Sakurada Junko

Profile

• Name: 桜田淳子
• Name (romaji): Sakurada Junko
• Profession: Singer and actress (retired)
• Birthdate: 1958-Apr-14
• Birthplace: Akita, Akita prefecture

About Junko

One of the very first modern Japanese idols. Along with Yamaguchi Momoe and Mori Masako, the three girls were dubbed the "Schoolgirl Trio", and dominated the JPOP music scene throughout the 1970s. Junko made her debut in 1973, after winning a talent content held by NTV the previous year. In August 1992, Junko revealed that she was a member of the Unification Church, also known as "the Moonies" - a very controversial Korean-based religious cult. Junko and about 20,000 other men and women took part in a mass wedding in South Korea. Soon after the wedding, Junko quickly disappeared from the geinokai. She would later raise a family of three children. ---groink

TV Shows

• Izakaya Choji (居酒屋兆治) (Fuji TV, 1992)
• Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari 1991 8:50 (Fuji TV, 1991)
• Otoko to Onna no Mystery (男と女のミステリー) ゴミが捨てられない (Fuji TV, 1991)
• Ike Chugen Futo 80km (池中玄太80キロ) (NTV, 1989, ep3)
• New York Koi Monogatari (ニューヨーク恋物語) (Fuji TV, 1988)
• Dokuganryu Masamune (NHK, 1987)
• Mio-Tsukushi (NHK, 1985)
• Kisetsuhazure no Shinkiro (季節はずれの蜃気楼) (NHK, 1985)
• Yurusenai Kekkon (許せない結婚) (TBS, 1985)
• 25-sai Tachi~Ayaui Yokan (25歳たち~危うい予感) (NTV, 1984)
• Gekai Kido Shuhei (外科医 城戸修平) (TBS, 1983)
• Mito Komon Season 13 (TBS, 1982, ep8)
• Harapeko Doshi (はらぺこ同志) (TBS, 1982)
• Machi~Wakamonotachi wa Haima (街~若者たちは今) (NHK, 1982)
• Tamanegi Muitara... (玉ねぎむいたら…) (TBS, 1981)
• Ai no Kyoiku (愛の教育) (TBS, 1980)
• Kataguruma (かたぐるま) (NTV, 1978)
• Edo Professional Hissatsu Shobainin (江戸プロフェッショナル・必殺商売人) (ABC/Shochiku, 1978)
• Akogare Kyodotai (あこがれ共同隊) (TBS, 1975)
• Tentsukuten (てんつくてん) (NTV, 1974)

TV Shows Portraying Junko

• Hitmaker Aku Yu Monogatari (NTV, 2008)

External Links

• Japanese Wikipedia
• English Wikipedia