Dewi Sukarno
Japanese businesswoman, socialite, television personality, YouTuber and philanthropist
Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno (ラトナ サリ デヴィ スカルノ, Ratona Sari Devi Sukaruno; born Naoko Nemoto (根本 七保子, Nemoto Naoko); February 6, 1940), widely known in Japan as Dewi Fujin (デヴィ夫人, Devi Fujin; literally Lady Dewi or Madame Dewi) is a Japanese businesswoman, socialite, and television personality. She was one of the wives of the first President of Indonesia, Sukarno.
Biography
Naoko Nemoto was born on February 6, 1940, in Tokyo, to Heishichiro Nemoto and Masako Nemoto. Nemoto had a younger brother, Yasoo Nemoto, and her mother was constantly sick. Her father was a carpenter, who died when she was 15. To make ends meet, Nemoto worked at a famous club named "Copacabana". She later chose to become a geisha.
In 1959, Nemoto, who was 19, met Sukarno, who was 38 years her senior, at the Ginza hostess bar in Tokyo, near the Imperial Hotel. Nemoto was an arts student and entertainer, while the latter was on a state visit to Japan.
Naoko married Sukarno in Indonesia in 1962 and converted to Islam.
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