Megumi Ōji

Who is Megumi Ōji?

Megumi Ōji is a Japanese actress from Kakogawa in Hyōgo Prefecture. She is a graduate of Asia University.

Megumi entered acting in 1989. She made her debut the following year in a commercial for Seibu Department Stores. In 1991, JVC selected her for their annual National High School Baseball Championship poster campaign, following Noriko Sakai, Saki Takaoka, and Yumiko Takahashi.

Her first dramatic role was in the 1991 TBS series Sensei no Okiniiri. She also appeared in Night Head Genesis and the 1993 series Under One Roof.

Megumi appeared as Otsuya in Fuji's 1996 Chūshingura. This presaged her roles in jidaigeki. NHK tapped her for the asadora drama Aguri, and also in that year she reprised her role in Under One Roof. Returning to period dramas, she portrayed Sasaki Mifuyu, the female lead, for three years in Fuji's prime-time Kenkaku Shōbai opposite Makoto Fujita. She also played a newspaper reporter for four years in TV Asahi's Kyoto Meikyū Annai. Also on the Asahi network, she played the more mature role of Oshin, the lover of Shimizu Ichigaku, in the 2004 Chūshingura following another Chūshingura on TV Tokyo in 2003. She also appeared in numerous guest roles and in specials such as Onihei Hankachō. Megumi has made the rounds of the prime-time two-hour mystery shows on various networks.