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Kyoko Fukada

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is an actress and singer. In Japan, her name is sometimes contracted

Japanese abbreviated and contracted words

Abbreviated and contracted words are a common feature of Japanese. Long words are often contracted into shorter forms, which then become the predominant forms. For example, the University of Tokyo, in Japanese Tōkyō Daigaku becomes , Tōdai, and "remote control", rimōto kontorōrā , becomes rimokon....

to the nickname Fukakyon.

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is an actress and singer. In Japan, her name is sometimes contracted

Japanese abbreviated and contracted words

Abbreviated and contracted words are a common feature of Japanese. Long words are often contracted into shorter forms, which then become the predominant forms. For example, the University of Tokyo, in Japanese Tōkyō Daigaku becomes , Tōdai, and "remote control", rimōto kontorōrā , becomes rimokon....

to the nickname Fukakyon.

Biography

Fukada Kyoko debuted in 1997 with her first appearance in the television drama Sore ga Kotae da! as Kazune. Fukada appeared in her first movie Ring 2
Ring 2
Ring 2 , directed by Hideo Nakata, is the sequel to the Japanese horror film, Ring.Ring was originally a novel written by Koji Suzuki; its sequel, Rasen , was also adapted into a movie as the Ring movie's sequel...

as Kanae Sawaguchi in 1999 and in later in School Day of the Dead, released in 2000, and Dolls
Dolls (film)
is a 2002 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Japanese director Takeshi Kitano. A highly stylized art film, Dolls is a departure for Kitano, who normally makes crime films, and unlike most of his other films, he does not act in it...

, released in 2002, as Haruna. Fukada is also a J-pop

J-pop

is an abbreviation for Japanese pop, but is also a loosely defined musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s, and has its roots in 1960s music such as The Beatles. It refers to Japanese popular music, and was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music...

singer and her debut single "The Last Fruit" lead to her album Dear, both released in 1999.

Series

1997

FiVE
Sore ga Kotae da!

1998

News no Onna
Kamisama, Mō Sukoshi Dake

1999

Oni no Sumika
To Heart ~Koishite Shinitai~
Tengoku no Kiss

2000

Imagine
Food Fight

2001

Strawberry on the Shortcake
Strawberry on the Shortcake
Strawberry on the Shortcake is a Japanese romance drama which stars Hideaki Takizawa and Kyoko Fukada and was released in 2001. It was written by Shinji Nojima, and directed by Nobuhiro Doi and Hiroshi Matsubara.- Plot :...
Fighting Girl
Fighting Girl
The Fighting Girl is a Japanese television drama starring Kyoko Fukada. Fukada plays Sayoko, a tough, 19-year-old with ambition, energy and nowhere to direct it. Her father clearly favors her blind 16-year-old sister. Junior college is unstimulating...

2002

First Love
Remote
Remote (manga)
is a manga series written by Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Tetsuya Koshiba, and published in Kodansha's Young Magazine from 2002 to 2004. The manga follows Kurumi Ayaki, the newest member of the Unsolved Crimes Division, Special Unit A....
Otōsan

2003

Hakoiri Musume!

2004

Kanojo ga Shinjatta
Nōka no Yome ni Naritai
Minami-kun no Koibito

2005

Fugo Keiji
Fugo Keiji
-Details:*Title: 富豪刑事 *Episodes: 10*Genre: Mystery*Viewership rating: 12.42%*Air time: Thursday 21:00*Broadcast network: TV Asahi*Broadcast period: January 13, 2005 to March 17, 2005*Theme song: Ai no Memori by Oikawa Mitsuhiro...
Shiawase ni Naritai!
Umeko

2006

Akai Kiseki
Fugō Keiji Deluxe

2007

Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomu
Yama Onna Kabe Onna
Kimi ga Kureta Natsu
Ikiru
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
Galileo (guest appearance)

2008

Mirai Koshi Meguru
Gakkō ja Oshierarenai!

2009

Tenchijin
Kurobe no Taiyō
Karei naru Spy

Specials