Famous People with Name Hiroko

Hiroko Konishi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroko Konishi: a Japanese seiyu. She is currently not affiliated with any production, and has largely retired from voice acting.

Hiroko Mita            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroko Mita: a Japanese singer and actress.

Hiroko Yakushimaru            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroko Yakushimaru: a Japanese actress and singer from Tokyo. Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Yasei no Shomei. She has a minor role as young samurai in G.I. Samurai (1979). In 1981, she played the main role in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, a movie based on a novel written by Jiro Akagawa under the same name, which pushed her up into stardom, as well as marking her debut in J-pop by singing the title song of the film. Her final J-pop release was on March 13, 1991. She has won four Japanese Academy Awards for 'Most Popular Performer', and won the 'Best Supporting Actress' award in 2006 for Always: Sunset on Third Street.

Hiroko Nakano            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroko Nakano: a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Mutsu, Aomori and graduate of Hirosaki Gakuin University she was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2003 after serving in the city assembly of Nemuro, Hokkaido.

Hiroko Ota            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroko Ota: a female Japanese politician and a researcher of economics. She graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1976. Her academic specialties are national public finance and economic policy. She is a noted lecturer of on public finance.Ota currently serves as the Japanese cabinet minister of economic policy, which is responsible for charging economic policy and public finance. Prior to her appointment, she was a vice-professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (?????????, Seisaku Kenkyu Daigakuin Daigaku?).