Yukiko Okada
Yukiko Okada | |
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岡田 有希子 | |
Yukiko Okada in 1984 | |
| Born | Kayo Satō (佐藤 佳代) August 22, 1967 Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan |
| Died | April 8, 1986 (aged 18) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Cause of death | Suicide by jumping from height |
| Burial place | Aisai, Aichi |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Yukko |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1983–1986 |
| Era | Showa |
| Agent | Sun Music |
| Label | Canyon |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Kayokyoku |
| Signature | |
Yukiko Okada (岡田 有希子, Okada Yukiko, August 22, 1967 – April 8, 1986) was a Japanese singer and actress, active in the mid-1980s. After winning a nationwide television show at age 15 in 1983, she debuted as an idol in 1984. Her death by suicide two years later led to a number of copycat suicides, a phenomenon that would bear her name.