Ikko (make-up artist)

Ikko
Born	Kazuyuki Toyoda (1962-01-20) 20 January 1962 (age 63) Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Touen Miyabi
Occupation(s)	Make-up artist, TV personality
Agent	GLAD
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Website	ikko.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 Ikko experienced gender dysphoria and became socially withdrawn as a teenager.[1][2] She graduated from a beauty college in Fukuoka Prefecture and trained as a make-up artist for eight years before opening the make-up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^[update], Ikko regularly appears on the following TV programmes.

• Onē Mans (おネエ★MANS) (Nippon Television)
• Sekai Baribari Value (世界バリバリ☆バリュー) (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
• Mentai Wide (めんたいワイド) (Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Wednesday commentator)
• Inspector Totsukawa series (Takeshi Naito) (2018) - momo-mama

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. 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. Maree, Claire (May 2013). "Writing Onê : Deviant Orthography and Heternormativity [sic] in Contemporary Japanese Lifestyle Culture". Media International Australia. 147 (1): 98–110. doi:10.1177/1329878X1314700111. ISSN 1329-878X. S2CID 147131061.
3. Ikko Profile. Retrieved on 28 April 2015. (in Japanese)
4. "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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)