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Sakakibara Ikue (born: May 8, 1959) was a top idol in late 1970s. In 1976, she won the first ever HoriPro Talent Scout Caravan (* a very popular audition program held from 1976 - 2020 by a famous agency company: HoriPro. A lot of idols came from this audition. One of HoriPro biggest idols was Hori Chiemi), immediately moved to Tokyo, transfered to Horikoshi High School and started her entertainment activity by appearing in movie and commercials. Ikue made her debut as idol singer in January 1, 1977 (some idols debuted in the same year as her included Oba Kumiko and Takada Mizue). Her real name was hard to pronounce, several stage names were proposed but none sounded good enough, so it was decided to keep using her real name as stage name with the argument that "although it's hard to pronounce, but once you remember this name, it'll be hard to forget"

As a singer, Sakakibara Ikue has released a total of 39 singles and 17 original albums. There's no information about her total sales but incomplete data showing her ten highest selling singles have sold a total of 1,196,000 copies. Sakakibara Ikue has performed 6 times consecutively in Kohaku Uta Gassen 1978 - 1983. She has won 13 awards from 1976 - 1981. 

She was also a popular idol who appeared in a lot of dramas and commercials. As an actress, she has starred in 59 dramas (1977 - 2021) and 6 movies (1976 - 2022). She has also been regular cast in a lot of variety shows and tv programs from 1977 until now. In late 1970s, she appeared regularly in Japanese Disney programs, she even voiced Mickey Mouse in Japanese dub back then. 

Ikue was also known for her role in "Peter Pan" musical stage play. She played as Peter Pan one month a year, every summer for seven years

^ That was a popular show with high number of seats booked every time. She left the "Peter Pan" play in 1987 after her marriage. 

Tokyo Disneyland commercial near their grand opening in 1982

^ Ikue appeared in (7:00)

Sakakibara Ikue was also known as the presenter of "The Top Ten" from 1981 - 1986, co-hosted with Sakai Masaaki

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^ until they changed the show's name into "Uta no Top Ten" in 1986 and the female presenter was replaced by Ishino Mako(1986), and then Wada Akiko (1987)

This song is her signature song. Released in July 1, 1978, it reached #11 in Oricon chart with 202,000 sales, which is her highest selling song. She performed this song in Kohaku Uta Gassen 1978.

Her live performances:

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^ in "Yoru no Hit Studio"

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^ in "The Best Ten" that had their own ranking system independent from Oricon chart, this song reached #5

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^ in "The Best Ten" again, although she would become presenter of "The Top Ten" (their rival) in near future.

^ in "The Best Ten" again

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singing this song in 1984

probably in late 1980s

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This seems like in the 1990s

Ikue singing this song in 2015

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Her other performance in 2015:

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^ Hayami Yuu, Matsumoto Iyo and Ishino Mako were also there

Sakakibara Ikue in 2021, starring in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger

^ she will appear here and there since she was one of the regular casts but the video is too long and full of spoiler. (0:58) should be her best close up shot, and the thumbnail too.

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^ only appear in split second

^ 0:57

And.....the most recent one. This is Sakakibara Ikue in 2023