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| name = Momoko Kōchi

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| caption = Momoko = Kōchi (in 1954)

| native_name = 河内桃子

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name = Momoko Ōkōchi

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|3|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Taitō]], [[Tokyo]], Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|11|5|1932|3|7|df=y}}

| death_place = [[Shibuya]], Tokyo, Japan

| death_causerestingplace = Colon[[Yanaka Cemetery]], cancerTaitō

| nationalityother_names = JapaneseMomoko Hisamatsu

| other_namesoccupation = Momoko Hisamatsu = Actress

| occupationyearsactive = Actress1953–1998

| spousechildren = Sadataka Hisamatsu (1961–1998; her death)1

| childrenparents = 1[[Nobuhiro Ōkōchi]]<br>Chieko Ōkōchi

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{{nihongo|'''Momoko Kōchi'''|河内 桃子|Kōchi Momoko}} (7 March 1932 &ndash; 5 November 1998), born {{nihongo|'''Momoko Ōkōchi'''|大河内 桃子|Ōkōchi Momoko}}, was a Japanese film, stage and television actress. She was born in [[Japan]].<ref>[http://www.allmovie.com/artist/momoko-kochi-38919 Profile], allmovie.com; retrieved May 2010</ref>

She is best known for her roles in the original ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', playing the character of Emiko Yamane (anda laterrole she reprised the role in ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' in 1995 for the last time), and in ''[[The Mysterians]]'', playing Hiroko Iwamoto.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0442708|Momoko Kōchi}}</ref>

Kōchi's paternal grandfather was Viscount [[Masatoshi Ōkōchi]], the third director of [[RIKENRiken]]; her father, a painter, was the second son of Masatoshi.<ref>Saitō, Ken. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4VczAQAAIAAJ&q=%E5%A4%A7%E6%B2%B3%E5%86%85+%E6%A1%83%E5%AD%90&dq=%E5%A4%A7%E6%B2%B3%E5%86%85+%E6%A1%83%E5%AD%90&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZt8S_npjMAhUEKCYKHRb3CXcQ6AEIHDAA 大河内正敏: 科学・技術に生涯をかけた男]. 日本経済評論社, 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2016. {{in lang|ja-icon}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120606041723/http://reichsarchiv.jp/家系リスト%e5%ae%b6%e7%b3%bb%e3%83%aa%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88/大河内松平家（吉田藩）%e5%a4%a7%e6%b2%b3%e5%86%85%e6%9d%be%e5%b9%b3%e5%ae%b6%ef%bc%88%e5%90%89%e7%94%b0%e8%97%a9%ef%bc%89#masatosi952 大河内松平家（吉田藩）]. Reichsarchiv. Retrieved December 2015. {{jain iconlang|ja}}</ref><ref>[http://omugio.exblog.jp/17469263/ 大河内子爵家 吉田藩主] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510140909/http://omugio.exblog.jp/17469263/ |date=2017-05-10 }}. 直球感想文 和館. Retrieved 14 February 2016. {{jain iconlang|ja}}</ref> Her husband, television producer Sadataka Hisamatsu, with whom she had a daughter,<ref>[http://www.kisseido.co.jp/kura/loverinthos/letter/letter2.html メッセージありがとうございました]. Retrieved 14 July 2016. {{in lang|ja-icon}}</ref> was descended from the [[Matsudaira clan#Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan|Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan]] who ruled over the [[Imabari Domain]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111019102105/http://reichsarchiv.jp/家系リスト%e5%ae%b6%e7%b3%bb%e3%83%aa%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88/久松松平氏（御家門・伊予今治藩家系）%e4%b9%85%e6%9d%be%e6%9d%be%e5%b9%b3%e6%b0%8f%ef%bc%88%e5%be%a1%e5%ae%b6%e9%96%80%e3%83%bb%e4%bc%8a%e4%ba%88%e4%bb%8a%e6%b2%bb%e8%97%a9%e5%ae%b6%e7%b3%bb%ef%bc%89#sadataka935 久松松平氏（御家門・伊予今治藩家系）]. Reichsarchiv. Retrieved December 2015. {{jain iconlang|ja}}</ref>

|2= 2. [[Nobuhiro Ōkōchi]]<ref name="Nobuchie">{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V13W-X73|title=Person Details for Momoko Okochi, "Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration cards, 1900-1965|date=2523 Dec 1957|website=FamilySearch.org|publisher=Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro|access-date=12 Nov 2016}}</ref>

