is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, actress and activist. She was born in Harbin, Manchukuo, to Japanese parents and graduated from the

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. She worked as a visiting professor at

Josai International University , JIU, is a private university established in 1992, with two campuses, one in Tōgane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and one in Kioi-chō, Chiyoda-ku is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.

. While being held hostage by hijackers on

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, Kato used her cell phone to keep in contact with police during the hijacking.

Discography

Album

* 私の中のひとり (1970), Polydor Records * この世に生まれてきたら (1974), Polydor Records * いく時代かがありまして (1975), Polydor Records * 回帰船 (1976), Polydor Records * さびた車輪 (1977) Kitty Records * '' A Siren Dream'' (1983), Polydor Records * 日本哀歌集 (1983), Polydor Records * '' La Femme qui vient de Cypango'' (1991), Universal * ''

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'' (1995), Universal

Live and collaborations

* ''Live'' – Tokiko Kato and

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(1978), Polydor Records * ''Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy'' – Tokiko Kato and

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(1982), Polydor Records * ''

Songs from the Cold Seas ''Chansons des mers froides'' (French: Songs from the Cold Seas) is a 1994 album by French musician Hector Zazou. Zazou approached Sony Records with merely the title and the concept of songs from the Arctic. He was accompanied by cameraman Phil ...

'' –

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(1994), Columbia Records

Filmography

Films

* ''

Izakaya Chōji is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Cast * Ken Takakura : Tōno Eiji * Reiko Ohara : Kamiya Sayo * Tokiko Kato : Shigeko * Kunie Tanaka : Iwashita Yoshiharu * Juzo Itami : Kawahara * Hideji Ōtaki : Aiba * Naomi Chiaki : Mineko ...

'' (1983) as Shigeko * '' Hachikō Monogatari'' (1987) as Tamiko * (1990) * ''

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'' (1992) as Madame Gina (voice) * ''Open House'' (1998) as Tokiko * (2002) * (2002) as Eiko * ''Let's Talk About the Old Times'' (2022) as herself

Television

# (4 episodes, 2006) as Michiyo Yamashita # (2017) narration

References

External links

* 1943 births Japanese women singer-songwriters Hijacking survivors Living people Japanese people from Manchukuo 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers {{Japan-singer-stub