Machiko Soga

Machiko was born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She had humble upbringings and was raised to be a singer, though her talents were with acting. She was "discovered" after doing a play in Tokyo Center. From that night on, her life would forever change as she met many important figures in the world of Japanese television. Her mother died when she was a child; she was raised by her father. She had two brothers and a sister. One of her brothers died during the Second World War; the other is still alive. Her father died of cancer in 1991. In 1973, she went to study in Italy for two years. After taking jazz dance lessons for a number of years, her first roles were mainly radio and voice character roles. She made her debut on NHK's radio drama Chorinmura to Kurumi no Ki (1961), and later gained fame as the first voice actress to portray the lovable ghost Q-taro in Obake no Q-taro (TBS, 1965-1968). However, she is best known to fans of tokusatsu for her villainous roles in the Super Sentai franc