Yoko Narita was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her first name means “child of the sun.” She attended Toyo Eiwa Girls School where she received the highest level of recognition as a student, and later graduated from Seikei University in Tokyo, majoring in politics and economics. Yoko worked for a magazine publishing company as a sportswriter and translator. In 1978, she moved to Los Angeles as a foreign correspondent for The Hochi Shimbun, one of the largest sport newspapers in Japan. During that time, she covered three Olympic Games, three Super Bowls, four World Series, and numerous other big sports events. In 1980, she received the newspaper’s President Award for breaking the story on Akira Fuse and Olivia Hussey’s wedding in Miami, Florida. In 1985, Yoko became the first Asian member of the HFPA. Around this time, she published a book, “All About UCLA.” Since 1990, she has been a freelance writer and has been writing articles on actors, directors as well as big Hollywood events for publications like Kinema Junpo (bi-monthly), Screen Magazine Japan (monthly) and the Bungei Shunju (monthly).