Yukiji Asaoka (朝丘 雪路, Asaoka Yukiji, 23 July 1935 – 27 April 2018[1]) was a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo.

She was the daughter of a famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second husband was actor Masahiko Tsugawa.

[2] She was a cast member (musumeyaku), belonging to the Moon Troupe (Tsuki).

[citation needed] She was famous for her roles in Japanese television series and appeared starring opposite Shintaro Katsu in both a film from the Zatoichi series and in the first film of the Hanzo the Razor trilogy.

She was also a voice actor in the 1999 anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas directed by Isao Takahata.