Youko Oginome

洋子荻野目

Also known as: Yoko Oginome

Born: December 10, 1968

About

Oginome Youko, born December 10, 1968 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, real name Tsujino Youko (辻野洋子), is a singer, actress and voice actress. Oginome spent most of her elementary and junior high years living in the town of Ranzan in Saitama Prefecture, though she attended school in the city of Sakura. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo. She is represented by the talent management firm Vision Factory (formerly Rising Production). Oginome's older sister is actress Oginome Keiko. In 2001, Oginome was four months pregnant when she had a shotgun wedding with Tsujino Ryuusou, a professional tennis player with whom she had graduated from Horikoshi High School. Oginome had a second child in 2004, and took a year off work to spend time with her children and family. She announced the pending birth of her third child in her blog on 2006-03-16, and the safe delivery on 2006-08-10. Her fans often call her Oginome-chan. (Source: Wikipedia)