Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is a Japanese actress, tarento, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
18 Facts About Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is well known for her charitable works, and is considered one of the first Japanese celebrities to achieve international recognition.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi was born in Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi studied at the Tokyo College of Music, majoring in opera, as she intended to become an opera singer.
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Statistics show that, by the early 1990s, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi had interviewed over two thousand Japanese and foreign guests.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is familiar to Japanese audiences with her regular appearance on the television quiz show "World Mysteries".
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is known internationally for her charitable and fund raising works.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi founded the Totto Foundation, named for the eponymous and autobiographical protagonist of her book Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window.
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In 1984, in recognition of her charitable works, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi was appointed to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, being the first person from Asia to hold this position.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's visit to Angola in 1989 was the first recorded VIP visit from Japan to this country, and marked a milestone for the diplomatic relation between Japan and Angola.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi has raised more than $20 million for the UNICEF programmes that she has been involved in, through television fund-raising campaigns.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi used the royalties from her bestselling book, Totto-chan, to contribute to UNICEF.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi participated in the international UNICEF 'Say Yes for Children' campaign, along with other celebrities.
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In 1997, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi published the book "Totto-chan's Children", which was based on her experience working for as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from 1984 to 1996.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is a director of the Japanese branch of the World Wildlife Fund.
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi has twice brought America's National Theater of the Deaf to Japan, acting with them in sign language.
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In 2000, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi became the first recipient of the Global Leadership for Children Award, which was established by UNICEF in the 10th anniversary of the 1990 World Summit for Children.
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In May 2003, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi received Order of the Sacred Treasure in recognition of her two decades of service for the world's children.