Miwa Kawagoe

Acting·January 3, 1973·† April 22, 2008 — 35 years old·Kagoshima, Japan

Miwa Kawagoe (川越美和) is a former Japanese pop singer, actress, and member 1950 of the gravure group Momoco Club.

Kawagoe Miwa first debuted as a idol singer on October 1988 with the single "Looking at You". Her fourth single, "Yume Dake Miteru", won her the Rookie of the Year award at the 31st Annual Nihon Record Taishou. At the same she debut as a singer, she debut as a variety show talent and an actress with her first drama being Jiken desu yo Heisei Gannen.

In the 1990s, Kawagoe Miwa briefly appeared under the name Hatause Kaoru. She continued to work in many doramas and movies until 2007 when she quit her agency and retired from the world of show business.