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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|November 21, 1957}}
| birth_place = [[Funabashi, Chiba]], Japan
| occupation = {{Hlist | Actress | stuntwoman | martial artist | fight choreographer | bodybuilder | powerlifter}}
| years_active = 1984–present
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{{nihongo|'''Michiko Nishiwaki'''|西脇 美智子|Nishiwaki Michiko|born November 21, 1957}} is a [[Japan]]ese actress and stunt woman, martial artist, fight choreographer, and former female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She performed the high-risk stunts as a double for [[Lucy Liu]] in the film ''[[Charlie's Angels (film)|Charlie's Angels]].''
{{nihongo|'''Michiko Nishiwaki'''|西脇 美智子|Nishiwaki Michiko|born November 21, 1957}} is a Japanese actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, fight choreographer, former female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She performed the high-risk stunts as a double for [[Lucy Liu]] in the film ''[[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|Charlie's Angels]]''.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Michiko Nishiwaki was born in [[Funabashi, Chiba]], [[Japan]]. As a teenager growing up in [[Tokyo]], she was interested in [[gymnastics]] and [[volleyball]]. She became interested in bodybuilding when she grew dissatisfied with her [[body image]], regarding her legs as too heavy compared to her upper body.<ref>{{cite web
Michiko Nishiwaki was born on November 21, 1957, in [[Funabashi, Chiba]].<ref name="sirens"/> As a teenager growing up in Tokyo, she was interested in [[gymnastics]] and [[volleyball]]. She became interested in bodybuilding when she grew dissatisfied with her [[body image]], regarding her legs as too heavy compared to her upper body.<ref name="brns.nishiwaki">{{cite web
|url=http://brns.com/michiko/pages/michbio1.html
|url=http://brns.com/michiko/pages/michbio1.html
|title=From Crunch Princess to Action Diva
|title=From Crunch Princess to Action Diva
|publisher=Hong Kong Cinema
|publisher=Hong Kong Cinema
|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref>
|access-date = March 14, 2009}}</ref>
Another turning point was her father's death, which motivated her to have her own say in the planning of her future.<ref name=sirens>{{cite web
Another turning point was her father's death, which motivated her to have her own say in the planning of her future.<ref name="sirens">{{cite web
|url=http://www.cultsirens.com/nishiwaki/nishiwaki.htm
|url=http://www.cultsirens.com/nishiwaki/nishiwaki.htm
|title=Michiko Nishiwaki
|title=Michiko Nishiwaki
|publisher=Cult Sirens
|publisher=Cult Sirens
|year=2004
|year=2004
|accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref>
|access-date=March 14, 2009}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

===Sports===
===Sports===
Unusual for Japanese society at the time, Michiko became a powerlifter and eventually Japan's first female powerlifting champion and first female bodybuilding champion. She opened three fitness clubs co-owned by her brother.<ref name=sirens/>
Unusual for Japanese society at the time, Nishiwaki became a powerlifter and eventually Japan's first female powerlifting champion and first female bodybuilding champion. She opened three fitness clubs co-owned by her brother.<ref name=sirens/>


===Feature films===
===Feature films===
Her acting career began in the 1985 Hong Kong martial arts/comedy film ''[[My Lucky Stars]]'', in which she played a Japanese fighter. Her performance caught the attention of [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Sammo Hung]]. She also appeared in films such as ''The Line of Duty III'' in 1988, ''City Cops,'' ''[[Princess Madam]],'' and ''[[God of Gamblers]]'' in 1989. She was quickly typecast, playing villains and femme fatales in most of her Hong Kong films. At times she did not use a word of dialogue, since she could not speak [[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]] well at the time. After returning to Japan, she went to Thailand to star in ''Whore and the Policewoman'' in 1993. She appeared in the 1999 film ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]],'' starring [[Jim Carrey]], and did stunts for [[Hollywood]] films such as ''[[Red Corner]],'' ''[[Blade (film)|Blade]],'' ''Charlie's Angels,'' and ''[[Rush Hour 2]].''
Her acting career began in the 1985 Hong Kong martial arts/comedy film ''[[My Lucky Stars]]'', in which she played a Japanese fighter. Her performance caught the attention of [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Sammo Hung]]. She also appeared in films such as ''The Line of Duty III'' in 1988, ''City Cops'', ''[[Princess Madam]]'', and ''[[God of Gamblers]]'' in 1989. She was quickly typecast, playing villains and femme fatales in most of her Hong Kong films. At times she did not use a word of dialogue, since she could not speak [[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]] well at the time. After returning to Japan, she went to Thailand to star in ''Whore and the Policewoman'' in 1993. She appeared in the 1999 film ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'', starring [[Jim Carrey]], and did stunts for [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] films such as ''[[Red Corner]]'', ''[[Blade (1998 film)|Blade]]'', ''Charlie's Angels'', and ''[[Rush Hour 2]]''. She made a cameo appearance in the 2022 movie ''[[Everything Everywhere All At Once]]''.