After graduating from [[Japan Women's University]]'s affiliated high school, Kōchi worked as an [[office lady]],<ref>Kikuchi, Hiroshi. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-qsQAQAAMAAJ&q=%E4%B9%85%E6%9D%BE+%E6%A1%83%E5%AD%90&dq=%E4%B9%85%E6%9D%BE+%E6%A1%83%E5%AD%90&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMvv_okpjMAhVESCYKHRZ5CWUQ6AEIHTAA 文藝春秋 - Volume 77]. 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2016. {{in lang|ja-icon}}</ref> but she joined [[Toho]] through their "New Face" program in April 1953,<ref>Lentz, Harris M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=E5sHAQAAMAAJ&q=Momoko+Kochi&dq=Momoko+Kochi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCtPO9wrDKAhVM2SwKHSToA7s4ChDoAQhgMAk Obituaries in the Performing Arts]. McFarland & Company, 1998. Retrieved 14 April 2016.</ref> along with [[Akira Takarada]], [[Kenji Sahara]], [[Yū Fujiki]], and [[Masumi Okada]] (who later moved to [[Nikkatsu]]). Her first role was in {{nihongo|''A Woman's Heart Released''|女心はひと筋に|Onna gokoro wa hitosuji ni}} as Yaeko. One year later, she acted in movies directed by [[Kajirō Yamamoto]].

One year after leaving Toho, Kōchi did her formal study of acting with [[Tsutomu Yamazaki]] and [[Kumi Mizuno]] and joined the[[Haiyuza troupeTheatre Company]]. She then debuted as a stage actress in [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Twelfth Night]]. Her subsequent movie appearances have been reduced as a result and she mostly performed on stage (including [[The Merchant of Venice]] and [[Macbeth]]), while occasionally performing in television commercials as well as [[Drama (genre)|drama]] (including her role as Shōko Tsunashi in {{nihongo|''Thank You''|ありがとう|Arigatō}} from 1972 to 1973 with co-star [[Kiyoshi Kodama]]).{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

Kōchi made some appearances on [[TBSTokyo Broadcasting System Television|TBS]] drama specials produced by [[Fukuko Ishii]] and written by [[Sugako Hashida]]. During her later years, she appeared as Toshiko Takahashi, a woman with [[Alzheimer's disease]], in ''{{nihongo||渡る世間は鬼ばかり|[[Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari]]}}'', with [[Kunihiko Mitamura]].{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} She also made some appearances in two-hour dramas such as {{nihongo||土曜ワイド劇場|Doyō waido gekijō}}.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

In 1995, [[Takao Okawara]] offered Kōchi the chance to reprise her role as Emiko Yamane in ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''. Although Otawara was used to working with younger actors, he was impressed by Kōchi's complete training and concentration. All of her scenes were completed in one day, and her cameo appearance attracted the public throughout Japan. She later recounted her appearance in an interview with [[CNN]]: "After the first Godzilla movie people pointed at me saying, 'Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla.' As a young woman I hated Godzilla, so I thought, 'no more Godzilla for me.' But 41 years later I watched the film again and realized how great it was for its anti-nuclear theme."<ref>Ryfle, Steve. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cqSOkywWeX4C&pg=PA312&dq=Momoko+Kochi&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0u-PevrDKAhWGwHIKHYIFCZgQ6AEIPTAD#v=onepage&q=Momoko%20Kochi&f=falsePA312 Japan's Favorite Mon-star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G"]. Toronto: ECW Press, 1998. Retrieved 14 April 2016.</ref>

