Soga Machiko passed away today at the age of 68. She was found in her apartment home by a friend around noon on May 7th. She was a Tokyo graduate with one living relative who visited the same day as she died. As an actress she played the role of a villain many times in tokusatsu sfx programs. She made her debut on NHK's radio drama Chorinmura to Kurumi no Ki (1961), and later gained fame as the first voice actor to portray the loveable ghost Q-taro in Obake no Q-tarô (TBS, 1965-1968). However, she is best known to fans of tokusatsu for her villianous roles in the Super Sentai franchise such as Queen Hedrian in Denjiman and Sun Vulcan, as well as the evil sorceress, Bandora in Zyuranger. Her latest tokusatsu role was Majiel, Queen of the Sky Saints in Mahou Sentai Magiranger, which incidently is her first non-villianess role. She also has her own jewelry and clothing line. Around June last year it was announced that she had a terminal physical condition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiko_Soga
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812206/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZrjt7Kal2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B90I8yXcHQM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Yn04G7x6A
