Koyuki
Acting
- Born:
- 1976-12-18
- Place of birth:
- Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
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
Filmography
Legal Beat
Crossroad
The Light We Cast
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
Sky Castle
Sanctuary
A Mother's Touch
Bones of Steel
Today's Nekomura
Top League
The Naked Director
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
Flat Broke Mom
Gold Woman
Fragile
Persona Non Grata
The Long Goodbye
Onna Nobunaga
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
Legal High
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Phone Call to the Bar
Forget Me Not
Detective Lovesick
Women Play Twice
It's On Me
Wasted Land
Kamui
MR.BRAIN
Blood: The Last Vampire
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Kitaro
Time Limit Investigator
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Engine
Jam Films S
Warau Iemon
The Way We Live
The Last Samurai
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
Alive
Spy Sorge
You're My Pet
Kaleidoscope
Psycho Doctor
Searchin' for My Polestar
Laundry
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
I Wanna Fall in Love
My Husband
Pulse
Don't Let Your Money Down
Love Complex
Legendary Teacher
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
Beautiful Life
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
恋愛結婚の法則
The Rules of Marrying for Love
Tabloid
Can't Hurry for Love
小雪と発酵おばあちゃん