Famous People with Name Makiko

Makiko Esumi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makiko Esumi: a Japanese model and actress.Esumi began her career as a volleyball player but after being injured was discovered by a talent scout in hospital. Her screen debut was in Hirokazu Koreeda's Maborosi, though she is probably best known for her role as Tsuboi Chinatsu on the TV drama Shomuni. She also appeared on government advertisements about pension contributions.In 2000 she released her (only?) single, One Way Drive, featuring guitar work and production by Tomoyasu Hotei, who also co-wrote the song with Esumi.

Makiko Kuno            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makiko Kuno: a Japanese actress. Her early stage name was Shoko Kuno (????, Kuno Shoko?); she changed it to Makiko Kuno (?? ???, Kuno Makiko?), and changed the way of writing the name, becoming ????? in 2005.She has been active as a model since senior high school, and as an actress made her debut in 1987. She was the image girl of the JR East Kiosks from 1988 to 1994. In 1994 she released a collection of photographs, Mitsu, and appeared nude in an original video, XX: Utsukushiki Karyudo. In 1998, she played the part of Sunday in the Chunsoft sound novel Machi to a favorable reception. In addition, she qualified as a sommelier in 1998.

Makiko Kikuta            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makiko Kikuta: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kamo, Niigata, she graduated from a high school in Kamo and studied in Heilongjiang University in China. After having served in the assembly of Kamo for two terms since 1995, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000 as a member of Ichiro Ozawa's Liberal Party, which merged with the DPJ in 2003. She ran again in 2003 and was elected for the first time.

Makiko Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makiko Tanaka: a Japanese politician, the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.Tanaka attended high school at Germantown Friends School in the United States and graduated from Waseda University. She spent most of her early adulthood working with her father's political machine Etsuzankai organization, and was the first lady to her father since her mother, Hana, was absent due to long-standing illness. She was elected to the Lower House in 1993, shortly after her father's death.

Makiko Furukawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makiko Furukawa: is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1968 she was a squad member of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament.