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Message from Tokiko Kato ！
https://youtu.be/NEEgrXedoYY


[Tokiko Kato Home Page https://www. tokiko.com/]

Born in Harbin, 1943.
In 1965, while a student at the University of Tokyo, she won the 2nd Japan Amateur Chanson Competition and made her debut as a singer.
In 1966, she won the Record Grand Prize for Best Newcomer for "Akai Fuusen"; in 1969, "Hitori Sleep No Komori Uta" and in 1971, "Shiretoko Tabijo" became million sellers and won the Record Grand Prize for Best Singing.
Since then, he has released over 80 albums and many hit songs.
In 1992, she was awarded the Chevalier de la Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for her achievements in artistic and cultural activities.
In recent years, they have performed at the Fuji Rock Festival every year, attracting audiences of all ages and genres.
In addition, his annual year-end concert, "Honoroi Concert," in which he sings while drinking sake, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022, and has become a popular concert.
Aside from singing, she appeared as an actress in the movie "Izakaya Choji" （ in 1983 ） as Ken Takakura's wife.
She played the role of Madame ・ Gina in Studio Ghibli ・ animated film "Red Pig" directed by Hayao Miyazaki （ in 1992 ） as a voice actress.
She also worked on global environmental issues, and became an advisor to WWF Japan and WWF Panda Ambassador in 1997.
In 2000 ～ 2011, she was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for the Ministry of Environment ・ UNEP United Nations Environment Programme. He visited many places in Asia to spread the word about the current state of the natural environment as he saw it with his own eyes, and engaged in a series of exchanges through music.
In his personal life, he married Toshio Fujimoto in 1972, who was in prison for the student movement and gave birth to their first daughter. They now have three children and seven grandchildren.
Second daughter Yae is a singer.
Her husband ・ Toshio Fujimoto (passed away in 2002), who was in prison for the student movement, runs the "Kamogawa Nature Kingdom" in Chiba prefecture with their children, promoting an agricultural lifestyle.