# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tetsuko-kuroyanagi
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:05:48.397Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tetsuko-kuroyanagi"
name: "Tetsuko Kuroyanagi"
slug: "tetsuko-kuroyanagi"
description: "Tetsuko Kuroyanagi  is a Japanese actress, television personality, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She joined NHK Broadcasting Theatre Company as the first television actress in 1953. In 1954, she made her debut as the lead actress in the radio drama Yambō Nimbō Tombō. In 1976, TV Asahi's Tetsuko's Room  started airing. This program was recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2011 for having the highest number of broadcasts by the same host. It has been airing on weekdays at noon every week, and as of 2023, it has surpassed 11,000 episodes in its 48th year. Her autobiographical book, Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, which depicts her childhood, became a post-WW2 bestseller with over 8 million copies sold in Japan and 25 million copies worldwide. It has also been adapted into a television series twice."
tagline: "Japanese actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tetsuko_Kuroyanagi_201511.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.714841476013471
  historical:           21.421316
  currentAttention:     6.460440423312667
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  39
  category: 166
totalFollowers: 453000
platforms:
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    handle:    "tetsukokuroyanagi"
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    handle:    "tottoclub"
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    handle:    "nm0961243"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    handle:    "@tetsuko_tv"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump