Atsuko Kawada

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She has been married to actor Yūrei Yanagi since 1999.

Life and career

Kawada was born on 10 August 1965 in Tokyo, Japan.[1] She attended Meiji University Nakano Junior and Senior High School before transferring to Tokyo Municipal Yoyogi High School, where she graduated.[2]

In 1981, she won the "Miss Young Jump Queen" Grand Prix contest sponsored by Weekly Young Jump, a magazine published by Shueisha.[2][3] She made her singing debut with the single, Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., released in April 1982 by CBS Sony.[3] The song was used in a commercial for House Foods gelatin dessert Jelly Ace.[4] That same year, she made her acting debut as Hana, the heroine in the TBS drama Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..[5][4] This series was based on a best-selling novel of the same name by Yukio Aoshima, and the appearance made her popular overnight.[5]

Kawada's other major roles include the heroine in Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1991), Atsuko in Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1994), Yoko in Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1996),[6] voicing Gisuke in the animated Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1997),[7] and Miss Pheromone in Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (2005).[8] She became a regular on the TBS 1982-1983 television variety show Script error: No such module "Nihongo".,[5] and has appeared in multiple other series and films.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Kawada published her novel Script error: No such module "Nihongo". through Kosaidō in March 1996, and a film by the same title was released direct-to-video at the same time.[6] In 1999, she married Yūrei Yanagi.[15] In recent years, she has worked with her husband producing short films.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She is represented by Last Scene, a talent management firm.[4] Four gravure photo collections were released from 1987 through 2000.

Filmography

Main characters are indicated in bold.

Films

  • Sorobanzuku (1986, Toho)[16]
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Miki (February 1988, Shochiku)
  • Bell of Purity Temple as Michiko Katō (April 1991, Shochiku)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Yōko (March 1996, Japan Home Video, KF-5499)[6]
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (August 2002, Pal Entertainments)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (August 2004, Pal Entertainments)

Television

Series
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Hana (April - July 1982, TBS)[5]
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (November 1982 - May 1983, NTV)
  • On'yado Kawasemi as Mamiana's daughter (S2E18, Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., March 1983, NHK)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Mayumi Imai (January - March 1984, TBS)
  • Taiyō ni Hoero! as Yōko Hirota (ep.591) / Kiyomi Suzuki (ep.627) / Akiko Yaguchi (ep.651) (February 1984 / December 1984 / June 1985, NTV)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Reiko Hachisuga (ep.5-6) (May 1984, Fuji TV)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (August - December 1985, NTV)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Yōko Mitamura (April - November 1985, Fuji TV)
  • Abunai Deka as Yuka Takahashi (S1E43, August 1987, NTV)[17]
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (S3E2, Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., July 1988, Kansai Television)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (August - September 1988, TBS)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1988, Fuji TV)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (4 episode miniseries as part of the Drama 23 series, June 1989, TBS)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (part of the Dramatic 22 series, March 1990, TBS)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as the Heroine (part of the Monday Drama Special series, June 1991, TBS)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Atsuko Umenoki (September 1994, Fuji TV)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Mayumi Okazaki (part of the Monday Drama Special series, October 1994, TBS)[10]
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Gisuke (voice) (60 episodes, July - October 1997, TV Asahi)[7]
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Miss Pheromone (December 2005, TBS / BSi)[8]
Films
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (October 1983, Fuji TV)[18]
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (December 1983, Fuji TV)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". as Nobuko Yamada (June 1984, Fuji TV)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (December 1984, Fuji TV)
Variety / Other
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (regular, 1982-1983, TBS)[5]

Published works

Single albums

  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (single, 21 April 1982, CBS/Sony)[3]
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (single, 25 August 1982, CBS/Sony)[3]

Books

Novels
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (March 1996, Kōsaidō, Template:Isbn)
Photo collections
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (March 1987, Wani Books, Template:Isbn)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (May 1990, Bic Man, Template:Isbn)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (April 1994, Sukora, Template:Isbn)
  • ALL.A (2 volume set, January 2000, Bauhaus, Template:Isbn)

References

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