is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese fortune teller

Fortune-telling

Fortune-telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune-telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination...

, as well as the author

Author

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 of over 100 books. Hosoki appeared frequently on the original Iron Chef

Iron Chef

is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...

, where she would serve as one of the four celebrity judges that would determine the outcome of each match.

Thinking

She is often seen stating her opinions very strongly on Japanese TV shows. Some of her views may be taken as conservative. She has repeatedly made very traditionalist statements on women in the family, stating that a woman's main function should be to support her husband's career.

As a fortune teller

• She has also publicly endorsed prime-minister Junichiro Koizumi
  Junichiro Koizumi
  is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the...
  
  's controversial visits to Yasukuni Shrine
  Yasukuni Shrine
  is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is dedicated to the soldiers and others who died fighting on behalf of the Emperor of Japan. Currently, its Symbolic Registry of Divinities lists the names of over 2,466,000 enshrined men and women whose lives were dedicated to the service of...
  
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• Sumo wrestling Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Asashōryū
  Asashōryū Akinori
  is a former sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He was the 68th yokozuna in the history of the sport in Japan and became the first Mongol to reach sumo's highest rank in January 2003. He was one of the most successful yokozuna ever. In 2005 he became the first man to win all six official...
  
   is a close friend of Hosoki. Asashōryū is reputably superstitious and seeks Hosoki's advice and fortune tellings. They have appeared together on TV specials and once Asashōryū rented her white Rolls Royce.

Rokusei Senjutsu

Her judgment on the matter of fortune telling is usually based on the Rokusei Senjutsu

Rokusei Senjutsu

The is a kind of Chinese astrology and a handy approximation of the Four Pillars of Destiny.The Four Pillars of Destiny is too complicated and difficult for everyday use, consequently this approximation was introduced in Taiwan , Hong Kong....

, the approximation

Approximation

An approximation is a representation of something that is not exact, but still close enough to be useful. Although approximation is most often applied to numbers, it is also frequently applied to such things as mathematical functions, shapes, and physical laws.Approximations may be used because...

 of Four Pillars of Destiny

Four Pillars of Destiny

Four Pillars of Destiny is a Chinese and Japanese conceptual term that describes the four components creating a person's destiny or fate. The four components within the moment of birth are year, month, day, and hour...

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