Kaoru Yachigusa was born on January 6, 1931 in Osaka, Japan. She was an actress, known for Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954), Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) and Utsukushisa to kanashimi to (1965). She was previously married to Senkichi Taniguchi. She died on October 24, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.