Miwa Kawagoe

Miwa Kawagoe

Born: January 3, 1973
Died: April 22, 2008
in Kagoshima, Japan
Miwa Kawagoe (川越美和) is a former Japanese pop singer, actress, and member 1950 of the gravure group Momoco Club.

Kawagoe Miwa first debuted as a idol singer on October 1988 with the single "Looking at You". Her fourth single, "Yume Dake Miteru", won her the Rookie of the Year award at the 31st Annual Nihon Record Taishou. At the same she debut as a singer, she debut as a variety show talent and an actress with her first drama being Jiken desu yo Heisei Gannen.

In the 1990s, Kawagoe Miwa briefly appeared under the name Hatause Kaoru. She continued to work in many doramas and movies until 2007 when she quit her agency and retired from the world of show business.

Source: Generasia

Movies for Miwa Kawagoe...

The Matsugane Potshot Affair
Title: The Matsugane Potshot Affair
Character: Miyuki Ikeuchi
Released: February 24, 2007
Type: Movie
When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
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A Painful Pair
Title: A Painful Pair
Released: December 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Ryo and Natsu love each other immensely. They are also able to feel each other's pain. Their relationship is troubled when Ryo allows himself to be seduced by an office employee.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Title: The Private Detective Mike
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: TV
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
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Rain of Light
Title: Rain of Light
Released: December 8, 2001
Type: Movie
This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was discovered that they had murderously turned upon themselves in a bizarre extension of their radical philosophy. This event virtually marked the end of the Student Revolution.
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The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects
Title: The Girl Who Picks Flowers and the Girl Who Kills Insects
Character: Kahoru
Released: November 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Two girls, one from Germany, the other from Japan meet and become friends in London, but soon discover things aren't what they seem.
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Falling into the Evening
Title: Falling into the Evening
Character: Akiko
Released: November 7, 1998
Type: Movie
Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It’s been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo’s good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory of this event weighs heavily on Rica’s conscience. One night Kengo tells Rica that he has fallen in love with a charming but „inscrutable“ woman named Hanako.
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Open House
Title: Open House
Released: June 20, 1998
Type: Movie
A struggling model and a troubled divorcee face loneliness and desperation in Tokyo.
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Title: Risou no Kekkon
Character: Yukiko Washizaki
Released: January 17, 1997
Type: TV
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Countdown
Title: Countdown
Released: November 23, 1996
Type: Movie
When Chris Murdoch falls obsessively in love with a Japanese girl attending University in Seattle (Kaori Ozaki) he murders Japanese men who have shown her kindness under the pretext of revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII. However the ruse involves the FBI in the case, and Agent Sara Daniels. However, the investigation is hampered when Yoko Sugimura of the Tokyo Police arrives to take Kaori back to her influential father. Despite their initial dislike, Sara and Yoko are forced to work together to stop Chris when his obsession is manifest with high explosives.
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Can you collect it? Complete
Title: Can you collect it? Complete
Released: September 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Jiro becomes a happy instructor but a shocking suspicion was raised by Owada who took the place of his parents.
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Can you collect it? 2
Title: Can you collect it? 2
Released: August 13, 1993
Type: Movie
Jin, who has killed is worried about his younger brother Jiro and has returned to the world as a ghost!