Kaoru Yachigusa was born on January 6, 1931 in Osaka, Japan. She was an actress, known for La légende de Musashi (1954), Utsukushisa to kanashimi to (1965) and La voie de la lumière (1956). She was married to Senkichi Taniguchi. She died on October 24, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.