Akiko Wada is Japanese with Korean ethnicity. She was born Kim Bok-ja, but when she took Japanese citizenship, her name became Akiko Wada. At age 17, she dropped out of school and performed in clubs. She was signed to the Horipro entertainment agency and released her debut single, “Hoshizora no Kodoku” in 1968 and had her first hit the next year with “Doshaburi no Ame no Naka de”. She performed on Kōhaku Uta Gassen, a music show broadcast live every New Year's Eve, in 1970 and has performed over 30 times on the show since then. She received the award for Best Song at the 1972 Japan Record Awards for “Ano Kane wo Narasu no wa Anata”. She played the voice of as Bowser in Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!.She has also voiced Marge Simpson in the Japanese version of The Simpsons Movie. She also performed with the music group M-Flo on the song “Hey!” on their 2005 album Beat Space Nine. Wada performed at the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York in September 2008 as part of her 40th debut anniversary tour
The “Stray Cat Rock”-series was designed by Nikkatsu to compete with Toei's “Delinquent Boss”-series, in an effort of the company at the time, to attract more youth audiences to its movies, an approach that also included the appearances of pop idols and rock bands, as either themselves or playing supporting character. The first film of the series, “Delinquent Girl Boss”, was co-produced by talent agency Horipro, that also represented Akiko Wada, who was the protagonist. From the soundtrack of the movie, here is “Boy and Girl”
