Yukari Ōshima (大島 ゆかり, Ōshima Yukari; born December 31, 1963) is a Japanese actress and martial artist. She gained prominence in Hong Kong and became popular in the Philippines under the pseudonym Cynthia Luster. Due to Philippine interest in Jackie Chan, she has been referred to as his "female counterpart".
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Yukari Tsumura (津村 ゆかり, Tsumura Yukari) was born in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, to a Japanese businessman and fashion designer and a Chinese mother. She began studying Gōjū-ryū Seigokan karate at Ennouji Dojo in junior high school.
She was one of Japan's brightest female martial artists during the 1980s and a leading figure in the "girls with guns" subgenre of Hong Kong action cinema. Oshima portrayed "Farrah Cat" in Bioman, which aired not only in Japan originally but also worldwide. She is best known to Western audiences as Yomi in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991). After her Hong Kong career subsided, she moved to the Philippines in the 1990s and performed under the stage name Cynthia Luster.
Oshima now resides in Fukuoka, Japan, where she has promoted tourism in the city.
On December 20, 2025, she made a surprise visit to a fan meetup in Japan for former Hong Kong action star Hwang Jang Lee, who was celebrating his 81st birthday, moving him to tears.