is a Japanese actress and singer.

History

In 1987, she played a lead in the Japanese film ''

Drifting Classroom is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Kazuo Umezu. It was serialized in the manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1972 to 1974, and published as collected ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. The series follow ...

'', which was based on a popular horror manga series by Kazuo Umezu. Her music album ''Silver Doll'' and her nude photo book ''The Younger Sister of Summer'' were released almost simultaneously with the release of ''

''. Those media led her to considerable fame in Japan in the late 1980s. In 1994, she retired from entertainment industry and got married. In 2016, Aiko Asano did an interview to look back over her experience; she said that her manager wanted her to do the nude photobook ''The Younger Sister of Summer'' and she didn't really want to do it, but the photographer tried his very best to make her feel more comfortable during the photoshoots; eventually, she became more proud of the nude book ''The Younger Sister of Summer'' as she grew older. Aiko Asano also said that she worked very hard to study English for starring in ''

''.

References

External links

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i-dic.dorachan.com entry (Japanese-language page)
1969 births Living people Japanese women pop singers 20th-century Japanese actresses Japanese female idols Japanese female adult models Singers from Tokyo {{Japan-musician-stub