Akiko Wada

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She has various nicknames, one being "Akko". Due to her above-average height (174 cm or 5’8.5"), she is also nicknamed "jotei" (女帝), meaning "empress".

Biography

Akiko Wada is Japanese of Korean ethnicity. She was born Kim Bok-ja (Korean: 김복자, Hanja: 金福子, Kim is the family name). Like many Zainichi Koreans, she also had a Japanese-style name for everyday use, Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. When she took Japanese citizenship, her name became Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., which upon marriage became Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..

She is signed to the Horipro entertainment agency.[1]

Career

At age 15, she dropped out of high school after 2 or 3 days due to her father arbitrarily delivering a note telling the school that Akiko would quit attending the school. Then Akiko started performing in clubs due to boredom. She was signed to the Horipro entertainment agency and released her debut single, "Hoshizora no Kodoku" in 1968 and had her first hit the next year with "Doshaburi no Ame no Naka de". She performed on Kōhaku Uta Gassen, a music show broadcast live every New Year's Eve, in 1970 and has performed over 30 times on the show since then. She received the award for Best Song at the 1972 Japan Record Awards for "Ano Kane wo Narasu no wa Anata".

She played the voice of Bowser in Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!.[2] She has also voiced Marge Simpson in the Japanese version of The Simpsons Movie.

She also performed with the music group M-Flo on the song "Hey!" on their 2005 album Beat Space Nine.

Wada performed at the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York in September 2008 as part of her 40th debut anniversary tour.[3]

Kōhaku Uta Gassen Appearances

Number Year Song Appearance order Opponent Remarks
21 1970 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 2/24 Mizuhara Hiroshi Kōhaku debut
22 1971 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 3/25 Kenichi Mikawa
23 1972 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 2/23 Four Leaves
24 1973 Waratte Yurushite (repeat) 6/22 Yukio Hashi
25 1974 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 10/25 Kaientai
26 1975 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 6/24 DOWN TOWN BOOGIE WOOGIE BAND
27 1976 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 7/24 Hideki Saijo
28 1977 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 12/24 Masao Sen
29 1978 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 13/24 Masao Sen (2)
37 1986 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 12/20 Sugawara Youichi Returned after 8 years
38 1987 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 20/20 Hiroshi Itsuki Host and finale for red team
39 1988 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 9/21 Yoshi Ikuzō Red team host
40 1989 Datte Shōganai Janai (repeat) 19/20 Shinji Tanimura Host and penultimate performance for red team
41 1990 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 27/29 Saburō Kitajima
42 1991 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 28/28 Shinji Tanimura (2) Red team finale
43 1992 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 27/28 Masashi Sada Red team penultimate performance
44 1993 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 24/26 Shinji Tanimura (3)
45 1994 Ano Kane o Narasu Nowa Anata (repeat) 22/25 Akira Kobayashi
46 1995 Mō Ichido Futari de Utaitai (repeat) 25/25 Takashi Hosokawa Red team finale
47 1996 Mother 20/25 Masashi Sada (2)
48 1997 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 24/25 Saburō Kitajima (2) Host and penultimate performance for red team
49 1998 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 25/25 Hiroshi Itsuki (2) Show finale
50 1999 Ano Kane o Narasu Nowa Anata (repeat) 27/27 Saburō Kitajima (3) Red team finale
51 2000 Mō Ichido Futari de Utaitai (repeat) 27/28 Saburō Kitajima (4) Red team penultimate performance
52 2001 Yume (repeat) 27/27 Saburō Kitajima (5) Red team finale
53 2002 Hōyō (repeat) 25/27 Masashi Sada (3)
54 2003 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 27/28 Hiroshi Itsuki (3)
55 2004 Ano Kane o Narasu Nowa Anata (repeat) 22/28 Yuzu
56 2005 HEY! 27/29 Misato Watanabe Appeared under white team
57 2006 Mother (repeat) 23/27 Masafumi Akikawa
58 2007 Ano Kane o Narasu Nowa Anata (repeat) 26/27 Shinichi Mori Red team penultimate performance
59 2008 Yume (repeat) 26/26 Kiyoshi Hikawa Red team finale
60 2009 Mō Ichido Futari de Utaitai (repeat) 22/25 Kobukuro
61 2010 Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
Medley consisting of Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Waratte Yurushite (repeat), Furui Nikki (repeat)		 16/22 Yūzō Kayama
62 2011 Ano Kane o Narasu Nowa Anata (repeat) 19/25 Arashi
63 2012 Ai, Todokimasuka? (repeat) 21/25 Akihiro Miwa
64 2013 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 17/26 Tokio
65 2014 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 11/23 V6 First half finale
66 2015 Waratte Yurushite (repeat) 11/25 Takashi Hosokawa (2)

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ "Sûpâ Mario Burazâzu.: Pîchi-hime kyushutsu dai sakusen." Internet Movie Database. Accessed 29 May 2009.
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  • japan-zone.com article

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