is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, actress and activist.
She was born in Harbin, Manchukuo, to Japanese parents. She graduated from the University of Tokyo. She worked as a visiting professor at Josai International University.Official profile Her career and personal life became deeply intertwined with Japan's radical 1960s student and peace movements. 1972 she married Toshio Fujimoto, leader of the student movement, who was in jail.
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.
In the late summer of 2023, as geopolitical tensions simmered between China and Japan, she staged a concert for peace in Harbin,.
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 Tokiko Poesie 2000, Universal/Polygram World Of 2001, Sony Tokiko Songs 2001, Sony Tokiko Dance Odore Toki Wo Wasurete 2001, Sony Okinawajohka 2003, Universal Cypango 2004, Sony Ima Ga Ashita To Deau Toki 2004, Universal Doko Ni Itemo Watashi 2005, Universal Prime Selection Kato Tokiko 2006, Universal Chansons Tokiko France Joka 2006, Teichiku Records Kono Yo Ni Umarete Kitara 2006, Universal Manatsuno Yoruno Concert 2007, 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 ShigekoTokiko Kato, The Internet Movie Database 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
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