Tenko Hikita II (二代目・引田 天功, Nidaime (Second Generation) Hikita Tenkō) (born Mariko Itakura (板倉 満里子, Itakura Mariko); June 29, 1959), best known under the stage name of Princess Tenko and formerly Mari Asakaze (朝風 まり, Asakaze Mari), is a Japanese pop singer turned magician specialising in grand illusions.
In 1989, she was named Magician of the Year by the Academy of Magical Arts in Hollywood, becoming the first woman and the second Asian person to win the title.
She debuted in North America at the Radio City Music Hall in 1994, and subsequently achieved worldwide fame.
So Tenko would only stated that the purpose of her visit was to perform at the Friendship Art Festival held in Pyongyang and to meet Korean artists there.
[3] Tenko met Kim Jong Il for the last time at a 2009 dinner party where he reportedly drank several glasses of whisky and later joked around with her.
[4][5] Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic, the cartoon series based on her by Saban, is centered on Princess Tenko leading a team of warriors (Bolt, Hawk, Steel and apprentice Ali) called the Guardians who tried to amass the scattered and stolen magical Starfire Gems, each of which had a special power.