Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Pinko Izumi
Person · female · Japan · Chūō · born 1947
Japanese actress
Also known as 泉平子
Timeline
3 events✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1
1940s
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography336 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1331511645
Biography
Pinko Izumi (泉ピン子, Izumi Pinko; born September 11, 1947 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress and singer. Her legal name is Sayo Takemoto (武本 小夜, Takemoto Sayo; née Eguchi (江口)), and she originally performed under the name Mariko Mikado (三門 マリ子, Mikado Mariko).
Television
Onna Taikoki (NHK, 1981) as Asahi no kata
Oshin as Fuji (NHK, 1983)
Sanga Moyu (NHK, 1984)
Inochi (NHK, 1986)
Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari as Kojima Satsuki (TBS, 1990–present)
Onna wa Dokyo (NHK, 1992)
Hito no Fuko wa Mitsu no Aji (TBS, 1994)
Kamisan no Waruguchi (TBS, 1995)
Papa Survival (TBS, 1995)
Tatakau Oyome-sama (NTV, 1995)
Dareka ga Dareka ni Koishiteru (TBS, 1996)
Bancha mo Debana (TBS, 1997)
Subarashiki Kazoku Ryokou (TBS, 1998)
Haru no Wakusei (TBS, 1999)
Romance (NTV, 1999)
Onna to Ai to Mystery (TV Tokyo, 2001–present)
Akarui Hou e Akarui Hou e as Takahashi Utako (TBS, 2001)
Blackjack ni Yoroshiku as Kaneko Akiko (TBS, 2003, episodes 1–2)
Hatsu Tsubomi (TBS, 2003)
Chotto Matte Kami-sama (NHK, 2004)
Akai Tsuki as Hara Yoko (TV Tokyo, 2004)
Misora Hibari Tanjo Monogatari as Kato Kimie (TBS, 2005)
Haru to Natsu as Nakahara Misa (NHK, 2005)
Yato (TBS, 2005)
Onna no Ichidaiki: Setouchi Jakucho as Omata Kin (Fuji TV, 2005)
Satomi Hakkenden as Kamezasa (Fuji TV, 2006)
Waraeru Koi wa Shitakunai as Ooyama Kazuyo (TBS, 2006)
Shinjuku no Haha Monogatari as Kurihara Sumiko (Fuji TV, 2006)
Saga no Gabai-baachan (Fuji TV, 2007)
Ai no Rukeichi (NTV, 2007)
Kazoku e no Love Letter (Fuji TV, 2007)
Joshi Deka! as Sakura Hanako (TBS, 2007)
Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan as Himeda Natsuko (TBS, 2007, episode 10)
Egao wo Kureta Kimi e (Fuji TV, 2008)
Kurobe no Taiyo as Kuramatsu Tsuru (Fuji TV, 2009)
Tonari no Shibafu as Takahira Shino (TBS, 2009)
Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta (TBS, 2009)
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon Season 4 (TV Asahi, 2016) as Dr. Toko Kubo
Segodon (NHK, 2018) as Honju-in
Films
Oshin (2013)
Old Car (2023)
Zagin de Shisu!? (2024)
Honours
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2019)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
MusicBrainz enrichment for this artist is still pending. Release groups appear here once it runs.
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pinko Izumi head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō | won | |
| 2019 | The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette | won | |
| — | Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pinko_Izumi_cropped.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f1bb9f0d-4499-41c8-b266-872b53999200discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f1bb9f0d-4499-41c8-b266-872b53999200core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1021985seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinko_Izumibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinko_Izumi
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Japanese singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: 文部科学省 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1021985 · MusicBrainz: f1bb9f0d-4499-41c8-b266-872b53999200
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