Ikko (makeup artist)

Ikko (born Kazuyuki Toyoda (豊田 一幸, Toyoda Kazuyuki) on 20 January 1962 in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese trans woman make-up artist and TV personality. The name "Ikko" comes from an alternative reading of the Japanese name "一幸" (Ikkō).

Born on 20 January 1962, Ikko graduated from a beauty college in Fukuoka Prefecture, and trained as a makeup artist for eight years before opening "Atelier Ikko", a make-up studio, in 1992.

As of October 2008, Ikko regularly appears on the following TV programmes.

• Onē Mans (おネエ★MANS) (Nippon Television)
• Sekai Baribari Value (世界バリバリ☆バリュー) (Mainichi Broadcasting System)
• Mentai Wide (めんたいワイド) (Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Wednesday commentator)

Ikko has published the following books.

• IKKOの振袖ロマンティック, 2004, ISBN 4-391-61976-8
• IKKOウェディング――永遠のガーリッシュウェディング, 2005, ISBN 4-391-62110-X
• 超オンナ磨き〜美のカリスマIKKOの幸せを呼ぶゴールデンルール, July 2006, ISBN 4-7762-0336-7

• Ikko Profile. Retrieved on 28 April 2015. (Japanese)

In December 2007, Ikko released a CD single titled "Dondake no Hōsoku". The single also included a cover of "Dō ni mo tomaranai", a 1972 hit song originally performed by Linda Yamamoto.