Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

1933 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

educated at: Keio University

occupation: actor, autobiographer, seiyū, writer, tarento

award received: Kikuchi Kan Prize, Person of Cultural Merit, Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō

position held: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (黒柳徹子, Kuroyanagi Tetsuko, born August 9, 1933) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, tarento, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She is well known for her charitable works, and is considered one of the first Japanese celebrities to achieve international recognition. In 2006, Donald Richie referred to Kuroyanagi in his book Japanese Portraits: Pictures of Different People as "the most popular and admired woman in Japan." Source: Wikipedia (en)

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