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Born August 9, 1933 (1933-08-09)
Nogisaka, Tokyo
Nationality Japanese
Occupation actress, talk show host, book author, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador -
After voicing Lady Penelope in the Thunderbirds TV series[citation needed], Kuroyanagi first became well known in 1975 when she established her afternoon television program "Tetsuko's Room" (Tetsuko no Heya), which was the first talk show on Japanese television
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1981 marked a turning point in her career, as Kuroyanagi published her children book Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window, in which Kuroyanagi wrote about the values of the unconventional education that she received at Tomoe Gakuen elementary school during World War II, and her teacher Sosaku Kobayashi. The book is considered her childhood memoir, and upon release, it became the bestselling book in Japanese history.[
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In regconition of her charitable works, Kuroyanagi was appointed to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
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She interviewed over two thousand japanese and foreign guests.
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Kuroyanagi first became the first recipient of the Global Leadership for Children Award, which was established by the UNICEF.