Michiko married in 1996<ref>{{cite web
Nishiwaki married in 1996<ref>{{cite web
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|title=Clark County, NV Public Records
|title = Clark County, NV Public Records
|publisher=Clark County Recorder's Office
|publisher = Clark County Recorder's Office
|accessdate = September 3, 2009
|accessdate=2009-09-03}}</ref> and subsequently moved to Moorpark, California, where she was living with her husband and son as of the middle of October of 2013.
}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and subsequently moved to Moorpark, California, where she was living with her husband and son as of the middle of October 2013.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{MOSLOW|date=September 2013}}
|+ List of performances and appearances by Michiko Nishiwaki in film and television
'''Acting Credits'''
! scope="col" | Year
* ''Ghost Rock'' (2004)
! scope="col" | Title
* ''Man on the Moon'' (1999)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role
* ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]'' (1998)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
* ''Top Fighter 2'' (1996)
|-
* ''Ging fa yu lau ang'' (1993)'' (Whore and Policewoman)''
|1985
* ''Fatal Seduction'' (1993)
|''[[My Lucky Stars]]''
* ''[[City on Fire (1993 film)|City on Fire]]'' (1993)
|Japanese Fighter
* ''Yin yao hao qing'' (1993) ''(Hero Dream aka Naked Huntress)''
|
* ''Ba hai hong ying'' (1992) ''(The Avenging Quartet)''
|-
* ''Raiders of Loesing Treasure'' (1992) ''(Treasure Hunters)''
|1986
* ''Huo bao da quan zi'' (1992) ''(Big Circle Blues)''
| {{Ubl | ''[[Jikuu Senshi Spielban]]'' | (''Dimensional Warrior Spielban'') }}
* ''Sing je wai wong'' (1992) ''(The Mighty Gambler)''
| Rikkî
* ''Yun yu di liu gan'' (1992) ''(Passionate Killing in the Dream)''
| TV series
* ''The Real Me'' (1991)
|-
* ''Se jiang'' (1991) ''(Witchcraft vs. Curse)''
|1987
* ''Zui jia zei pai dang'' (1990) ''(The Outlaw Brothers)''
|{{ubl|''Ojôsan tantei Tokimeki renpatsu!'' |(''Young Lady Detectives: Heart Beat!'') }}
* ''[[Magic Cop]]'' (1990)
|Misao Matsuda
* ''The Best of the Martial Arts Films'' (1990)
|
* ''Free Fighter'' (1990)
|-
* ''Hong tin huang jia jiang'' (1990) ''(Angel Terminators)''
|1988
* ''Dragon Fighter'' (1990) ''(Hard to Kill)''
|''[[In the Line of Duty III]]''
* ''Jin pai shi jie'' (1990) ''(Princess Madam)''
|Michiko Nishiwaki
* ''Time Burst: The Final Alliance'' (1989)
|
* ''[[God of Gamblers]]'' (1989)
|-
* ''Hu dan nu er gang'' (1989) ''(Widow Warriors)''
|1988
* ''Miao tan shuang long'' (1989) ''(City Cops)''
* ''Tie dan xiong feng'' (1989) ''(Live Hard)''
|''[[Live Hard (film)|Tie dan xiong feng]]''
|Lily
* ''[[In the Line of Duty III]]'' (1988)
|
* ''Ojôsan tantei Tokimeki renpatsu!'' (1987) ''(Young Lady Detectives: Heart Beat!)''
|-
* ''[[Jikuu Senshi Spielban]]'' (1986) (TV) ''(Dimensional Warrior Spielban)''
|1989
* ''[[My Lucky Stars]]'' (1985)
| {{Ubl | ''Miao tan shuang long'' | (''City Cops'') }}
| Michiko
|
|-
|1989
|''[[God of Gamblers]]''
|Ko Chun's female Yakuza opponent
|
|-
|1989
|''Time Burst: The Final Alliance''
| herself
|
|-
|1990
| {{Ubl | ''Hu dan nu er gang'' | (''Widow Warriors'') }}
|Chieko
|
|-
|1990
|''[[Outlaw Brothers]]''
|Miego
|
|-
|1990
|''[[Magic Cop]]''
|The Sorceress
|
|-
|1990
| {{Ubl | ''Dragon Fighter'' | (''Hard to Kill'')}}
|
|
|-
|1990
|''The Best of the Martial Arts Films''
|Herself
|archive footage
|-
|1991
|''The Real Me''
| herself
|
|-
|1991
| {{Ubl | ''Se jiang'' | (''Witchcraft vs. Curse'') }}
|Simol
|
|-
|1991
|''Sing je wai wong''
| herself
|
|-
|1992
|''The Mighty Gambler''
|Joyce Huang (Mainlander)
|{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
|-
|1992
| {{Ubl | ''Yin yao hao qing'' | (''Hero Dream aka Naked Huntress'') }}
|Yi
|
|-
|1992
| {{Ubl | ''Hong tin huang jia jiang'' | (''Angel Terminators'') }}
|Miss Nishiwaki
|
|-
|1992
| {{Ubl | ''Yun yu di liu gan'' | (''Passionate Killing in the Dream'') }}
|Sha Sha Lee
|
|-
|1992
|''Pi li bao zuo''
| herself
|
|-
|1992
| {{Ubl | ''Huo bao da quan zi'' | (''Big Circle Blues'') }}
|Kwan Show-Yun
|
|-
|1993
| {{Ubl | ''Ba hai hong ying'' | (''The Avenging Quartet'')}}
| Sen
|
|-
|1993
|''Fatal Seduction''
| herself
|
|-
|1993
| {{Ubl | ''Ging fa yu lau ang'' | (''Whore and Policewoman'')}}
| Nancy Cheng
|
|-
|1993
|''[[City on Fire (1993 film)|City on Fire]]''
|Chia-Chi
|
|-
|1996
|''Top Fighter 2''
|Herself (archive footage)
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]''
| herself
|
|-
|1999
|''Man on the Moon''
|Female Karate Fighter (uncredited)
|{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
|-
|2003
|''Ghost Rock''
|Hana
|-
|2022
|''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]''
|Kung Fu Competitor, Co-Star
|
|}


