Biography

Tomoko Nakayama (中山智子, Nakayama Tomoko, born February 13, 1967), better known as Tomoko Ikuta (生田智子, Ikuta Tomoko), is a Japanese actress. Her skills are dancing and horseback riding. She is a regular model for Mart. Her husband is footballer Masashi Nakayama. Ikuta was born in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. After starring in some work as a child actress, in 1983, she debuted in the film, Vienna Story: Gemini • Y and S (Vienna Monogatari Gemini Y to S). She graduated from Yamazaki Gakuen Fujimi High School and Japan Women's College of Physical Education. In 1996, Ikuta married Júbilo Iwata professional footballer Masashi Nakayama.

In 2004, they had their first child. Ikuta dubbed in the South Korean drama, Dae Jang Geum. She is also a mother tarento and worked as a model.

In 2011, with her husband, they won 4th Platinum Couple Awards.