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- Birth nameYuriko Amemiya
- Yuriko was born on February 2, 1920 in San Jose, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Appalachian Spring (1958), Martha Graham: An American Original in Performance (1957) and Camera Three (1954). She was married to Charles Kikuchi. She died on March 8, 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseCharles Kikuchi(1946 - September 25, 1988) (his death, 2 children)
- She began using the single name Yuriko because theater programs frequently misspelled her surname.
- During WWII, she was sent to the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona, an internment camp for Japanese-Americans.
- Yuriko joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1944 and continued with the company for the next 50 years. She danced in the first production of Graham's masterpiece, Clytemnestra, as well as in Appalachian Spring, Cave of the Heart and Dark Meadow.
- Yuriko was the first non-white dancer to join the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1944.
- In addition to her work in modern dance, Yuriko performed on Broadway in the original productions of The King and I (1951-54) and Flower Drum Song (1958-60) and directed the 1977-78 Broadway revival of The King and I.
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