Kyoko Kano (叶 恭子 ,Kanō Kyōko?, born 7 October 1962 in Osaka) and Mika Kano (叶 美香 ,Kanō Mika?, born 23 September 1967 in Saijō, Ehime), known collectively as the Kano sisters (叶姉妹 ,Kanō shimai?), are Japanese celebrities.
The Kano Sisters say they are half-sisters with different mothers. There is also a 3rd "sister" named Harue, the second-oldest, who initially made appearances with the two. She eventually withdrew from the scene after marriage, according to industry sources, and now only intermittently appears with them. The lack of resemblance between them as well as their refusal to answer any questions about their age (even their reported ages are speculation) or past fuels speculation the three are not sisters at all, but just another group of tarento with a carefully crafted gimmick. Within Japan it is rumored that before becoming celebrities, they were high priced call girls for the jet set level.


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Trivia

* Mika Kano gave 1 million yen (approximately $10,000 at the time) of her own money to the relief fund in the wake of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995.[27]
* Both of the Kano Sisters appeared on the UK BBC Three television show Adam and Joe Go Tokyo . The Sisters were part of stunt in which presenters Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish tried to become famous in Japan by going on a pretend date with the famous sisters to try to get noticed by the media.
* Made a guest appearance in animated form in the 2008 revival of the Yattaman anime series.
* In 2000, the 20th Century Fox video entertainment unit anointed the Kano sisters Japan's most likely Bond girls.[28]
* Vanity Fair listed them in its "In & Out" column (Kano sisters "in," Hilton heiresses "out").
* The Japan Times listed them in its "Gongs and Goofs of 2002" column (Kabira Brothers "The In Crowd," Kano sisters "The Out Crowd").