In February 1998, she came down with myelodysplastic syndrome and was transported to the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital. Three days after her 70th birthday, Kazue died in the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital annex. She presumably died from bone marrow cancer.
__Non-Anime Roles:__ E.T. in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (Japanese dub)
