Rika Miura (Acting)

Yasuyo Hayashima, known professionally as Rika Miura, is a Japanese actress. She played the love interest of Spider-Man, Hitomi Sakuma in Spider-Man (1978-1979), and the lead role in Battle Fever J (1979-1980), and Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1985). Miura was born in Iwaizumi, Iwate and moved to Saitama Prefecture as a child. Her older sister, Mayumi Miura, is also an actress. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School. Miura earned money as a child model, and made her debut in television commercials advertising Kirin Lemon, a soft drink, in 1974, as the product's fourth image girl. Her first lead role was in Sachiko no Shiawase. Since then, Miura has appeared eight times as a guest star on the jidaigeki Mito Kōmon, more than any other woman. Other jidaigeki appearances include Tōyama no Kin-san, two versions of the Hissatsu series, Shadow Warriors and -IV, the live-action show Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae,...Read More