Hanako Oshima

The native form of this personal name is Ōshima Hanako. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Hanako Oshima (大島花子, Ōshima Hanako; born October 7, 1973) is a Japanese singer and the daughter of actress Yukiko Kashiwagi and singer Kyu Sakamoto.

Hanako Oshima
Born	(1973-10-07) October 7, 1973 (age 51) Tokyo, Japan
Origin	Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1992–present
Website	www.hanakooshima.com

Biography

Oshima was born in Tokyo, and is a graduate of Toyo Eiwa University. When she was 11 years old, her father, Kyu Sakamoto, was killed in the August 1985 Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crash.^[1] In October 2006 it was revealed that she was going to get married. In January 2007 she married the head of a Brazilian jujitsu dojo in Hawaii. On February 17, 2009, their first child, a boy, was born.^[2]

Filmography

• 1995 – Himeyuri no tō (ひめゆりの塔)

Books

• 1997, Egao no okurimono- Sakamoto Kyū shashinshū (笑顔の贈り物―坂本九写真集/The gift of a smiling face – Kyu Sakamoto photograph collection)