Even though she’s seemed to have disappeared from the public eye over a decade ago and now resides in the “Whatever Happened to..” file (as covered in this article), 90s V-Cinema queen Chieko Shiratori is still well-known and remembered by fans of the genre.
Above is a then-23-year-old Cheiko as Detective Mika Hino working up a sweat in 1998′s Tokyo Blue: Case 1, which was the first of the three “Metropolitan Police Branch 82″ films. Also in 1998, which seems to have been her banner year, Miss Shiratori was the 7th of the 10 actresses (covered in this article) to step into the role of Special Undercover Agent Rei in Zero Woman: Dangerous Game.
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I fondly remember Cheiko during the late-90s – early-2000s. She had a look she capitalized on while she was in her prime and then got out of the biz. She probably had a good head on her shoulders. I hope she’s doing well today and I suspect she is.