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8	Michiko Nishiwaki (西脇美智子 ''Nishiwaki Michiko'', born November 21, 1957) is a Japanese actress, stuntwoman, action star, and one of the many B-grade icons of the late 1980s and early 1990s Hong Kong cinema, with a career mostly in GirlsWithGuns action movies.
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10	As a teen growing up in 1960s Japan, Michiko became interested in UsefulNotes/{{bodybuilding}} when she became dissatisfied with her body image, after being denied by her school's volleyball and gymnastic clubs due to her overly-strong legs. Motivated by her father's death, she started working out at age 10, becoming Japan's first female powerlifting champion and bodybuilding champion.
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12	Her acting career started in 1985 when Hong Kong producers are filming the first installment of the ''Film/MyLuckyStars'' movies in Japan. She went into an audition and was cast as the Amazonian Yakuza henchwoman who fought Creator/SibelleHu in the film's climax. From there, Michiko went on to star in multiple Hong Kong movies, usually as the villain, where she gets to fight pretty much every ActionGirl present in 90s Hong Kong cinema, including Creator/MoonLee, Creator/YukariOshima, Creator/CynthiaKhan, Creator/CynthiaRothrock, Creator/SibelleHu, among others. Her role as a bloodthirsty killing machine in ''Film/InTheLineOfDutyIIIForceOfTheDragon'' (she gives Creator/CynthiaKhan one hell of a challenge) makes her one of Japan's fan-favourite (alongside Creator/YukariOshima) among Hong Kong B-list movie aficionados.
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14	Later on in her career, Michiko would mostly partake in stuntwork or having guest roles in Hollywood films, including in ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill Volume 2]]'', ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' and ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction''.
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16	Nishiwaki is currently the owner of three bodybuilding centers. Her American (and second) husband Jordan [=DeBear=] was also a bodybuilder, whom she married in 1996[[note]]The couple separated in 2021[[/note]]. They have a son, Kaz(uki) [=DeBear=], who is also a bodybuilder.
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19	!!Tropes related to this performer:
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21	* ActionGirl: Many of her roles are this
22	* AmazonianBeauty: Muscular as she is, it's hard to deny Michiko is absolutely ''gorgeous''.
23	* ChronicallyKilledActor: Tied with Yukari Oshima, probably.
24	* DarkActionGirl: Most of her roles.
25	* LightningBruiser: Despite her size, she can strike at lightning-speed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJY2L4M54c as seen in her fight against Sibelle]] in ''My Lucky Stars''.
26	* UnkemptBeauty: She gets roughed up a lot in her fights, even more so than Oshima.
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29	!! Michiko Nishiwaki's notable films:
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31	* ''Film/MyLuckyStars''
32	* ''Film/InTheLineOfDutyIIIForceOfTheDragon''
33	* ''Film/OutlawBrothers''
34	* ''Film/CityCops''
35	* ''Film/KingOfGambler''
36	* ''Film/GodOfGamblers'' - first movie only
37	* ''Film/TheDragonFighter''
38	* ''Film/TheMightyGambler''
39	* ''Film/TheAvengingQuartet''
40	* ''Film/PrincessMadam''
41	* ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban''
42	* ''Film/RaidersOfLosingTreasure''
43	* ''Film/InterpolConnection''
44	* ''Film/MrVampire'' - appears in the fifth movie
45	* ''Film/PassionateKillingInTheDream''
46	* ''Film/AngelTerminators'' - first movie only
47	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (stunts)
48	* ''Film/LethalWeapon4'' (stunts)
49	* ''Film/RushHour2'' (stunts)
50	* ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill Volume 2]]'' (stunts)
51	* ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha''
52	* ''Film/{{Collateral}}'' (stunts)
53	* ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' (stunts)
54	* ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'' (stunts)
55	* ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' (Evelyn's kung-fu opponent and co-star; cameo).

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