Akiko Wada

Akiko Wada

nihongo|Akiko "Akko" Wada|和田 アキ子|"Wada Akiko", birth name: Kim Bok-Ja (Korean: 김복자, Hanja: 金福子) "Kim" is family name. Born April 10, 1950, is a female Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry, originally hailing from Higashinari-ku, Osaka. Like many Zainichi Koreans, she had a legal Korean name and a name for everyday use, which was Japanicized nihongo|Fukuko Kaneumi|金海福子|"Kaneumi Fukuko". Due to her above-average height (174 cm or 5'8.5"), she is nicknamed "jotei", meaning "empress".

She is signed to the Horipuro entertainment agency.

She voice acted as Koopa in , the first time he had been voiced.

She also performed with the music group m-flo on the song "HEY!" on their Beat Space Nine album which was released in 2005.

Along with fellow Japanese entertainers Takeshi Kitano, Ken Shimura, and Nobuyoshi Kuwano, she severely criticized TV star Masashi Tashiro after his arrest for voyeurism.

She has also voiced Marge Simpson in the Japanese version of The Simpsons.

External links

* [http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/wada_akiko.shtml japan-zone.com article]
* [http://www.akofc.com/ Official website] ja icon


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