Taeko Okajima — Only Yesterday Character Profile

About Taeko Okajima

Central protagonist. A 27-year-old unmarried Tokyo office worker whose train journey to the countryside triggers vivid childhood memories from 1966. She reflects on her first crush, family arguments, puberty, and unfulfilled acting dreams. Through interactions with Toshio and her past self, she ultimately realizes her desire to leave city life and stay in the rural countryside.

Taeko Okajima — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Miki Imai

Appears in

Only Yesterday (1991)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (10)

• Taeko Okajima — father — Father (Masahiro Itou)
• Taeko Okajima — Social Friend — Tsuneko Tani (Mayumi Izuka)

  Childhood friend

• Taeko Okajima — Social Classmate — Hirota (Yuuki Masuda)

  Ill-mannered classmate she treated kindly

• Taeko Okajima — Family Grandmother — Taeko's Grandmother (Chie Kitagawa)

  Wise grandmother who suggests marriage

• Taeko Okajima — Family Mother — Mother (Michie Terada)

  Supportive mother

• Taeko Okajima — Family Father — Father (Masahiro Itou)

  Strict father who discourages her dreams

• Taeko Okajima — Family Sister — Yaeko (Yuki Minowa)

  Another elder sister

• Taeko Okajima — Family Sister — Nanako (Yorie Yamashita)

  Elder sister who lives in countryside

• Taeko Okajima — Temporal Younger Self — Taeko (Yoko Honna)

  Same character at different ages

• Taeko Okajima — Romantic Love Interest — Toshio (Toshiro Yanagiba)

  Developing romantic feelings during countryside visit

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More characters from Only Yesterday

• Toshio (Toshiro Yanagiba)
• Taeko (Yoko Honna)
• Tsuneko Tani (Mayumi Izuka)
• Torahige (voice) (Ichiro Nagai)
• Father (Masahiro Itou)
• Classmate (voice) (Issey Takahashi)
• Taeko's Grandmother (Chie Kitagawa)
• Homeroom Teacher (voice) (Yoshimasa Kondo)
• Hirota (Yuuki Masuda)
• Yaeko (Yuki Minowa)
• Mother (Michie Terada)
• Nanako (Yorie Yamashita)