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Akiko Wada

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Akiko Wada

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Also known as Kim Bok-ja, Fukuko Kaneumi, Akiko Iizuka, Wada Akiko

Japanese singer and talent

Person · Open Library

Born
1950
Works
1

Top works

  • Wada Akiko da monku akka!

via Open Library + Wikidata

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
29,512
Total plays
288,822

Tags

japan80sj-pop70sfemale vocalist

Akiko "Akko" Wada (b. April 10, 1950; 和田アキ子 Wada Akiko) is a Japanese singer and television performer of Korean extraction. Due to her above-average height (174 cm), she is nicknamed "jotei", meaning "empress". She is signed to the Horipuro entertainment agency. Along with fellow Japanese entertainers Takeshi Kitano, Ken Shimura, and Nobuyoshi Kuwano, she severely criticized TV star Masashi Tashiro after his arrest for voyeurism. Akiko performed the voice of Bowser in the obscure Super Mario

via Last.fm · Akiko Wada