# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tarako
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:42:25.785Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tarako"
name: "Tarako"
slug: "tarako"
description: "Tarako  was a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. Her debut role was as a preschooler on Urusei Yatsura. She was better known as the voice of Momoko \"Maruko\" Sakura, the titular character in the long-running anime series Chibi Maruko-chan from its debut in 1990 until its conclusion in 1992 and its subsequent revival, which premiered in 1995 and continues to air as of today. She was employed by the talent management firm Troubadour Musique Office."
tagline: "Japanese actress, voice actress and singer (1960–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Tarako_2015.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-12-17"
deathDate: "2024-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           65.62
  momentum:             2.7734375
  historical:           15.66728666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  210
  category: null
totalFollowers: 599
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tarawaku"
    handle:    "tarawaku"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850183/"
    handle:    "nm0850183"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6VSQVkF6CMJOMS7U2UI6ta"
    handle:    "6VSQVkF6CMJOMS7U2UI6ta"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UvJk0PlwsWQzHOnsSDViw"
    handle:    "Tarako - Topic"
    followers: 599
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6860189"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "تاراكو (ممثلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "تاراكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarako"
    title: "Tarako"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarako"
    title: "Tarako"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarako_(aktorea)"
    title: "Tarako (aktorea)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3)"
    title: "تاراکو (فیلم‌نامه‌نویس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarako_(doppiatrice)"
    title: "Tarako (doppiatrice)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARAKO"
    title: "TARAKO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARAKO"
    title: "TARAKO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarako"
    title: "Tarako"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarako_(atriz)"
    title: "Tarako (atriz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE_(%D1%81%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%8E)"
    title: "Тарако (сэйю)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B0_(%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C)"
    title: "ทาราโกะ (นักพากย์)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARAKO"
    title: "TARAKO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARAKO"
    title: "TARAKO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/991ad9c4-2d01-48a3-b6c6-61b3e457ae21"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2568655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100127"
    title: "TARAKO"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump