Noriko Ogawa (小川範子, Ogawa Noriko), born Shigemi Tanimoto (谷本重美, Tanimoto Shigemi), is a Japanese actress and J-pop singer born in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan on 20 July 1973.
[1] At the age of 6, she made appearance on the ominous photobook Little Angels Shoujo no Uta published under Hoei TV Production under the real name Shigemi Tanimoto.
[2] During the same time, she made acting debut as a child actress in the television drama series Tetsudou Kouankan.
In 1986, her acting in the television drama Ai no Arashi has been in the centre of attention from both audience and critics.
[2][3] In 1987, she changed her stage to Noriko Ogawa, whom on the same year she made singing debut with single Namida o Tabanete under Taurus Records.