Rinko Kikuchi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1981-01-06 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan

Rinko Kikuchi

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.

Acting

2006

Babel

as Chieko

2008

The Brothers Bloom

as Bang Bang

2023

Yoko

as Yoko

2009

Assault Girls

as Lucifer

2023

2008

The Sky Crawlers

as Suito Kusanagi (voice)

2008

Kill

as (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")

2013

47 Ronin

as Witch

2013

Pacific Rim

as Mako Mori

2001

2010

2009

Sideways

as Mina Parker

2007

Tokyo Serendipity

as Junda Atsuko

2004

The Taste of Tea

as Waitress At Noodle Shop

2022

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

as Colonel Sen Masago

2023

In Love and Deep Water

as Aina Horikawa

2014

Last Summer

as Naomi

2024

Trespassers

as Tanaka Akiko

2006

Arch Angels

as Nobuko Sakurai

2004

2015

Endless Night

as Allaka

2003

Age 17

as Hitomi

2011

2015

Dear Deer

as Onlooker

2004

2016

Terra Formars

as Asuka Moriki

2018

2011

Love Strikes!

as Naoko Hayashida

2006

2019

2010

Shanghai

as Sumiko (uncredited)

2024

WHO'S GONE

as Terada

Production

2014

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

as Executive Producer

2010

2019

I'm still here

as Screenplay

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