Name Kakuko Yamagata Role Actress | ||
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Spouse Motoo Yamagata (m. 1998–2013) Movies and TV shows Aibo, ZIP!, Wakamono no subete, Wararaifu!! Similar People Yutaka Mizutani, Seiji Rokkaku, Sei Matobu, Takashi Sorimachi, Hikari Ishida | ||
Kakko (born September 23, 1969 in Osaka, Japan), is one of the pseudonyms of Kakuko Yamagata (former name Kakuko Suzuki), a Japanese actress, TV presenter and former pop singer. Under the name "Kakko", she was on the roster of Stock Aitken Waterman but met with little success in the UK charts.
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Yamagata attended an American school in Kobe and aged 17 was spotted by a scout from CBS records. She moved to the UK to attend a music school in London before coming to the attention of producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman.
Her first single, Stock/Aitken/Waterman's "We Should Be Dancing", was released in February 1990 reaching number 101 in the UK charts, while her second release, "What Kind Of Fool" (written by Harding/Curnow/Clift), did not manage to get a chart rating.
She returned to Japan in 1991 and commenced working under the stage name Anju Suzuki. She has become a popular actress in TV dramas and appears in many commercials.
Films
TV
Single
- We Should Be Dancing (CBS, 1990)
- What Kind Of Fool (CBS, 1990)