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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. Her death by suicide two years later led to a number of copycat suicides, a phenomenon that would bear her name. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Yukiko Okada is the 6,059th most popular actor (down from 5,795th in 2024), the 1,603rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,444th in 2019) and the 105th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Yukiko Okada ranks 6,059 out of 13,578. Before her are Judith Barsi, Amira Casar, Jack Thompson, Robert Pastorelli, Marta Abba, and Noah Hathaway. After her are Marjorie Estiano, Jeanne Cooper, Dev Patel, Agnès Jaoui, Raaj Kumar, and Amy Acker.

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Among people born in 1967, Yukiko Okada ranks 292. Before her are Klaus Tschütscher, John Romero, Jhumpa Lahiri, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Kate Barry, and Claes Bang. After her are Gaston Browne, Álex Pina, Timur Vermes, Yoko Shimomura, José Padilha, and Joey Wong. Among people deceased in 1986, Yukiko Okada ranks 258. Before her are John Braine, Brian Aherne, Dan Pagis, Albert Scherrer, Romeo Rivers, and Harry Benjamin. After her are Domingo García, Sara Sadíqova, Beryl Markham, Ella Baker, Yakima Canutt, and Josef Streb.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yukiko Okada ranks 1,603 out of 6,245. Before her are Akitsugu Konno (1944), Takamasa Watanabe (1977), Ryue Nishizawa (1966), Yuichi Nishimura (1972), Toshi (1965), and Hiroyuki Sawano (1980). After her are Noritake Takahara (1951), Kaoru Kadohara (1970), Sumi Shimamoto (1954), Masae Kasai (1933), Shinya Hoshido (1978), and Atsushi Natori (1961).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Yukiko Okada ranks 105. Before her are Hitoshi Matsumoto (1963), Sachiko Hidari (1930), Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (1926), Rokurō Naya (1932), Miho Nakayama (1970), and Keiji Fujiwara (1964). After her are Sumi Shimamoto (1954), Junko Takeuchi (1972), Hiromi Tsuru (1960), Romi Park (1972), Nanako Matsushima (1973), and Ryōko Hirosue (1980).

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