Akiko Wada

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Akiko Wada
和田 アキ子
Born
Kim Bokja

(1950-04-10) April 10, 1950 (age 71)
Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation
  • Singer
  • tarento
  • businesswoman
Years active1968–present
AgentHoripro
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Japanese name
Hiraganaわだ あきこ
Katakanaワダ アキコ
Japanese name
Kanji飯塚 現子
Hiraganaいいづか あきこ
Katakanaイイヅカ アキコ
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Bok-ja
McCune–ReischauerKim Pokcha
Websitewww.ako50.com

Akiko Wada (和田 アキ子, Wada Akiko, born April 10, 1950) is a South Korean-born Japanese singer, tarento and businesswoman from Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.

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 with 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, Fukuko Kaneumi (金海福子, Kaneumi Fukuko). When she took Japanese citizenship, her name became Akiko Wada (和田 現子, Wada Akiko), which upon marriage became Akiko Iizuka (飯塚 現子, Iizuka Akiko).

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

Career[]

At age 17, she dropped out of school and performed in clubs. 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 as Bowser in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!.[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[]

Year # Song No. VS Remarks
1970 (Showa 45)/21st 1 Waratte Yurushite (笑って許して) 2/24 Mizuhara Hiroshi
1971 (Showa 46)/22nd 2 Tenshi Ni Narenai (天使になれない) 3/25 Kenichi Mikawa
1972 (Showa 47)/23rd 3 Kodoku (孤独) 2/23 Four Leaves
1973 (Showa 48)/24th 4 Waratte Yurushite (2) 6/22 Yukio Hashi
1974 (Showa 49)/25th 5 Utsukushiki Gokai (美しき誤解) 10/25 Kaientai
1975 (Showa 50)/26th 6 Motto Jiyu Ni (もっと自由に) 6/24 DOWN TOWN BOOGIE WOOGIE BAND
1976 (Showa 51)/27th 7 Ame No Satedi (雨のサタデー) 7/24 Hideki Saijo
1977 (Showa 52)/28th 8 Yoake No Restoran (夜更けのレストラン) 12/24 Masao Sen
1978 (Showa 53)/29th 9 Chorus Girl (コーラス・ガール) 13/24 Masao Sen (2)
1986 (Showa 61)/37th 10 Mou Ichido Futarideutaitai (もう一度ふたりで歌いたい) 12/20 Sugawara Youichi Returned after 8 years
1987 (Showa 62)/38th 11 Houyou (抱擁) 20/20 Hiroshi Itsuki Finale
1988 (Showa 63)/39th 12 Datteshouganaijyani (だってしょうがないじゃない) 9/21 Yoshi Ikuzō
1989 (Heisei 1)/40th 13 Datteshouganaijyani (2) 19/20 Shinji Tanimura Second Finale
1990 (Heisei 2)/41st 14 Dakare Jouzu (抱かれ上手) 27/29 Saburō Kitajima
1991 (Heisei 3)/42nd 15 Ano Kaneo Narasunowa Anata (あの鐘を鳴らすのはあなた) 28/28 Shinji Tanimura (2) Finale (2)
1992 (Heisei 4)/43rd 16 Ai Todokimaska (愛、とどきますか) 27/28 Masashi Sada Second Finale (2)
1993 (Heisei 5)/44th 17 Hoshizora No Kodoku (星空の孤独) 24/26 Shinji Tanimura (3)
1994 (Heisei 6)/45th 18 Ano Kaneo Narasunowa Anata (2) 22/25 Akira Kobayashi
1995 (Heisei 7)/46th 19 Mou Ichido Futarideutaitai (2) 25/25 Takashi Hosokawa Finale (3)
1996 (Heisei 8)/47th 20 Mother 20/25 Masashi Sada (2)
1997 (Heisei 9)/48th 21 Yume (夢) 24/25 Saburō Kitajima (2) Second Finale (3)
1998 (Heisei 10)/49th 22 Ima Anatani Utaitai (今あなたにうたいたい) 25/25 Hiroshi Itsuki (2) Finale (4)
1999 (Heisei 11)/50th 23 Ano Kaneo Narasunowa Anata (3) 27/27 Saburō Kitajima (3) Finale (5)
2000 (Heisei 12)/51st 24 Mou Ichido Futarideutaitai (3) 27/28 Saburō Kitajima (4) Second Finale (4)
2001 (Heisei 13)/52nd 25 Yume (2) 27/27 Saburō Kitajima (5) Finale (6)
2002 (Heisei 14)/53rd 26 Houyou (2) 25/27 Masashi Sada (3)
2003 (Heisei 15)/54th 27 Furui Nikki 2003 Kouhaku Remix (古い日記 2003 KOUHAKU Remix) 27/28 Hiroshi Itsuki (3)
2004 (Heisei 16)/55th 28 Ano Kaneo Narasunowa Anata (4) 22/28 Yuzu
2005 (Heisei 17)/56th 29 HEY! 27/29 Misato Watanabe Under White team
2006 (Heisei 18)/57th 30 Mother (2) 23/27 Masafumi Akikawa
2007 (Heisei 19)/58th 31 Ano Kaneo Narasunowa Anata (5) 26/27 Shinichi Mori Second Finale (5)
2008 (Heisei 20)/59th 32 Yume (3) 26/26 Kiyoshi Hikawa Finale (7)
2009 (Heisei 21)/60th 33 Mou Ichido Futarideutaitai (3) 22/25 Kobukuro
2010 (Heisei 22)/61st 34 AKKOii! 2010 Kouhaku Special (AKKOィィッ!紅白2010スペシャル):
Jinsei Wa Korekara(人生はこれから),Waratte Yurushite (3),Furui Nikki (2)
 16/22 Yūzō Kayama
2011 (Heisei 23)/62nd 35 Ano Kaneo Narasunowa Anata (6) 19/25 Arashi
2012 (Heisei 24)/63rd 36 Ai Todokimaska (2) 21/25 Akihiro Miwa
2013 (Heisei 25)/64th 37 Imademo Anata (今でもあなた) 17/26 Tokio
2014 (Heisei 26)/65th 38 Furui Nikki 2014 Special (古い日記〜2014紅白スペシャル〜)(3) 11/23 V6 First Half Finale
2015 (Heisei 27)/66th 39 Waratte Yurushite (4) 11/25 Takashi Hosokawa (2)

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Sûpâ Mario Burazâzu.: Pîchi-hime kyushutsu dai sakusen." Internet Movie Database. Accessed 29 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Akiko Wada performs at Apollo Theater in New York". Japan Today. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.

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