FINE - 原田知世

Tomoyo Harada is a multitalented Japanese actress and singer, whose first foray into the popular conscious of pop came with the title song from her first film appearance 『時をかける少女』 or 'The Little Girl Who Conquered Time'. In the same year her film and music careers took off when she recorded the song 『クララ気分』 with seminal Japanese electronic outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra. Born in 1967 in Nagasaki, Japan, she first auditioned for and took the lead role in Kadokawa Pictures' film 『伊賀忍法帖』 or 'The Protocols of a Ninja' at the age of 14.

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