Ikko (makeup artist)
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Ikko is a Japanese transgender
make-up artist and TV personality. The name "Ikko" comes from an alternative reading of the Japanese name "一幸" (Ikkō).
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Transgender
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make-up artist and TV personality. The name "Ikko" comes from an alternative reading of the Japanese name "一幸" (Ikkō).
Biography
Ikko graduated from a beauty college in Fukuoka Prefecture, and trained as a makeup artist for eight years before opening her own "Atelier Ikko" make-up studio in 1992.TV appearances
As of October 2008, Ikko regularly appears on the following TV programmes. (Nippon TelevisionNippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...
) (Mainichi Broadcasting System
Mainichi Broadcasting System
is a broadcasting station in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network , National Radio Network , Japan News Network and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. MBS is also one of the major stockholders of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc...
) (Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Wednesday commentator)
Books
Ikko has published the following books.- IKKOの振袖ロマンティック, 2004, ISBN 4391619768
- IKKOウェディング――永遠のガーリッシュウェディング, 2005, ISBN 439162110X
- 超オンナ磨き〜美のカリスマIKKOの幸せを呼ぶゴールデンルール, July 2006, ISBN 4776203367
Music
In December 2007, Ikko released a CD single titled "Dondake no Hōsoku", based on her popular catchphrase. The single also included a cover of "Dō ni mo tomaranai", a 1972 hit song originally performed by Linda YamamotoLinda Yamamoto
is a Japanese singer and actress whose greatest hit song was in 1973.-Biography :Yamamoto was born March 4, 1951 in Kitakyushu to a Japanese mother and an American father. Her father was a U.S. serviceman who died in the Korean War when she was only two years old. Yamamoto moved to Yokohama as a...
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