Sawako Agawa

Sawako Agawa was born in Tokyo on 1 November 1953. Her father is the novelist Hiroyuki Agawa; and her elder brother Naoyuki Agawa is a former diplomat who, since 1999, has been a professor of law at Keio University. After graduation from Toyo Eiwa junior high school and high school (a private all-girls school, Christian school located in Minato, Tokyo), Agawa graduated from Keio University with the Bachelor of Letters degree in Western Historiography. She writes for Shūkan Bunshun. == Career ==

Agawa started her career in Japanese television, first as a reporter, then as a news reader. She appears on a variety of programs, including talk shows, quiz programs, and interview shows. In 1992 she became an interviewer, conducting 1,000 interviews with a wide variety of people including actors, athletes, and writers. ==Filmography==

Films • Colorful (2000), Mother • Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Bōken (2014), Sayuri Sasaki • Homestay (2022) • Egoist (2023) • The Boy and the Heron (2023), Eriko (voice) Television • Toto Neechan (2016), Shizuko Sawa • Rikuoh (2017), Akemi Masaoka • Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau (2021) ==Honours and awards==

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