Akiko Wakabayashi
Akiko Wakabayashi (born December 13, 1939 in Ōta, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress, best known in English-speaking countries for her role as Bond girl, Aki in the 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice. Prior to this, she made many movies in her native Japan, especially Toho Studio's monster movies such as Dagora, the Space Monster and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (both of which were also released under various other titles). When production of You Only Live Twice began, Wakabayashi was originally slated to play the role of Kissy Suzuki whilst her co-star Mie Hama played Suki, one of Tiger Tanaka's top agents. When learning English proved to be a major hurdle to Hama, the women switched roles, with Hama now playing the smaller part of Kissy and Wakabayashi playing the larger part of Suki. Wakabayashi, as Aki in the movie You Only Live Twice. At her suggestion, the character of Suki was renamed to Aki. This is probably partly because[citation needed] in 1966, Woody Allen took the Japanese action film International Secret Police: Key of Keys (in which both Mie Hama and Wakabayashi starred), re-edited, re-dubbed, re-plotted, and renamed it What's Up, Tiger Lily?. In the film, Wakabayashi's character was "Suki Yaki" whereas her You Only Live Twice co-star Hama played "Teri Yaki". Wakabayashi made only one more film (and a guest TV appearance) before disappearing from both the big and small screen. In an interview in G-FAN magazine (No. 76), Wakabayashi said she retired from acting due to injuries sustained while making a movie.
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Known for
![Shirley's World](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yKv4r4wkfLj7hz3ZKPB1wVUa6sZ.jpg)
Shirley's World
![Diamonds of the Andes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jo38tAKxfpJxHAvheGyJfb1YT9G.jpg)
Diamonds of the Andes
![You Only Live Twice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fdRbvRcEXcf2rC4ghLFZzCWPSmB.jpg)
You Only Live Twice
![What's Up, Tiger Lily?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/70Tu5jKcsRHpWzllA8pT3PnmPQB.jpg)
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
![Arupusu no wakadaishô](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uzXo9MM4Zq7lCKNuAdD7kPyxEXi.jpg)
Arupusu no wakadaishô
![Adventure in Kigan Castle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/70ylOR5LzocNln1iS4N5y9MpZ9T.jpg)
Adventure in Kigan Castle
![The Thin Line](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3gb2qS0X22nJNDF9XrAUfAG7XLj.jpg)
The Thin Line
![Key of Keys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y0LjubxzOkWd3uKJ2pq9JDjRLv8.jpg)
Key of Keys
![Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qkI5nhvxx3233gQmoQvv0W3MB7A.jpg)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
![A Keg of Powder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pqsn5DMEf1VQN8UaXD8Bg3UHWpf.jpg)
A Keg of Powder
![Dogora](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oLCbrX4tE9evZSRtkmZNYUlJDcS.jpg)
Dogora
![こんにちは赤ちゃん](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iaPqIfDUojlLP1LfOQNK6O2SOqR.jpg)
こんにちは赤ちゃん
![Samurai Pirate](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mKNjK092wzyaRyQj24DsxO9eaNE.jpg)
Samurai Pirate
![Interpol Code 8](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qgdfu6ytuhp8JEy9NfEceeNVYCX.jpg)
Interpol Code 8
![King Kong vs. Godzilla](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v4lxYywAyEuT974dVi22y8TGP0t.jpg)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
![Gekkyū dorobō](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vdULhZdEcvr8ZEYPyhWPviv2SBe.jpg)
Gekkyū dorobō
![Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/37L0P8F8RgPkXGbYxXV5tTxe5T3.jpg)
Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
![Wakai kisetsu](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2qhPhO3udBinaLLtk76zREpoRir.jpg)
Wakai kisetsu
![Our Failures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/soaGeefeBQyoJ4lXvBi5uRvEOpm.jpg)
Our Failures
![King Kong vs. Godzilla](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dmCfyzUl0Ylk8Rpi6dYyWuBrnNr.jpg)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
![Pig and Goldfish](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ar1w5rxy5FlwXvY6sxI0rwfa69f.jpg)
Pig and Goldfish
![Ai no uzu shio](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aOW9EYny46XKJnFpSBYf9jcXakG.jpg)
Ai no uzu shio
![The Crimson Sky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/txUvbB8PcexIDW2XwneWOZs8sXZ.jpg)
The Crimson Sky
![Kanpai! Sararīman shokun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jE9gz8j4GZHeme0fbFDXyPZsHVg.jpg)
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
![Acchan no bebi gyangu](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ratRuODSbdjZq9fW2kRBjEbd9z9.jpg)
Acchan no bebi gyangu
![Girl from Hong Kong](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dzYkaC9wOKu9Nx6Tk3JMdhv057r.jpg)
Girl from Hong Kong
![Akiko](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dIGreW6t63y1iaoXjZewfwbKgEv.jpg)
Akiko
![The Orientals](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/51W7BrEiY0FNovhKItpmsIN3AXP.jpg)
The Orientals
![When a Woman Ascends the Stairs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/miGb5TwM8SIK5URe0mPMOYZqr3g.jpg)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
![The Beast Shall Die](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7zH5ftl7qJHiMC0anrWlC22AtNt.jpg)
The Beast Shall Die
![Song for a Bride](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1kfOGtZFyDVPk1Ycf64rKPhweRX.jpg)
Song for a Bride