'''Stunt / Stunt Double appearances'''
==Stunt and stunt double appearances==
{| class="wikitable"

|+ List of stunt and stunt double appearances in film stunts
* ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'' (2006)
! Year
* ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]'' (2005)
! Title
* ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]'' (2004)
|-
* ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]'' (2004)
|1997
* ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002)
|''[[Red Corner]]''
|-
* ''[[Clockstoppers]]'' (2002)
|1998
* ''The Practice - M. Premie Unplugged'' (TV Series) (2002)
|''Brave New World''
* ''[[Rush Hour 2]]'' (2001)
|-
* ''V.I.P - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Val'' (TV Series (24 November 2001))
|1998
* ''Chain of Command'' (2000)
* ''[[Play It to the Bone]]'' (1999)
|''[[Blade (1998 film)|Blade]]''
|-
* ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'' (1999)
|1998
* ''Fantasy Island: Estrogen (31 October 1998)
|''Fantasy Island: Estrogen''
* ''Martial Law'' (TV Series) (1998–2000)
|-
* ''[[Blade (film)|Blade]]'' (1998)
|1998–2000
* ''Brave New World'' (1998)
* ''[[Red Corner]]'' (1997)
|''Martial Law'' (TV series)
|-
|1999
|''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]''
|-
|1999
|''[[Play It to the Bone]]''
|-
|2000
|''Chain of Command''
|-
|2001
|''V.I.P - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Val'' (TV Series (November 24, 2001))
|-
|2001
|''[[Rush Hour 2]]''
|-
|2002
|''The Practice - M. Premie Unplugged'' (TV series)
|-
|2002
|''[[Clockstoppers]]''
|-
|2002
|''[[The Scorpion King]]''
|-
|2003
|''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]'' (2003)
|-
|2004
|''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]'' (2004)
|-
|2004
|''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]''
|-
|2005
|''[[Memoirs of a Geisha (film)|Memoirs of a Geisha]]''
|-
|2006
|''[[Mission: Impossible III]]''
|}


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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Latest revision as of 18:46, 23 August 2024

Michiko Nishiwaki
BornNovember 21, 1957 (1957-11-21) (age 66)
Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Occupations
  • Actress
  • stuntwoman
  • martial artist
  • fight choreographer
  • bodybuilder
  • powerlifter
Years active1984–present

Michiko Nishiwaki (西脇 美智子, Nishiwaki Michiko, born November 21, 1957) is a Japanese actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, fight choreographer, former female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She performed the high-risk stunts as a double for Lucy Liu in the film Charlie's Angels.

