Minako Honda
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Minako Honda on the cover of her album Cancel (1998).
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| Background information | |
| Native name | 本田 美奈子 |
| Birth name | Minako Kudō (工藤 美奈子?) |
| Born |
July 31, 1967 Itabashi, Japan |
| Origin | Katsushika, Japan |
| Died | November 6, 2005 (aged 38) Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Pop, operatic pop, classical crossover |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1985–2005 |
| Labels | Toshiba-EMI, Columbia Music Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Sarah Brightman, Madonna |
| Website | www |
Minako Honda (本田 美奈子 Honda Minako?, born Minako Kudō (工藤 美奈子 Kudō Minako?), July 31, 1967 – November 6, 2005) was a Japanese "idol" pop-star and musical singer. She became famous and popular because of her sexy fashion and live performances in the mid to late 1980s.
She was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia on January 5, 2005. At 4:38 A.M. on November 6, 2005, Honda died at the Juntendo University Hospital in Bunkyō, Tokyo, officially from acute myelogenous leukemia.
Minako Kudo was born in Itabashi, Tokyo, and was raised in Asaka, Saitama.
In 1989, at the age of 22, she made an attempt to revive her flagging career by forming an edgy girl group called "Minako with Wild Cats".
By 1992, however, she reinvented herself. She took formal acting and singing lessons, and became a notable theatrical singer and actress. In auditions for the Tokyo production of Miss Saigon, she won out over 12,000 other candidates for the part of Kim, earning the nickname "Tokyo's Miss Saigon".
Towards the end of her life, she released several classical albums demonstrating her soprano singing voice, including religious works such as Amazing Grace and Ave Maria. She also sang theme songs for several anime programs.
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