Janet Hatta


Janet Hatta is an actress.

Biography

Her mother is Japanese and her father is an American. After working as a stewardess for Japan Airlines, she entered acting. She briefly used the name Yuka Hatta. In 1981, she married Kōichi Tabuchi, who at that time played baseball for the Seibu Lions and retired from acting. The couple later appeared in commercials for Sakuracolor. They have a son, Yūshō Tabuchi, who is an announcer for Fuji Television.

Appearances

On television, Janet was a regular character in various jidaigeki. In Yaburegasa Tōshū Akuningari, starring Kinnosuke Yorozuya, she appeared in episodes 1–83 as the character Muttsuri Oryū. In Edo o Kiru with Teruhiko Saigō she portrayed Okyō. With Masakazu Tamura, she appeared in Wakasamazamurai Torimonochō, as Okon. She made guest appearances in Kozure Ōkami, Abarenbo Shogun and numerous other series.
She also appeared in contemporary dramas. Among them was Supergirl, with Yōko Nogiwa, in which her character was in episodes 1–25. She was a regular in the NHK "Ginga Terebi Shōsetsu" Katei Sensō and Seishun Gigashū. She had guest roles in G-Men '75 with Tetsurō Tamba and Tokusō Saizensen, among others.
Highlights of Janet's film career include the Kinji Fukasaku film Doberman Detective with Sonny Chiba and Ningen no shōmei with Yūsaku Matsuda.