Okada Yukiko

Okada Yukiko was born on August 22, 1967 in Nagoya, Japan. Adoringly calling her Yukko, fans fell in love with her innocent and cute demeanor, and her famous smile, the "Yukko smile." Her idol was Kawai Naoko, and as well as being an idol, Yukiko was an amazing painter too, you will find a portrait she did of Naoko at the bottom of this section, which Yukiko gave to Naoko on Uta no Top Ten in 1985. She was signed to Pony Canyon records and the Sun Music agency (Matsuda Seiko, Hayami Yuu, and Sakai Noriko were also signed here) and debuted the idol scene in April of 1984 with her single "First Date." Her single "First Date" was released the same day as Kikuchi Momoko's first single, pairing them in the idol world as rivals, though they didn't play on this correlation much at all. Ever since after her second single her songs kept a nice top ten status. Yukiko's 3rd single "-Dreaming Girl- Koi hajimemashite" earned her an award for Japan's best new idol song. In late 1985 she started a small acting career in a television drama called "Kinjirareta Mariko" (Forbidden Mariko) in which she played the role of a girl with ESP powers. In 1985 she also travelled to Switzerland to record a music film for her singles and songs so far, it was called "Yukiko in Swiss", if you have the chance to watch it I recommend it, it's amazingly cute, you can probably find the whole thing on Youtube. In 1986 she hit the number one mark with her single "Kuchibiru Network" which was written by Matsuda Seiko, and was also the advertising song for Kanebo Cosmetic's spring campaign (this is a rather prestigious thing for an idol to do, as Matsuda Seiko, Koizumi Kyouko, and Kawai Naoko have also advertised for it.) Her success with Kuchibiru Network, which was her 8th single gained her much recognition as an idol as she was seen as a star rising fast towards the top. She began working on her 9th single "Hana no Image" and an album "Heart Jack" to go with. Sadly at the prime of her life and career, on April 8, 1986, she committed suicide, unfortunately many of her fans also committed suicide as well coining the term "Yukko syndrome" to account for the many copycat suicides following hers. It was a dark day in idol history, but Yukiko will never be forgotten. Her most famous singles were: "Little Princess", "-Dreaming Girl- Koi hajimemashite", "Futari dake no Ceremony", and "Kuchibiru Network"

Personal Favorite Yukiko Song: Kuchibiru Network
Number ones: 1
Top ten percentage: 6 out of 10 songs = 60%

#	Song Title	Release Date	Highest Position	My Rating	Picture
1.	First Date	4/21/1984	20	7/10
2.	Little Princess	7/18/1984	14	8/10
3.	-Dreaming Girl- Koi hajimemashite	9/21/1984	7	8/10
4.	Futari dake no Ceremony	1/16/1985	4	9/10
5.	Summer Beach	4/17/1985	5	7/10
6.	Kanashii yokan	7/17/1985	7	7/10
7.	Love Fair	10/5/1985	5	7/10
8.	Kuchibiru Network	1/29/1986	1	10/10
9.	Hana no Image	5/14/1986	-	9/10
10.	Believe in you (2002 Strings version)	12/4/2002	-	8/10