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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

1933 - Today

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (黒柳 徹子, Kuroyanagi Tetsuko, born August 9, 1933) is a Japanese actress, television personality, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She joined NHK Broadcasting Theatre Company as the first television actress in 1953. In 1954, she made her debut as the lead actress in the radio drama Yambō Nimbō Tombō. In 1976, TV Asahi's Tetsuko's Room (Tetsuko no Heya) started airing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi has received more than 350,079 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is the 1,601st most popular actor (up from 1,960th in 2019), the 645th most popular biography from Japan (up from 746th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Actor.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ranks 1,601 out of 13,578. Before her are Téa Leoni, Luis Guzmán, Marianne Sägebrecht, Eddie Fisher, Mustafa Nadarević, and Lorenzo Lamas. After her are Kinuyo Tanaka, Victor Mature, Lucélia Santos, Tracy Morgan, Robert Davi, and Sridevi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ranks 144. Before her are Hannelore Kohl, Mátyás Szűrös, Vassilis Vassilikos, Godfried Danneels, Bernadette Chirac, and Asim Ferhatović. After her are Ronald Evans, Azeglio Vicini, Félicien Kabuga, Ahmad al-Khatib, Valentina Ponomaryova, and Heather Armitage.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ranks 645 out of 6,245. Before her are Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Sen Katayama (1859), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Yasuo Haruyama (1906), and Masaharu Homma (1888). After her are Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), Takashi Murakami (1962), Kiyoshi Tomizawa (1943), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Sōsuke Uno (1922), and Hōnen (1133).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ranks 20. Before her are Kōji Yakusho (1956), Victoria Principal (1950), Momoko Kōchi (1932), Hibari Misora (1937), Masako Nozawa (1936), and Ken Takakura (1931). After her are Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), Machiko Kyō (1924), Mayumi Tanaka (1955), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Mie Hama (1943), and Meiko Kaji (1947).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Book of the Dead
Story Teller (voice)
A sheltered aristocratic woman in feudal Japan, bored and unfamiliar with the world outside her estate, passes the time copying a special Buddhist sutra sent by her father who has been absent on official business for years. While gazing out her window one late afternoon, the setting sun creates a vision of a holy figure in the distant mountains.
Jul 1o 20056.2 / 10
The Diary Of Anne Frank
Petronella Van Daan
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Aug 19o 19956.6 / 10
Young Jack and the Witch
Mouse (voice)
Jack is a boy who lives with his animal friends Barnaby Bear, Dinah Dog, Squeeker Mouse and Phineas Fox. He's challenged to a race with Allegra, who turns out to be a witch. She takes Jack to the queen witch, Auriana. She plans on turning all her slaves into evil harpies.
Mar 19o 19674.9 / 10