Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ( born August 9, 1933 ) is a well-known Japanese TV personality.
In Japanese her name is written 黒柳徹子 .
Career
Kuroyanagi is best known for the morning talk show she hosts, "Tetsuko's Room," which at its inception in 1975 was the first daily talk show on Japanese television.
She is also known internationally for her charitable works and her best-selling children's book Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window, published in America in 1982.
Charitable Works
Kuroyanagi founded the Totto-chan Foundation, named for the eponymous and autobiographical protagonist of her book Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window. The Foundation professionally trains deaf actors, implementing Kuroyanagi's vision of bringing theater to the deaf.
Kuroyanagi has been a director of the Japanese branch of the World Wildlife Fund. Kuroyanagi has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1984
Kuroyanagi brought the National Theater of the Deaf to perform with her in Japan.
External links
- Homepage for Tetsuko's Room (http://www.ntd.org)ja:黒柳徹子