Ikko (make-up artist)

Ikko
Born
Kazuyuki Toyoda

(1962-01-20) 20 January 1962 (age 62)
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesTouen Miyabi
Occupation(s)Make-up artist, TV personality
AgentGLAD
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Websiteikko.cc

Ikko (born Kazuyuki Toyoda (豊田 一幸, Toyoda Kazuyuki) on 20 January 1962 in Fukuoka Prefecture), stylized as IKKO, is a Japanese make-up artist, TV personality, and actress. The name "Ikko" comes from an alternative reading of the Japanese name "一幸" (Ikkō).

Biography

Born on 20 January 1962, Ikko was born as the first-born son. Ikko experienced gender dysphoria and became socially withdrawn as a teenager.[1][2] She graduated from a beauty college in Fukuoka Prefecture and trained as a make-up artist for eight years before opening the make-up studio "Atelier Ikko" in 1992.[3] In 2007, she released the single "Dondake no Hōsoku" or “The Law of Dondake,” popularizing the term dondake.[1][2][4] As a make-up artist, she promotes Korean beauty products.[5][1] She regularly appeared on the television program "Onē MANS."[2]

Ikko is a trans woman.[1] She speaks in onē kotoba.[6][2]

TV appearances

As of October 2008, Ikko regularly appears on the following TV programmes.

Film

  • Umami (2021), role: "Matsuba" (Director: Slony Sow)

Books

Ikko has published the following books.[3]

  • IKKOの振袖ロマンティック, 2004, ISBN 4-391-61976-8
  • IKKOウェディング――永遠のガーリッシュウェディング, 2005, ISBN 4-391-62110-X
  • 超オンナ磨き〜美のカリスマIKKOの幸せを呼ぶゴールデンルール, July 2006, ISBN 4-7762-0336-7

Music

In December 2007, Ikko released a CD single titled "Dondake no Hōsoku."[7] The single also included a cover of "Dō ni mo tomaranai," a 1972 hit song originally performed by Linda Yamamoto.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Copeland, Rebecca; Miller, Laura (2018). Diva Nation: Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History. University of California Press. pp. 133–150. ISBN 978-0-520-96997-1.
  2. ^ a b c d Maree, Claire (May 2013). "Writing Onê : Deviant Orthography and Heternormativity in Contemporary Japanese Lifestyle Culture". Media International Australia. 147 (1): 98–110. doi:10.1177/1329878X1314700111. ISSN 1329-878X. S2CID 147131061.
  3. ^ a b Ikko Profile. Retrieved on 28 April 2015. (in Japanese)
  4. ^ a b "Dondake?! Transvestite TV-star IKKO releases single" (12 October 2007). Retrieved on 18 October 2008.
  5. ^ Rahn, Kim (1 March 2009). "Japanese Transgender Celeb Becomes Korea Tourism Amb". The Korea Times. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  6. ^ Abe, Hideko (2010). Queer Japanese: Gender and Sexual Identities through Linguistic Practices. Palgrave Macmillan New York. ISBN 978-0-230-10616-1.
  7. ^ "Ikko Dondake No Housoku CD Single" Retrieved on 18 October 2008.