Iijima Naoko hails from Yokohama, Japan's second largest city, where she was born. As a child she would walk along the ocean at Yamashita Park and enjoy the views. She was scouted at her part-time job. She began her career in 1988 on the late-night information program Wide Show 11 Pm (which ceased production in 1990) as an assistant on Nippon TV ...