Watanabe Keiko

Wanatabe Keiko (渡辺桂子) is a former Japanese pop idol singer. Wanatabe got her start by audition for the music audition television show Star Tanjou! but didn't get noticed till she won the grand prix award at the Hori Pro Scout Carvan contest. She later debuted as an idol singer in 1984 with the release of her first single, entitled H-i-r-o-s-h-i. But it was a brief career as she announced an abrupt retire after marrying and moving to America on March 1986.

She would later divorce and return to show business by showing up in Playboy magazines by the fall of 1987.

Profile

• Real Name: Wanatabe Keiko (渡部桂子)
• Birthdate: Novemmber 9, 1966
• Birthplace: Osaka Prefecutre
• Catchphrase: Otomodachi ni Shitekuremasen ka? (お友達にしてくれませんか？)

Discography

Albums

• [1984.07.05] Shake hand
• [1984.12.16] Goodbye Girl (グッバイ・ガール)
• [1985.12.04] Forte f (フォルテ・f)
• [2004.12.20] Wanatabe Keiko Complete Singles & More (渡辺桂子コンプリート・シングルズ&モア)

Singles

• [1984.03.21] H-i-r-o-s-h-i
• [1984.06.21] Sekidou Chokkagata no Yuuwaku (赤道直下型の誘惑)
• [1984.09.01] Dai II Shoujoki (第Ⅱ少女期)
• [1984.12.01] Goodbye Girl (グッバイ・ガール)
• [1985.03.10] Koibito Hakusho (恋人白書)
• [1985.06.05] Manatsu no Lesson (真夏のレッスン)
• [1985.10.21] Junjou Resistance (純情レジスタンス)

External Links

• Japanese Wikipedia: 渡辺桂子