Aki Takejo
Aki Takejo (; 4 April 1947 – 15 December 2022) was a Japanese actress and comedian. Life and career 
Born in Yonezawa, Yamagata, after her high school graduation Takejo started her career as a dancer, first working in Osaka and later in Tokyo, where she began her acting career. She made her acting debut on stage in 1974. Well-known for her characteristic Yamagata dialect, beyond her career in films, stage plays and television dramas she was also very active as a comedian and had a busy career in variety shows. Takejo died after a two-years-battle against colorectal cancer on 15 December 2022, at the age of 75. References

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1947 births
2022 deaths
Japanese television actresses
Japanese stage actresses
Japanese film actresses
People from Yamagata Prefecture
Japanese women comedians
Deaths from colorectal cancer