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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Kuroyanagi was born in Nogisaka, Tokyo in 1933. Her father was a violinist and a concertmaster.[2] Her nickname as a child was Totto-chan, according to her 1981 autobiographical memoir.[2] Kuroyanagi went to Tomoe Elementary School (Tomoe Gakuen) when she was young. After that, she studied at the Tokyo College of Music, majoring in opera, as she intended to become an opera singer.[5] After graduation, however, she was drawn to acting and the television entertainment industry by her joining Tokyo -
Tetsuko's televison show "Tetsuko no Heya"
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. -
The book called "Totto Chan"
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Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi visits Nepal
Her first stop was at a reintegration programme for children previously associated with armed groups. Ms. Kuroyanagi met with teachers and members of child clubs at a school where Children who were caught in the civil conflict in Nepal are now studying, and she learned about the social integration process used to assimilate them. -
Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi in South Sudan is lifeline for young victims
Twenty years after she spearheaded a fundraising campaign to build a trauma care centre for children associated with armed forces, beloved celebrity and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi meets the ‘first child’ of the Totto-chan Centre, South Sudan.
