Tokiko Iwatani

Born Tokiko Iwatani (岩谷トキ子, Iwatani Tokiko) in Seoul, Korea, she moved with her family to Japan at the age of 5, where they settled in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.

After attending schools in her hometown she entered the English Literature Department of Kobe College, and graduated in 1939.

She then joined the publishing department of the Takarazuka Revue, where she became acquainted with the future star Fubuki Koshiji.

[1] After becoming a full-time independent lyricist in 1963,[2] she wrote the lyrics to or translated over 3000 songs,[3] for singers or groups including The Peanuts, Yūzō Kayama, Frank Nagai, Hiromi Go, and translated the lyrics of, among others, Hymne à l'amour, Save the Last Dance for Me, Million Roses, My Way, and the musicals Kiss Me, Kate, Anne of Green Gables – The Musical, Me and My Girl, and Les Misérables.

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