Tokiko Katō

is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, actress and activist.

She was born in Harbin, Manchukuo, to Japanese parents and graduated from the University of Tokyo. She worked as a visiting professor at Josai International University.

While being held hostage by hijackers on All Nippon Airways Flight 857, 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 Hana (1995), Universal

Singles Nanpasen (1984), gifted to Akina Nakamori in 1987

Live and collaborations Live – Tokiko Kato and Kiyoshi Hasegawa (1978), Polydor Records Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy – Tokiko Kato and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1982), Polydor Records Songs from the Cold Seas – Hector Zazou (1994), Columbia Records

Filmography

Films Izakaya Chōji (1983) as Shigeko Hachikō Monogatari (1987) as Tamiko (1990) Porco Rosso (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