Okinawa Actors School

Japanese Performing Arts School

Okinawa Actors School

Location

Ginowan, Okinawa

Japan

Information
Type| School
Established| 1983

Okinawa Actors School (沖縄アクターズスクール, Okinawa Akutāzu Sukūru) is a school in Ginowan, Okinawa which has another branch in Osaka. It was founded in 1983 by Masayuki Makino who became the first principal of the school. Many of the school's former students became popular J-pop stars especially in the 1990s.

## Notable alumni

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* Namie Amuro
* Hitoe Arakaki
* Rina Chinen
* D&D
* Da Pump
* Nanako Takushi
* Folder 5
* Gwinko
* Asuka Hinoi
* Hisako Arakaki
* Eriko Imai
* Meisa Kuroki
* Olivia Lufkin
* Anna Makino
* Ritsuko Matsuda
* MAX
* Misono
* Daichi Miura
* Reina Miyauchi
* Hikari Mitsushima
* Hiroko Shimabukuro
* Minako Inoue
* Speed
* Super Monkey's
* Takako Uehara
* Yu Yamada

## External links

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* Yomiuri Online Interview with Masayuki Makino
* School History (in Japanese)

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* Japan

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