ACTOR

Yukiko Okada

1967 - 1986

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Yukiko Okada (岡田 有希子, Okada Yukiko, August 22, 1967 – April 8, 1986) was a Japanese singer and actress, active in the mid-1980s. After winning a nationwide television show at age 15 in 1983, she debuted as an idol in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yukiko Okada has received more than 498,869 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Yukiko Okada is the 5,799th most popular actor (down from 5,556th in 2019), the 1,443rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,313th in 2019) and the 112th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

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  • 45.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Yukiko Okada ranks 5,799 out of 13,578Before her are Yevgeny Vesnik, Leslie Jordan, Richard Haydn, Helen Slater, Annette Charles, and Maxim Galkin. After her are David Clennon, Jaime Pressly, John Abraham, Norma Varden, Adam Scott, and Ray Park.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Yukiko Okada ranks 253Before her are Frances O'Connor, Ekin Cheng, Sam Harris, José Luis Caminero, Edu Manga, and Inha Babakova. After her are Manuela Maleeva, Criss Angel, Pierre Coffin, Uli Kusch, Chad Channing, and Steve Harwell. Among people deceased in 1986, Yukiko Okada ranks 246Before her are Anton Janda, Arvid Thörn, Pepper Adams, Beryl Markham, Brian Aherne, and Snorri Hjartarson. After her are Harry Benjamin, Sulo Bärlund, Forrest Tucker, Josef Streb, Rafael Gil, and Yakima Canutt.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yukiko Okada ranks 1,443 out of 6,245Before her are Kouta Hirano (1973), Sueo Ōe (1914), Marie Kondo (1984), Nigo (1970), Hisashi Kimura (1870), and Yutaka Ozaki (1965). After her are Shinichi Morishita (1960), Yuichi Nakamura (1980), Daisuke Ono (1978), Midori Ito (1969), Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), and Nanako Matsushima (1973).

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Yukiko Okada ranks 112Before her are Romi Park (1972), Ryōko Hirosue (1980), Masi Oka (1974), Sachiko Hidari (1930), Rikiya Koyama (1963), and Rica Matsumoto (1968). After her are Yuichi Nakamura (1980), Daisuke Ono (1978), Nanako Matsushima (1973), Hiroaki Hirata (1963), Wataru Takagi (1966), and Tomokazu Seki (1972).

Television and Movie Roles

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
Kushinada-hime (voice)
In this influential cult-classic animated film based on Japanese folklore, Susano is the youngest son of Izanagi and Izanami, the heavenly couple who created the Earth. Still a young boy, Susano is devastated by the passing away of his mother. Determined to find her despite the reprimands of his father, he embarks on a journey to find his brother and his sister for spiritual guidance.
Flying Phantom Ship
Ruriko (voice)
Hayato's home city is under attack from a gigantic robot. His parents are lying dead in the rubble and the only remaining friend is his dog. His only thought now is revenge against the owner of the Phantom Ship (from where the robot said he was sent). He ends up in the house of Kuroshio, the leader of the fight against the Phantom Ship and the most important person in the city. By complete accident, Hayato finds his way to an underground passageway where he realises that the true nature of events does not mesh with what Kuroshio has told him. His life is now in great danger, and only he can stop the plans of the evildoers.
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
(voice)
The story concerns a homeless boy named Ted. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an elderly, space-traveling scientist. With Dr. Gulliver's assistant Crow, and Ted's companions, a talking dog and a toy soldier, they travel the Milky Way to the Planet of Blue Hope, which has been taken over by the Queen of Purple Planet and her evil group of robots. Armed with water-pistols and water balloons, which melt the villains, Ricky and Gulliver restore Blue Hope to its doll-like owners.