Later in the same year, Kōchi toured the [[Tōhoku region]] with the troupeHaiyuza for performances of {{nihongo||ゆの暖簾|Yu no noren}}. During the tour, she complained about her poor health, and she was diagnosed with [[colorectalColorectal cancer|colon cancer]] in January 1998. Her cancer spread rapidly, and she did not undergo surgery at the time of diagnosis. One year earlier, on 15 December, her final performance was in [[Tsuruoka, Yamagata]].{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

Kōchi continued to perform onher stagehospitalisation until she died on 5 November 1998 at the [[Japanese Red Cross]] Medical Center in [[Hiroo, Shibuya]] from colon cancer at the age of 66.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=B4QQAQAAMAAJ&q=%E4%B9%85%E6%9D%BE+%E6%A1%83%E5%AD%90&dq=%E4%B9%85%E6%9D%BE+%E6%A1%83%E5%AD%90&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK_JWLlZjMAhXEOiYKHf6uCy0Q6AEIJDAB Gekkan shinbun daijesuto - Volume 33]. 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2016. {{in lang|ja-icon}}</ref> On 29 October, a week before her death, she was baptised into the Roman Catholic Church under her baptismal name of "Maria" by Father Masahiro Kondō of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]]. Her funeral was held on 9 November at St. Ignatius Church.<ref name="baptism">{{citationcite neededweb|dateurl=Februaryhttp://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1998/11/27/dying-actress-baptized-after-30-years-of-radio-work-for-church&post_id=12520|title=Dying 2016Actress Baptized After 30 Years of Radio Work for Church|author=<!--not stated-->|date=1998-11-27|website=UCANews.com|access-date=2017-04-12}}</ref> Her grave is at [[Yanaka Cemetery]] in [[Taitō]].<ref>[http://ya-na-ka.sakura.ne.jp/kouchiMomoko.htm 河内桃子]. 谷中・桜木・上野公園裏路地ツアー. Retrieved 14 February 2016. {{jain iconlang|ja}}</ref>

Due to Kōchi's roles in Catholic religious radio programs including {{Nihongo|''Light of the Heart''|心のともしび|Kokoro no Tomoshibi}} and {{Nihongo||太陽のほほえみ|Taiyō no hohoemi}}, she was congratulated by [[Pope John Paul II]] with sometwo awards in 1996.{{citation<ref needed|datename=December 2015}}"baptism"/>

===FilmsFilm===

|{{nihongo||のり平の浮気大学|Norihei no daigaku}} || ||

|{{nihongo||裸足の青春|Hadashi no seishun}} || ||

| 1962-661966 || {{nihongo|[[Judgment (TV drama)|Judgment]]|判決|Hanketsu}} || Keiko Inoue ||

| 1967-681968 || {{nihongo||渥美清の泣いてたまるか|Atsumi Kiyoshi no naite tamaru ka}} || ||

| 1972-731973 || {{nihongo|''[[Thank You (TV drama)|Thank You]]''|ありがとう|Arigatō}} || Shōko Tsunashi ||

| 1996-971997 || {{nihongo||渡る世間は鬼ばかり|[[Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari]]}} || Toshiko Takahashi ||

*[http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=46230 河内桃子] at allcinema {{jain iconlang|ja}}

*[http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/person.aspx?person_id=90463 河内桃子] at KINENOTE {{jain iconlang|ja}}

*[http://movie.walkerplus.com/person/85375/ 河内桃子] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704183003/http://movie.walkerplus.com/person/85375/ |date=2016-07-04 }} at MovieWalker {{jain iconlang|ja}}

*[http://www.tvdrama-db.com/name/p/key-%E6%B2%B3%E5%86%85%E3%80%80%E6%A1%83%E5%AD%90 河内桃子] at ◇テレビドラマデータベース◇ {{jain iconlang|ja}}

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