
Chieko Takehisa (March 6, 1912 – September 14, 2006) was a Japanese actress from Akita Prefecture. At 15, she dropped out of high school to join the movie industry. She then starred in many films and plays from the 1930s to the 1940s, becoming popular as an actress in "moga" (modern girl) roles.
In 1935, Takehisa met American journalist Clarke Kawakami at a Christmas party. They soon fell in love, but America's Japanese exclusion laws created great difficulty in securing a visa for Takehisa. In 1941, she finally arrived in the United States on a student visa, marrying Kawakami in August of that year. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Takehisa returned to Japan, resuming her film career, and the two lost contact. In 1945, Kawakami learned that Takehisa had survived the war. Hoping to find her, he returned to Japan and joined General Douglas MacArthur's staff in charge of the U.S. occupation. There, he was reunited with Takehisa, who was astonished to see him. The couple would have three children in the following years, and Takehisa effectively retired from the film industry by the late 1940s. Takehisa moved to Hawaii in 1950 with her family, where she lived for the rest of her life.

Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946 · as Kin Okamoto, Mother

Learn from Experience, Part One
1937 · as Yurie

Horse
1941 · as Saku Onoda, Ine's mother

Uta e! Taiyō
1945

The Bride from Japan
1959 · as Taro's mother

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940

Subterranean Heat
1938 · as Okayo

The Monkey King
1940 · as Witch

Nangoku taiheiki
1937 · as Fujiharu

Kantaro of Ina
1943

Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937 · as Yurie

Family Diary Part II
1938

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940

The Responsibility of Kissing
1936

Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
1939

Botchan
1935 · as Kosuzu, the geisha

To Love and Swear
1945 · as Shiraishi's wife

Brother and Sister
1936