Chiemi Hori

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Chiemi Hori
堀 ちえみ
Also known as
  • Chiemi Amako (real name)
  • Chiemi (stage name)
Born (1967-02-15) February 15, 1967 (age 54)
Higashi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)Singer, actress, entertainer
Years active
  • 1982 – 1987
  • 1989 –
Labels

Chiemi Amako (尼子 智栄美, Amako Chiemi, née Hori (堀), born February 15, 1967, in Higashi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan),[1] better known as Chiemi Hori (堀 ちえみ, Hori Chiemi), is a Japanese singer, actress, and entertainer represented by Horipro, and later Shochiku Geino. Her stage name is Chiemi (智栄美, ちえみ).

Career[]

Chiemi Hori debuted in 1982, when she was only 14 years old. She steadily gained popularity and was tipped to be one of the most recognised idols in 1984 after producing a string of top 5 hits and starring in a few well-received dramas. In the same year, she was selected to perform in the NHK Red and White Song Festival - a prestigious annual year end programme. However, an exhausted Hori eventually got burnt out, forcing her to quit show business in 1987, at the age of only 20.

Hori returned in late 1989, but could no longer match her earlier success. From mid 1990s, she began to host TV programmes catered to housewives, and did some acting.

Hori is mother to five biological children from her first two marriages, in addition to being the stepmother of the two children of her current husband.[2]

In February 2019, Hori announced that she has stage 4 tongue cancer and tumors on the lymph nodes on the left side of her neck. She underwent surgery to have the tumors and half of her tongue removed.[3]

Filmography[]

TV series[]

Regular appearances

Year Title Network Notes
Chi-chin Puipui MBS Thursday appearances
Shittoko! MBS Irregular guest appearances
Kiyoshi Nishikawa no go Endesu! THK Irregular guest appearances
1993 Tsūkai! Everyday KTV Friday appearances
2000 Kon'ya mo anata no Partner NHK E
2003 Oshare Kōbō NHK E
2008 Shūmatsu no Tanken-ka Yume Rashinban ABC Saturday appearances
2009 That's a Dramatic Change! Season II ABC
Omoikkiri Don! NTV
2010 Shiritagari! Fuji TV

Other appearances

Year Title Network Notes
2005 Quiz! Hexagon II Fuji TV Quasi-regular appearances
2008 Chiemi Hori 25-shūnen! Star to Gourmet de Dai Kansha-sai KTV
Variety Seikatsu Shouhyakka NHK G
2011 Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! NTV

Dramas[]

Year Title Role Network Notes
1982 Mechanko Mickey Mizuki Hanamura (Mickey) TBS Lead role
1983 Stewarddess Monogatari Chiaki Matsumoto TBS Lead role
1984 Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte... TBS Episode 2; Special appearance
Abare Kyūan Oshino KTV Episode 8
1985 Star Tanjō Junko Kaga Fuji TV Lead role
1986 Kazoku Hakkei Fuji TV
Hanayome Ishō wa Dare ga Kiru Chiyo Yukimura Fuji TV Lead role
Mito Kōmon Ohana TBS Part 16, Episode 25
1997 Amakara Shan Saki Shimizu NHK
2001 Minami no Teiō
2003 Teru Teru Kazoku Setsuko Anzai NHK G
2010 Flunk Punk Rumble Sei Shinagawa TBS

Former TV appearances[]

Year Title Network Notes
1982 Parinko Gakuen No.1 TBS
1985 Drift Bakushō Fuji TV
1986 Ken Shimura no Shitsurei Shi Masu! NTV

Films[]

Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Sound of Waves
2009 Iro Soku ze ne Reishon
2010 Seikazoku Yamato-ji
2012 Eiga Yōkai Ningen Bemu Naoko Natsume

References[]

  1. ^ "堀 ちえみ" (in Japanese). Shochiku Geino. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "再々婚発表の堀ちえみ　互いの連れ子2人ずつと6人暮らし" (in Japanese). News-Post Seven. October 21, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "TV personality Chiemi Hori announces advanced-stage cancer diagnosis and vows not to 'lose this battle'". The Japan Times. February 19, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

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