After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her early career. Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up. In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, the film where she played the leading role. She also recorded the same-titled theme song for the film, which hit No. 1 on Oricon in late 1981, and stayed there until January 18, 1982. Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s. She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai.
Glasses
(Morishita)
Black School Rules
(Virginia Wolf)
Never Give Up
(Yoriko Nagai)
Always - Sunset on Third Street
(Tomoe Suzuki)
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
(Tomoe Suzuki)
Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust
(Mariko Tanaka)
Hanamizuki
(Ryoko)
Princess Raccoon
(Ohagi no tsubone)
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
(Izumi Hoshi)
Legend of the Eight Samurai
(Princess Shizu)
Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021
G.I. Samurai
(Young Takeda Samurai)
Wasao
(Setsuko)
Fan of Hong Kong star
Be yourself
(Yuka Enomoto)
絆のペダル
(宮澤純子)
Tonbi
(Taeko)
Hoshi Kikou
Heart's Delivery
Twinkle
(Shoko Koyama)
Detective Story
(Naomi Arai)
The Lakeside Murder Case
(Minako Namiki)
A Good Husband
(Sakura Kitami)
Arigatou
READY! LADY
(Ryoko)
The Tragedy of “W”
(Shizuka Mita)
Main Theme
(Shibuki Ogasawara)
Dreamy Fifteen
(Kei Yamawa)
Tasmania Story
Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island
(Latifa (voice))
1 Litre Of Tears SP
(Shioka Ikeuchi)
Amachan
(Hiromi Suzuka)
Nadeshiko Tai
Dr. Hisayoshi Suma
(須磨千代子)
Last Mile
(Misumi Natsuyo)
Aka Medaka
(Narrator)
Fuji Family
(鷹子(長女))
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
(Tomoe Suzuki)
Blue Period
(Masako Saeki)
The Homeless Student 2
(Keiko Tamura)
Let's Go to the Hospital
School in the Crosshairs
(Yuka Mitamura)
Like a Savage
(Tamako Arisugawa)
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
The 8-Year Engagement
(Hatsumi Nakahara)
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
(Female owner)
Hope and Pain
Café Funiculi Funicula
(Kayo Takatake)
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series
(Mirei)
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
(Mirei Asada)
Fuji Family New Year Special 2017
(Oguni Takako)
The Stork Nest
(Yumiko Yasuda)
Nurse Call
(Kozue Igarashi)
Toward the Terra
(Jona Macka (voice))
Sing Salmon Sing
(Yoko Senuma)
Yuriko's Picture Book
(Yuriko Onodera)
Cabaret
(Waitress)
I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair
(Hasebe Haruko)
Aogeba Tôtoshi
(Mari Minegishi)
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
(Yoko Kaneda)
Riverside Mukolitta
薬師丸ひろ子 35th Anniversary Best Songs 1981-2017 ~Live in 春日大社~
薬師丸ひろ子 40th Anniversary Tour 2022 ~アナタノコトバ~
Kisarazu Cat's Eye
(Asada Mirei)
1 Litre of Tears
(Shioka Ikeuchi)
The Gutsy Frog
(Mom)
Mama no Idenshi
Tiger and Dragon
Dearest
(Azusa Sanada)
Amachan
(Hiromi Suzuka)
Passion for Punchlines
(Shima Takako)
Detective Lovesick
(Nobuko Maehara)
Unnatural
(三澄夏代)
The Kingdom of Ingredients
(旁白)
Carry On! Hara-chan!
(Yaguchi Yuriko)
The Full Throttle Girl
(Sakuragawa Shoko)
Lost Man Found
(President Yamamura)
Yell
Back of Father
(Marui Yumiko)