan a decade later to attend International Christian University in Mitaka, Tokyo.

[1][7] In 1998, she served as the founding director of UPS Academy, a method acting school geared towards foreign actors.

[6] Narahashi was once married to Johnny Nomura, the producer behind the popular Japanese band Godiego.