Kikuko Ireton, who co-founded "Movie/TV Marketing," a pioneering English-language trade journal about the domestic film industry, died in Tokyo on Thursday from complications of pneumonia.

Born on May 22, 1929, she was the second daughter of Shoichiro Kobayashi, a bank executive, and his wife, Fumiko.

She married Glenn Ireton, who came to Japan in 1951 and was working for the Civil Information and Education Section of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers, which governed Japan during the period of Allied Occupation from 1945 to 1952.