Kitagawa Keiko

As a young child Keiko was often sickly and spent a lot of time in the hospital (some say for anemia). It was there that she came to love the hard work and dedication that it took to be a doctor. Growing up, Keiko studied hard to fulfill her dream to become a doctor.

Her favorite artists are Destiny's Child, David Bowie, Se7en, Evanescence, Christina Aguilera, Fergie, U2, and RADWIMPS.

Her closest friends are Mew Azama, Miyuu Sawai, Ayaka Komatsu, Rika "Chisaki" Hama, and Kazuha Asaki.

Her name means: Kitagawa, north river. Keiko, blessed/ gifted child.

She has a pet cat, male, called Jill.

Since May 2007 she has been writing a column entitled Kiitan Hakusho for the Japanese weekly television listings magazine Weekly The Television. ("Kiitan" was her nickname at elementary school. "Hakusho" just means "blank paper".)

She grew up in kobe and lost many friends in the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995.

She has a younger brother.

Her hobbies are reading, writing and singing.

She once said to be Yamashita Tomohisa's girlfriend. But they have broke up now.

She's appeared in Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift as Reiko.

Her hobbies include calligraphy.

Her measurements are 75-53.5-81 centimeters (30-21-32 in).

She weighs 42 kilograms (93 lb).

She has also released a single as the character Rei Hino called "Sakura Fubuki', which she also performs on the show.

She has appeared in the films Mizu ni Sumu Hana and Mamiya Kyoudai and is set to appear in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Her specialties are badminton and swimming.

Her blood type is O.

Her height is 160 cm.

Kitagawa has recently signed on to co-star in a new live action movie "Mizu ni sumu hana" 「 水に棲む花」based on the manga of the same name.

Kitagawa is now making regular appearances in Seventeen magazine. She followed up her debut in issue #25 (2003) and has continued to appear every two weeks since then.

She made her Seventeen debut with a seven-page feature at the front of the Nov 01, 2003 [#25] issue.

Kitagawa Keiko was signed to an exclusive modeling contract with Japan's Seventeen magazine after being one of the winners of the 2003 audition.