Early life

[edit]

Michiko Nishiwaki was born on November 21, 1957, in Funabashi, Chiba.[1] As a teenager growing up in Tokyo, she was interested in gymnastics and volleyball. She became interested in bodybuilding when she grew dissatisfied with her body image, regarding her legs as too heavy compared to her upper body.[2] Another turning point was her father's death, which motivated her to have her own say in the planning of her future.[1]

Career

[edit]

Sports

[edit]

Unusual for Japanese society at the time, Nishiwaki became a powerlifter and eventually Japan's first female powerlifting champion and first female bodybuilding champion. She opened three fitness clubs co-owned by her brother.[1]

Feature films

[edit]

Her acting career began in the 1985 Hong Kong martial arts/comedy film My Lucky Stars, in which she played a Japanese fighter. Her performance caught the attention of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. She also appeared in films such as The Line of Duty III in 1988, City Cops, Princess Madam, and God of Gamblers in 1989. She was quickly typecast, playing villains and femme fatales in most of her Hong Kong films. At times she did not use a word of dialogue, since she could not speak Cantonese well at the time. After returning to Japan, she went to Thailand to star in Whore and the Policewoman in 1993. She appeared in the 1999 film Man on the Moon, starring Jim Carrey, and did stunts for Hollywood films such as Red Corner, Blade, Charlie's Angels, and Rush Hour 2. She made a cameo appearance in the 2022 movie Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Nishiwaki married in 1996[3] and subsequently moved to Moorpark, California, where she was living with her husband and son as of the middle of October 2013.

Filmography

[edit]
List of performances and appearances by Michiko Nishiwaki in film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1985 My Lucky Stars Japanese Fighter
1986
Rikkî TV series
1987
  • Ojôsan tantei Tokimeki renpatsu!
  • (Young Lady Detectives: Heart Beat!)
 Misao Matsuda
1988 In the Line of Duty III Michiko Nishiwaki
1988 Tie dan xiong feng Lily
1989
  • Miao tan shuang long
  • (City Cops)
 Michiko
1989 God of Gamblers Ko Chun's female Yakuza opponent
1989 Time Burst: The Final Alliance herself
1990
  • Hu dan nu er gang
  • (Widow Warriors)
 Chieko
1990 Outlaw Brothers Miego
1990 Magic Cop The Sorceress
1990
  • Dragon Fighter
  • (Hard to Kill)
1990 The Best of the Martial Arts Films Herself archive footage
1991 The Real Me herself
1991
  • Se jiang
  • (Witchcraft vs. Curse)
 Simol
1991 Sing je wai wong herself
1992 The Mighty Gambler Joyce Huang (Mainlander) [citation needed]
1992
  • Yin yao hao qing
  • (Hero Dream aka Naked Huntress)
 Yi
1992
  • Hong tin huang jia jiang
  • (Angel Terminators)
 Miss Nishiwaki
1992
  • Yun yu di liu gan
  • (Passionate Killing in the Dream)
 Sha Sha Lee
1992 Pi li bao zuo herself
1992
  • Huo bao da quan zi
  • (Big Circle Blues)
 Kwan Show-Yun
1993
  • Ba hai hong ying
  • (The Avenging Quartet)
 Sen
1993 Fatal Seduction herself
1993
  • Ging fa yu lau ang
  • (Whore and Policewoman)
 Nancy Cheng
1993 City on Fire Chia-Chi
1996 Top Fighter 2 Herself (archive footage)
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 herself
1999 Man on the Moon Female Karate Fighter (uncredited) [citation needed]
2003 Ghost Rock Hana
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Kung Fu Competitor, Co-Star

Stunt and stunt double appearances

[edit]
List of stunt and stunt double appearances in film stunts
Year Title
1997 Red Corner
1998 Brave New World
1998 Blade
1998 Fantasy Island: Estrogen
1998–2000 Martial Law (TV series)
1999 Man on the Moon
1999 Play It to the Bone
2000 Chain of Command
2001 V.I.P - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Val (TV Series (November 24, 2001))
2001 Rush Hour 2
2002 The Practice - M. Premie Unplugged (TV series)
2002 Clockstoppers
2002 The Scorpion King
2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
2004 Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
2004 Collateral
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha
2006 Mission: Impossible III

Notes and references

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Michiko Nishiwaki". Cult Sirens. 2004. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
  2. ^ "From Crunch Princess to Action Diva". Hong Kong Cinema. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
  3. ^ "Clark County, NV Public Records". Clark County Recorder's Office. Retrieved September 3, 2009.[permanent dead link]
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