Minako Honda (本田 美奈子, Honda Minako), born Minako Kudo (工藤 美奈子 Kudō Minako) was a Japanese idol and musical singer. She was referred to as "Japan's Madonna" because of her sexy fashion and live performances in the mid to late 1980s.Born July 31, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan, died November 6, 2005 at the age of 38 in Tokyo, Japan of leukemia.