:Kumiko Okae
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Short description|Japanese actress (1956–2020)}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|岡江久美子|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox entertainer
| name = Kumiko Okae
| image=Kumiko Okae.jpg
| native_name = 岡江久美子
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name = Kumiko Okae
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|08|23|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|04|23|1956|08|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = Tokyo, Japan
| occupation = Actress, voice actress, television presenter
| years_active = 1975–2020
| spouse = {{Marriage|{{ill|Baku Owada|ja|大和田獏}}|1983}}
| children = Miho Ohwada
}}
{{Nihongo|Kumiko Owada|大和田 久美子|Ōwada Kumiko|23 August 1956 – 23 April 2020}}, née {{Nihongo|Okae|岡江}}, was a Japanese actress, voice actress, and television presenter. She was known for her work on television dramas, as well as hosting entertainment and variety shows, such as Renso Game on NHK. Okae also hosted the morning show {{ill|Hanamaru Market|ja|はなまるマーケット}} on Tokyo Broadcasting System Television from 1996 to 2014.
Career
Okae began her professional acting career in 1975.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/24/national/actress-kumiko-okae-dies-coronavirus/#.XqM9Bc17nIU|title=Drama star Kumiko Okae, host of 'Hanamaru Market,' dies from pneumonia at 63|date=April 24, 2020|work=Japan Times|access-date=April 24, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424193548/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/24/national/actress-kumiko-okae-dies-coronavirus/|archive-date=April 24, 2020}} She appeared in numerous television roles and variety shows from the 1970s to the 2010s.{{cite news |title=Actress Okae Kumiko dies from coronavirus |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200424_03/ |work=NHK World |date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424200854/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200424_03/ |archive-date=April 24, 2020 |url-status=dead }} In 1982, she released the album Yes, I Feel on the Casablanca label.{{cite web |title=Kumiko Okae |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4346837-Kumiko-Okae |website=Discogs |access-date=4 April 2021}} She acted in television dramas, and hosted entertainment and variety shows, such as Rensō Game on NHK. Okae hosted the morning show, {{ill|Hanamaru Market|ja|はなまるマーケット}}, on Tokyo Broadcasting System Television from 1996 until 2014.
Personal life
Okae married actor {{ill|Baku Ohwada|ja|大和田獏}} in 1983, who she had met while they were both regular panelists on Rensō Game. They had a daughter, actress Miho Ohwada.
Death
Okae underwent surgery for early stage breast cancer in late 2019. She was then treated with Radiation therapy from January to mid-February 2020, which further weakened her immune system. On 3 April 2020, Okae developed a fever and her health began to deteriorate. She was admitted to a Tokyo hospital on 6 April, placed on a ventilator and later diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Okae died from pneumonia in the Tokyo hospital on April 23, 2020, at the age of 63.{{cite news |title=Japanese actress Kumiko Okae dies after novel coronavirus infection |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/04/c67e2d11814f-japanese-actress-okae-dies-after-novel-coronavirus-infection.html |work=Kyodo News |date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424194540/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/04/c67e2d11814f-japanese-actress-okae-dies-after-novel-coronavirus-infection.html |archive-date=April 24, 2020 |url-status=live}} Okae's death, along with the death of comedian Ken Shimura six days later, were amongst the first prolific celebrity deaths related to COVID-19 in Japan.{{Cite web |last=INC |first=SANKEI DIGITAL |date=2020-07-23 |title=【芸能界“衝撃”事件簿】志村けんさんと岡江久美子さんの死 多くの人が本気でコロナ恐れるようになった（1/2ページ） |url=https://www.zakzak.co.jp/article/20200723-MZGWTLIB75PQXKQMZWCNU5CZ3Y/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=zakzak：夕刊フジ公式サイト |language=ja}}
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Category:Japanese television actresses
Category:Japanese voice actresses
Category:Japanese television presenters
Category:Japanese women television presenters
Category:Japanese television talk show hosts
Category:Japanese game show hosts
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Category:20th-century Japanese actresses
Category:21st-century Japanese actresses