Akiko Wada
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Akiko "Akko" Wada (b. April 10, 1950; 和田 アキ子 Wada Akiko), real name: Akiko Iizuka (飯塚 現子 Iizuka Akiko), is a Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry. 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 Mario Anime.
She also performed with the music group M-flo on the song "HEY!" in 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.
[edit] External links
- japan-zone.com article
- Official website (Japanese)
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