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Movies Legend of the Eight Samurai, Okinawan Boys, Love & Pop, Gensen‑kan Inn Similar Midori Kinouchi, Hiromi Iwasaki, Yoshie Kashiwabara, Ken Tanaka, Naoko Kawai | ||
Nana Okada (岡田 奈々, Okada Nana, b. Hiroko Yai on February 12, 1959) is a former Japanese idol and actress.
Biography
Nana Okada got her start in show business in the TV Asahi program "Anata o Star Ni!" (You Are a Star!) in 1974. She was signed to NAV Records and released her first single, "Hitorigoto" (Soliloquy), in May 1975.
In the ｓpring of 1976 she released her biggest hit and signature song "Seishun no Sakamichi" (The Hills of Youth), which reached the Oricon top 30. Other top 40 hits would follow, such as "Wakai Kisetsu" (The Young Season), "Teami no Present" (Hand-knitted Present) and "Soyokaze to Watashi" (The Breeze And I). Her last single was released in 1980.
Nana Okada has also acted in movies and drama series.
References
Nana Okada (Japanese idol) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA