Yoko Minamino
Japanese actress and singer
Yoko Minamino (Japanese: 南野 陽子, Hepburn: Minamino Yōko; born June 23, 1967), also known as Nanno (ナンノ), is a Japanese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Saki Asamiya in the second season of the live action Sukeban Deka television series. Though currently independent, Minamino was previously under the S1 Company, Southern Field, Sweet Basil and K Dash Group talent agencies.
Early life and education
Minamino was scouted during high school when she went to see a public recording. Moving from Hyōgo to Tokyo when she was seventeen, Minamino attended Horikoshi High School with Minako Honda and Yukiko Okada, graduating in 1986.
Career
Minamino made her debut television role in 1984 in Meimon Shiritsu Jōshi Kōkō. She began working for the talent agency S1 Company at this time. Despite being a mostly unknown face in Japanese entertainment, Minamino was given an unusually large number of photos in a seinen manga magazine.
This led to her being cast in 1985 in the role of Saki Asamiya in the second season of Fuji TV's Sukeban Deka, a popular live action TV series about a juvenile delinquent being forced to go undercover for the police in a high school known for its rough gangs. This role made Minamino an instant star, and many phrases from this season became fashionable.
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