Early Life
Okada was born on August 22, 1967 in the Ichinomiya Hospital, the second daughter of the Satō family. The Satōs family later moved to Nagoya. In elementary school, Okada loved to read, especially comic books, and she was a talented artist. In junior high school, Okada wanted to become a singer and applied for every possible audition, anything from major productions to the smallest talent recruitment, hoping to become a star. She was rejected every time until she was finally accepted to a TV talent program, Star Tanjō! on Nippon Television – similar to American Idol. In March 1983, she was the winner of "Star Tanjō!".
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