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) | ||||
Musical career | |||||
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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]
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]Katō married creative director Yoshio Wakatsuki (若槻 善雄, Wakatsuki Yoshio) on December 27, 2005. They divorced on April 15, 2010. On March 3, 2013, Katō married Tokyo No. 1 Soul Set member Hiroshi Kawabe (川辺 ヒロシ, Kawabe Hiroshi).[1][3]
Filmography
[edit]TV drama
[edit]- 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)
Discography
[edit]Singles
[edit]Title | Date | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN) | RIAJ certification[4] |
Album |
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Oricon Singles Charts [2] | |||||
"Kondo Watashi Doko ka Tsurete itte Kudasai yo" | July 25, 1992 | 69 | N/A | De Beaux | |
"Omoikiri Naite ii" | August 25, 1993 | 96 | N/A | ||
"Kono Michi wo Aruiteku" | January 25, 1994 | 95 | N/A | ||
"Densha no Hito" | April 1, 1994 | — | N/A | Non-album single | |
"Truth" | October 10, 1995 | 33 | N/A | Flower Diamond | |
"Genki de Iru yo" | February 26, 1996 | 40 | N/A | ||
"Tsumetaku Shite Kudasai" | May 10, 1996 | 42 | N/A | ||
"Chiisana Shiawase" | October 10, 1996 | 35 | N/A | Souvenir | |
"Invitation" | June 25, 1997 | 59 | N/A | ||
"Fuyu ga Kita" | January 15, 1998 | 59 | N/A | ||
"Hanareba Nare ni?" | January 13, 1999 | 77 | N/A | La Fraise | |
"Ichigo" | May 12, 1999 | — | N/A | ||
"Itsuka Ōjisama ga" | February 19, 2000 | — | N/A | Non-album single | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Studio albums
[edit]Year | Information | Oricon weekly peak position[2] |
Sales |
RIAJ certification[4] |
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1994 | De Beaux
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1996 | Flower Diamond
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42 | ||
1998 | Souvenir
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40 | ||
1999 | La Fraise
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Cover albums
[edit]Year | Information | Oricon weekly peak position[2] |
Sales |
RIAJ certification[4] |
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2005 | Les Oiseaux Bleu
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Video albums
[edit]Year | Information | Oricon weekly peak position[2] |
Sales |
RIAJ certification[4] |
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1992 | Kondo Watashi Doko ka Tsurete itte Kudasai yo
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1996 | Chiisana Shiawase
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "加藤紀子". Idol.ne.jp. August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "加藤紀子". Oricon. December 29, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "川辺ヒロシと加藤紀子が入籍、保証人は明石家さんま&卓球". Natalie.mu. March 4, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "ゴールドディスク認定" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Official blog
- Noriko Katō discography at MusicBrainz
- Noriko Katō discography at Discogs
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Japanese actresses
- Japanese female idols
- Japanese women singer-songwriters
- Japanese singer-songwriters
- Japanese women pop singers
- Singers from Mie Prefecture
- 20th-century Japanese women singers
- 20th-century Japanese singers
- 21st-century Japanese women singers
- 21st-century Japanese singers
- Up-Front Group