Ikko (make-up artist)
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ikko
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|1|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
| birth_name = Kazuyuki Toyoda
| death_date =
| death_place =
| other_names = Touen Miyabi
| agent = GLAD
| known_for =
| height = 171cm
| occupation = Make-up artist, TV personality
| nationality = Japanese
| website = {{URL|ikko.cc}}
}}
Ikko (born {{Nihongo|Kazuyuki Toyoda|豊田 一幸|Toyoda Kazuyuki}} on 20 January 1962 in Fukuoka Prefecture), stylized as IKKO, is a Japanese make-up artist, TV personality, and actress. The name "Ikko" comes from an alternative reading of the Japanese name "一幸" (Ikkō).
Biography
Born on 20 January 1962, Ikko was born as the first-born son. Ikko experienced gender dysphoria and became socially withdrawn as a teenager. She graduated from a beauty college in Fukuoka Prefecture and trained as a make-up artist for eight years before opening the make-up studio "Atelier Ikko" in 1992. In 2007, she released the single "Dondake no Hōsoku" or “The Law of Dondake,” popularizing the term dondake.{{Cite book |last1=Copeland |first1=Rebecca |title=Diva Nation: Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History |last2=Miller |first2=Laura |publisher=University of California Press |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-520-96997-1 |pages=133–150}}{{Cite journal |last=Maree |first=Claire |date=May 2013 |title=Writing Onê : Deviant Orthography and {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|Heternormativity}} in Contemporary Japanese Lifestyle Culture |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1329878X1314700111 |journal=Media International Australia |language=en |volume=147 |issue=1 |pages=98–110 |doi=10.1177/1329878X1314700111 |s2cid=147131061 |issn=1329-878X|url-access=subscription }} As a make-up artist, she promotes Korean beauty products.{{Cite news |last=Rahn |first=Kim |date=1 March 2009 |title=Japanese Transgender Celeb Becomes Korea Tourism Amb. |work=The Korea Times |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/03/178_40486.html |access-date=29 June 2022}} She regularly appeared on the television program "Onē MANS."
Ikko is a trans woman. She speaks in onē kotoba.{{Cite book |last=Abe |first=Hideko |title=Queer Japanese: Gender and Sexual Identities through Linguistic Practices |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan New York |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-230-10616-1}}
TV appearances
{{As of|2008|10}}, Ikko regularly appears on the following TV programmes.
- {{Nihongo|Onē Mans|おネエ★MANS}} (Nippon Television)
- {{Nihongo|Sekai Baribari Value|世界バリバリ☆バリュー}} (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
- {{Nihongo|Mentai Wide|めんたいワイド}} (Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Wednesday commentator)
- Inspector Totsukawa series (Takeshi Naito) (2018) - momo-mama
Film
- Umami (2021), role: "Matsuba" (Director: Slony Sow)
Books
Ikko has published the following books.[http://ikko.cc/profile/index.html Ikko Profile]. Retrieved on 28 April 2015. {{in lang|ja}}
- IKKOの振袖ロマンティック, 2004, {{ISBN|4-391-61976-8}}
- IKKOウェディング――永遠のガーリッシュウェディング, 2005, {{ISBN|4-391-62110-X}}
- 超オンナ磨き〜美のカリスマIKKOの幸せを呼ぶゴールデンルール, July 2006, {{ISBN|4-7762-0336-7}}
Music
In December 2007, Ikko released a CD single titled "Dondake no Hōsoku."[http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7545364/a/Dondake+No+Housoku.htm "Ikko Dondake No Housoku CD Single"] Retrieved on 18 October 2008. The single also included a cover of "Dō ni mo tomaranai," a 1972 hit song originally performed by Linda Yamamoto.[http://www.japannewsreview.com/entertainment/music/20071012page_id=2396 "Dondake?! Transvestite TV-star IKKO releases single" (12 October 2007).] Retrieved on 18 October 2008.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://ikko.cc}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Japanese LGBTQ musicians
Category:Japanese transgender women
Category:People from Fukuoka Prefecture
Category:Japanese make-up artists