Native name 阿川 佐和子 Parents Hiroyuki Agawa | Name Sawako Agawa Movies A Sumo Wrestler's Tail Role Author Siblings Naoyuki Agawa | |
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Occupation Author and television personality Grandparents Agawa Kabutoichi, Agawa Kimi Similar People Hiroyuki Agawa, Fumi Dan, Makoto Ohtake, Naoyuki Agawa, Tomomi Eguchi | ||
Sawako Agawa (阿川 佐和子, Agawa Sawako, born 1 November 1953) is a Japanese author and television personality.
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Early life
Sawako Agawa was born in Tokyo on 1 November 1953. Her father is the novelist Hiroyuki Agawa; and her elder brother Naoyuki Agawa is also a writer. Naoyuki is a former diplomat who, since 1999, has been a professor of law at Keio University.
After graduation from Toyo Eiwa junior high school and high school (private all-girls school, Christian school located in Minato, Tokyo), Agawa graduated from Keio University with the Bachelor of Letters degree in Western Historiography.
Career
Agawa started her career in Japanese television, first as a reporter, then as a news reader. She appears on a variety of programs, including talk shows, quiz programs, and interview shows.