Takako Katou
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Takako Katou is a TV actress and former J-pop
singer, and the oldest member of the groups Lip's
and Nanatsuboshi
. She was born in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
, Japan
, and made her debut on 21 March 1990.
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
singer, and the oldest member of the groups Lip's
Lip's
Lip's was a J-pop group consisting of members Takako Katou, Kyouko Yamamoto and Natsue Yoshimura. They made their debut on 21 March 1990.Lip's also teamed up with the J-pop group Rakutenshi and singer Rumi Shishido to form the group Nanatsuboshi....
and Nanatsuboshi
Nanatsuboshi
Nanatsuboshi was a J-rock group consisting of seven members: Shinobu Nakayama, Mamiko Tayama and Junko Kawada , Takako Katou, Kyouko Yamamoto and Natsue Yoshimura , and Rumi Shishido. They have now disbanded....
. She was born in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, located in the eastern part of the city.-Geography:Shimizu is located on the coast of Suruga Bay of the Pacific Ocean and covers a wide area from a coastal plain to the hills...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and made her debut on 21 March 1990.