is a Japanese TV actress, former

J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...

singer, and the oldest member of the groups

Lip's Lip's was a Japanese idol group formed in 1990 through the 1989 UCC Can Coffee "Miss Contest Grand Prix". Lip's consisted of Takako Katō, Natsue Yoshimura, and Kyoko Yamamoto. The group disbanded in 1993. After being signed to CBS Sony, the g ...

and Nanatsuboshi. She was born in

Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka is the easternmost of the three wards of the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. History Shimizu-ku was created on April 1, 2005, when Shizuoka became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). Its area is almo ...

, and debuted on 21 March 1990.

Filmography

Film

* ''

My Secret Cache ''My Secret Cache'' is a 1997 award - winning Japanese film. Its original Japanese title is . It was directed by Shinobu Yaguchi. Plot The film begins with a prologue that quickly sketches the backstory of the protagonist: since childhood, Saki ...

'' (1997) * ''

Hana Yori Dango Final is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Yasuharu Ishii and starring Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto. It is the last part of the Japanese live-action ''Boys Over Flowers'' trilogy, based on the ''shōjo'' manga by Yoko Kamio. It is marketed internation ...

'' (2008) * ''Boku no Obāchan'' (2008) * ''

Rakugo Eiga is a 2012 Japanese omnibus film directed by Mikihiro Endō, Issei Matsui, and Yūichirō Sakashita. In 2017, this film was nominated for International Emmy Awards in Comedy. Cast "Before After" * Yumika Tajima as Karuho Hayashida * Takuma Oto' ...

'' (2013) * ''Nukero Moebius!'' (2023)

Television

*''Tonbi'' (2013, TBS)

References

External links

*
Katou Takako Official Website

Takako Katou Official Blog

Katou Takako
at J-Dorama.de 1970 births Living people People from Shizuoka (city) Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese women pop singers Japanese idols Japanese television personalities Musicians from Shizuoka Prefecture Amuse Inc. talents 20th-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers {{Japan-actor-stub