Koyuki

Biography

Koyuki Katō (born December 18, 1976), better known as Koyuki, is a Japanese model and actress. Koyuki was born in Zama, Kanagawa-ken. She started her modeling career in 1995 and has since starred in various Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films. She frequently appears in Japanese print and television campaigns for the electronics company Panasonic. She rose to fame in the drama Kimi wa petto (2003) with Jun Matsumoto and gained huge popularity. Her first international film was The Last Samurai (2003) where she played Taka, wife of a Samurai slain by the character Nathan Algren, portrayed by Tom Cruise, Koyuki was well-known in Japan for years before that. She first caught the attention of the public in 1997 by winning an exclusive modelling contract with the magazine Non-no, but quickly grew beyond modelling and has earned acclaim as an actress through her many roles on Japanese television and in several Japanese films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Koyuki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Known For

Taka

The Last Samurai

Onigen

Blood: The Last Vampire

Asuka Saegusa

ALIVE

Reiko Fukushima

桜色の風が咲く

Mizue

ランドリー

Harue Karasawa

回路

Hiromi Ishizaki

ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日

Hiromi Ishizaki

ALWAYS 続・三丁目の夕日

Sugaru

カムイ外伝

Saori

探偵はBARにいる

Hiromi Ishizaki

ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日 '64

コワイ童話「人魚姫」

O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)

嗤う伊右衛門

ケイゾク／映画 Beautiful Dreamer

Tenko

ゲゲゲの鬼太郎

Maya Yamabuki

わたし出すわ

Yoshiko Yamazaki

スパイ・ゾルゲ

杉原千畝 スギハラチウネ

Jam Films S

Kaede Katsuragi

百色眼鏡

信さん・炭坑町のセレナーデ

Tamaki Yoshizawa

ゴールドウーマン

女たちは二度遊ぶ

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