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Emiko Kaminuma | |
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上沼 恵美子 | |
Born | Fukura (now Minamiawaji), Mihara District, Hyōgo, Japan | 13 April 1955
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Emiko Hashimoto 橋本恵美子 (birth name); Senri Unabara 海原千里 (former stage name, 1971-77) |
Years active |
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Agent | Kaminuma Jimusho |
Television | Kaiketsu Emi-channeru |
Spouse |
Shinpei Kaminuma (m. 1977) |
Relatives | Sister: Momoko Ashikawa (née Hashimoto), also known as Mari Unabara (former stage name) |
Emiko Kaminuma (上沼 恵美子, Kaminuma Emiko, born 13 April 1955, in Fukura (now Minamiawaji), Mihara District, Hyōgo)[1] is a Japanese comedian, singer, television presenter, YouTuber, and radio personality. Her maiden name is Hashimoto (橋本). Kaminuma is one of the leading broadcast personalities in the Kansai region. She has often appeared in Kansai local programs, and has garnered high ratings since the late 1990s.
She is married with two children. Kaminuma's husband is Shinpei Kaminuma, a Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV) television director, producer, executive director, and production director, as well as Media Pulpo (KTV's subsidiary) representative director and chairman. Kaminuma is represented by her agency, Kaminuma Jimusho. She dropped out of Empire Girls High School Owada School (now Osaka International Waseda High School).