Noriko Katō
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Noriko Katō | |||||
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加藤 紀子 | |||||
| Born | Noriko Katō January 30, 1973 | ||||
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| Agent | Up-Front Create | ||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||
| Spouses | Yoshio Wakatsuki
(m. 2005; div. 2010)Hiroshi Kawabe (m. 2013) | ||||
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| Instrument | Vocals | ||||
| Years active | 1991–present | ||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 加藤 紀子 | ||||
| Hiragana | かとう のりこ | ||||
| Katakana | カトウ ノリコ | ||||
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| Website | www | ||||
Noriko Katō (加藤 紀子, Katō Noriko) (born January 30, 1973) is a Japanese actress and singer-songwriter. She is affiliated with Up-Front Create, a subsidiary of the Up-Front Group.[1][2]
Born in Suzuka, Mie, Japan, Noriko Katō graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School.[1]
Katō's career began in 1991 as a member of Sakurakko Club, together with Anza Oyama, Miki Nakatani, Miho Kanno, and Hiroko Kurumizawa. On July 25, 1992, she released her first single, a cover of Chisato Moritaka's "Kondo Watashi Doko ka Tsurete itte Kudasai yo". The single peaked at No. 69 on Oricon's singles chart and earned her a New Artist Award nomination at the 34th Japan Record Awards.[1][2]
In 2000, Katō moved to France to study the French language. She resumed her entertainment career when she returned to Japan two years later.[1]
In January 2023, Katō switched her talent agency from J.P. Room to Up-Front Create.
Personal life
Filmography
TV drama
- Shampoo Time (シャンプータイム, Shanpū Taimu) (NTV, 1993)
- Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari (東京大学物語, Tokyo University Story) (TV Asahi, 1994)
- Saikō no Koibito (最高の恋人, The Best Lover) (TV Asahi, 1995)
- Glass no Kutsu (ガラスの靴, Garasu no Kutsu, The Glass Slipper) (NTV, 1997)
- Seizetsu! Yome Shūto Sensō Rasetsu no Ie (凄絶!嫁姑戦争 羅刹の家, Awesome! Wife-in-Law War) (TV Asahi, 1998)
- Dokushin Seikatsu (独身生活, Single Life) (TBS, 1999)
- Virtual Girl (バーチャルガール, Bācharu Gāru) (NTV, 2000)
- Shōnan Kawara Yane Monogatari (湘南瓦屋根物語, Shōnan Tile Roof Story) (TV Tokyo, 2002)
- Little Hospital (リトルホスピタル, Ritoru Hosupitaru) (TV Tokyo, 2003)
- Kētai Keiji Zenigata Yui (ケータイ刑事 銭形結, Mobile Phone Criminal) (TBS, 2010)
- 461-Ko no Arigatō. 〜 Aijō Bentō ga Hagukunda Chantoko no Kizuna 〜 (461個のありがとう。 〜愛情弁当が育んだ父と子の絆〜, Thank you 461. ~ The Bond Between Father and Child That Love Bento Brought Up ~) (NHK, 2015)
