Person
Rinko Kikuchi
Acting · Born 1981-01-06 · Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
Rinko Kikuchi, born Yuriko Kikuchi, January 6, 1981, is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories. The only other nominee was Miyoshi Umeki, who won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1957 for Sayonara.
Known for
Westworld
Akane
Pacific Rim
Mako Mori
Invasion
Hinata Murai
Liar Game
Ryo Katsuragi
Churasan
Maiko Murayama
Tokyo Vice
Eimi Maruyama
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Mako Mori
47 Ronin
Witch
Babel
Chieko
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Reiko Shosenkyo
Filmography
- 2026Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!Haru
- 2026いのこりぐみ
- 2026Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso daMitsuko Omori
- 2025Ya Boy Kongming! The MovieAyvil Suzuki
- 2025The Hot SpotMasako Umemoto
- 2024That Person Has DisappearedTerada
- 2024Hanasaki Mai Speaks OutShosenkyo Reiko
- 2024TrespassersTanaka Akiko
- 2023In Love and Deep WaterAina Horikawa
- 2023YokoYoko
- 2023Menstrual Uncle and His DaughterKitashiro Urara
- 2022PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care UnitTatsuki Samejima
- 2022Tokyo ViceEimi Maruyama
- 2022Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis TeamMachiko Aiba
- 2022What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?Colonel Sen Masago
- 2021InvasionHinata Murai
- 2020The Dancing Kettle
- 2019A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–Aiba Machiko
- 2019Aging Police / Resurrection Special
- 2019We Are Little ZombiesYuko Ibu
- 2019I'm still hereScreenplay
- 2018Weakest BeastKureha Tachibana
- 2018Miss SherlockMitsuki Kurata
- 2018Pacific Rim: UprisingMako Mori
- 2017Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi
- 2017A Story About Kagurazaka and SakeEtsuko
- 2016WestworldAkane
- 2016Terra FormarsAsuka Moriki
- 2016テラフォーマーズ／新たなる希望
- 2015Endless NightAllaka
- 2015Dear DeerOnlooker
- 2015To Give a DreamMikiko Abe
- 2014Kumiko, the Treasure HunterKumiko
- 2014Last SummerNaomi
- 2014Gu Gu the CatChikako
- 2014Hanasaki Mai Speaks OutReiko Shosenkyo
- 201347 RoninWitch
- 2013Pacific RimMako Mori
- 2013The FrameMako Mori
- 2012It's Getting LateAnna
- 2011The Warped Forest
- 2011Love Strikes!Naoko Hayashida
- 2011At River's EdgeTazu
- 2010Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe
- 2010Norwegian WoodNaoko
- 201042 One Dream Rush
- 2010Love Strikes!Naoko
- 2010ShanghaiSumiko (uncredited)
- 2009Assault GirlsLucifer
- 2009Map of the Sounds of TokyoRyu
- 2009SidewaysMina Parker
- 2008Kill(segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")
- 2008The Brothers BloomBang Bang
- 2008The Sky CrawlersSuito Kusanagi (voice)
- 2007Common Ground: Under Construction NotesSelf
- 2007Tokyo SerendipityJunda Atsuko
- 2007Genius Party
- 2007The Insects Unlisted in the EncyclopediaSayoko
- 2007Liar GameRyo Katsuragi
- 2006Umi de no hanashiKaori
- 2006BabelChieko
- 2006Arch AngelsNobuko Sakurai
- 2005Funky Forest: The First ContactKikuchi
- 2005Portrait of the Wind
- 2004The Motive
- 2004Survive Style 5+
- 2004The Taste of TeaWaitress At Noodle Shop
- 200469
- 2004Tori
- 2004Making-of１７才
- 2003Age 17Hitomi
- 2003Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No NameNo. 51
- 2002The Phantom of August
- 2002The Private Detective Mike
- 2001Hole in the SkyTaeko
- 2001ChurasanMaiko Murayama
- 2000By Player
- 1999Will to Live
- 1999Kawaii Dake ja Dame Kashira?
- 1997School Ghost Story F
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