is a Japanese actress, singer and tarento.
Hiroko Hayashi made her TV-drama debut in Tabiji in 1965. She debuted as a singer in 1974.
In 1979, she married Hisao Kurosawa, a film producer whose father was Akira Kurosawa, but later they divorced. They have three children. She also has three grandchildren by her eldest daughter Yu Kurosawa (1982). Her height is 5â² 1â³ (1.55 m).