Actor
Rinko Kikuchi
- Born January 6, 1981 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
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
Pacific Rim2013
Westworld2016
Pacific Rim: Uprising2018
47 Ronin2013
Babel2006
Invasion2021
The Brothers Bloom2009
Tokyo Vice2022
Filmography
- 2026Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!FilmHaru, Executive Producer
- 2026いのこりぐみFilm
- 2026Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso daSeriesMitsuko Omori
- 2025The Hot SpotSeriesMasako Umemoto
- 2025Ya Boy Kongming! The MovieFilmAyvil Suzuki
- 2024TrespassersFilmTanaka Akiko
- 2024That Person Has DisappearedFilmTerada
- 2024Hanasaki Mai Speaks OutSeriesShosenkyo Reiko
- 2023In Love and Deep WaterFilmAina Horikawa
- 2023YokoFilmYoko
- 2023Menstrual Uncle and His DaughterFilmKitashiro Urara
- 2022Tokyo ViceSeriesEimi Maruyama
- 2022What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?FilmColonel Sen Masago
- 2022Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis TeamSeriesMachiko Aiba
- 2022PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care UnitSeriesTatsuki Samejima
- 2021InvasionSeriesHinata Murai
- 2020The Dancing KettleFilm
- 2019We Are Little ZombiesFilmYuko Ibu
- 2019A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–SeriesAiba Machiko
- 2019Aging Police / Resurrection SpecialFilm
- 2019I'm still hereFilmScreenplay
- 2018Pacific Rim: UprisingFilmMako Mori
- 2018Miss SherlockSeriesMitsuki Kurata
- 2018Weakest BeastSeriesKureha Tachibana
- 2017Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashiFilm
- 2017A Story About Kagurazaka and SakeFilmEtsuko
- 2016WestworldSeriesAkane
- 2016Terra FormarsFilmAsuka Moriki
- 2016テラフォーマーズ／新たなる希望Series
- 2015Endless NightFilmAllaka
- 2015To Give a DreamSeriesMikiko Abe
- 2015Dear DeerFilmOnlooker
- 2014Kumiko, the Treasure HunterFilmKumiko, Executive Producer
- 2014Last SummerFilmNaomi
- 2014Gu Gu the CatSeriesChikako
- 2014Hanasaki Mai Speaks OutSeriesReiko Shosenkyo
- 2013Pacific RimFilmMako Mori
- 201347 RoninFilmWitch
- 2013The FrameSeriesMako Mori
- 2012It's Getting LateFilmAnna
- 2011Love Strikes!FilmNaoko Hayashida
- 2011The Warped ForestFilm
- 2011At River's EdgeFilmTazu
- 2010Norwegian WoodFilmNaoko
- 2010ShanghaiFilmSumiko (uncredited)
- 2010Love Strikes!SeriesNaoko
- 201042 One Dream RushFilmDirector
- 2010Good-bye, Robinson CrusoeFilm
- 2009The Brothers BloomFilmBang Bang
- 2009Map of the Sounds of TokyoFilmRyu
- 2009Assault GirlsFilmLucifer
- 2009SidewaysFilmMina Parker
- 2008The Sky CrawlersFilmSuito Kusanagi (voice)
- 2008KillFilm(segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")
- 2007Liar GameSeriesRyo Katsuragi
- 2007Genius PartyFilm
- 2007Tokyo SerendipityFilmJunda Atsuko
- 2007The Insects Unlisted in the EncyclopediaFilmSayoko
- 2007Common Ground: Under Construction NotesFilmSelf
- 2006BabelFilmChieko
- 2006Arch AngelsFilmNobuko Sakurai
- 2006Umi de no hanashiFilmKaori
- 2005Funky Forest: The First ContactFilmKikuchi
- 2005Portrait of the WindFilm
- 2004Survive Style 5+Film
- 2004The Taste of TeaFilmWaitress At Noodle Shop
- 200469Film
- 2004The MotiveFilm
- 2004ToriFilm
- 2004Making-of１７才Film
- 2003Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No NameFilmNo. 51
- 2003Age 17FilmHitomi
- 2002The Private Detective MikeSeries
- 2002The Phantom of AugustFilm
- 2001Hole in the SkyFilmTaeko
- 2001ChurasanSeriesMaiko Murayama
- 2000By PlayerFilm
- 1999Will to LiveFilm
- 1999Kawaii Dake ja Dame Kashira?Series
- 1997School Ghost Story FFilm