Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is a Japanese actress, television personality, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She joined NHK Broadcasting Theatre Company as the first television actress in 1953. In 1954, she made her debut as the lead actress in the radio drama Yambō Nimbō Tombō. In 1976, the TV Asahi's Tetsuko's Room " started airing. This program was recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2011 for having the highest number of broadcasts by the same host. It has been airing on weekdays at noon every week, and as of 2023, it has surpassed 11,000 episodes in its 48th year. Her autobiographical book, Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, which depicts her childhood, became a post-WW2 bestseller with over 8 million copies sold in Japan and 25 million copies worldwide. It has also been adapted into a television series twice.

9 August 1933

Born on the same birth day (9 August): Albert Seedman • Bob Cousy • Chris Cuomo • Deniss Vasiļjevs • Dorin Chirtoacă • Eddie Futch • Enzo Biagi • Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia • Hoda Kotb • Juanes • Otto Rehhagel • Philip Larkin • Ralph Houk • Sanya Lopez • Stefano Okaka • Wilbur Norman Christiansen

Born in the same month (August 1933): Bettina Cirone • David Hopwood • Dušan Třeštík • Frederic Lindsay • Ioannis Varvitsiotis • Jerry Falwell • Joe Tex • Julie Newmar • Masaichi Kaneda • Meena Kumari • Parnelli Jones • Richard R. Ernst