is a Japanese model, actress and

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singer. She was the youngest member of the group CoCo.

Life and career

Ohno was born on 17 June 1974 in

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, Japan. As a teenager, she was a finalist at the 2nd

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, a beauty pageant held in 1988. Ohno joined the Japanese

girl group CoCo in 1989 and remained with them until the group's dissolution in September 1994. While still with CoCo, she also released single works in 1992 and 1993. In 1997 she had the starring role in the

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: Kesenai kioku'', part of the long-running ''Zero Woman'' series.

Filmography

* ''

: Kesenai kioku'' (1997 aka ''Zero Woman: The Hunted'') – Rei

Discography

Singles

# 1 July 1992: Yurushite.... # 21 May 1993: Furueru Kesshin

Picture books

# 6 September 1993: NOVA LUNA # 2 June 1995: The Wind Rose # 1 March 1996: True Blue # 25 October 1997: Scarlet

References

External links

* 1974 births Living people Japanese actresses Singers from Chiba Prefecture Japanese women pop singers Japanese female idols 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers {{japan-singer-stub