About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1976-12-18
Place of birth:
Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Koyuki

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2024 I want to tell you~We live in an age of infectious diseases~ Actor N/A
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2024 Sky Castle Actor N/A
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2023 Sanctuary Actor Hana 72
Good
2022 A Mother's Touch Actor Reiko Fukushima 59
Average
2020 Bones of Steel Actor 70
Good
2020 Today's Nekomura Actor Inugami Saeko 69
Fair
2019 Top League Actor N/A
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2019 Trace ~ Men of the science school ~ Actor Ritsuko Kaizuka 70
Good
2017 Flat Broke Mom Actor Yuzuko Nanakusa N/A
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2016 Gold Woman Actor Tamaki Yoshizawa N/A
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2016 Fragile Actor Madoka Hosoki 70
Good
2015 Persona Non Grata Actor 59
Average
2014 The Long Goodbye Actor Aiko Kamiido 69
Fair
2013 Onna Nobunaga Actor N/A
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2012 Legal High Actor 安藤貴和 78
Good
2012 Legal High Actor 安藤貴和（あんどう きわ）〈35〉 78
Good
2012 Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 Actor Hiromi Ishizaki 59
Average
2011 Phone Call to the Bar Actor Saori 59
Average
2010 Forget Me Not Actor N/A
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2010 Women Play Twice Actor 59
Average
2009 It's On Me Actor Maya Yamabuki N/A
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2009 The Waste Land Actor Chisato Akitsu 69
Fair
2009 Kamui Actor Sugaru 59
Average
2009 Blood: The Last Vampire Actor Onigen 58
Average
2008 The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki Actor Ritsuko Sasaki 69
Fair
2007 Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 Actor Hiromi Ishizaki 59
Average
2007 Kitaro Actor Tenko 58
Average
2005 Always - Sunset on Third Street Actor Hiromi Ishizaki 60
Fair
2005 Engine Actor Tomomi Mizukoshi 70
Good
2005 Jam Films S Actor 59
Average
2004 Warau Iemon Actor O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa) 59
Average
2004 The Way We Live Actor Yura Kitajima 69
Fair
2003 The Last Samurai Actor Taka 74
Good
2003 The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters Actor 柏倉 幸子 69
Fair
2003 Alive Actor Asuka Saegusa 58
Average
2003 Spy Sorge Actor Yoshiko Yamazaki 59
Average
2003 You're My Pet Actor 巌谷スミレ 70
Good
2003 Kaleidoscope Actor Kaede Katsuragi 59
Average
2002 Searchin' for My Polestar Actor Mifuyu Sawamura N/A
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2002 Laundry Actor Mizue 59
Average
2001 Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop Actor Momoko Izuka 69
Fair
2001 Pulse Actor Harue Karasawa 62
Fair
2001 Don't Let Your Money Down Actor N/A
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2000 Love Complex Actor Kiiko Ninagawa 69
Fair
2000 Ikebukuro West Gate Park Actor Kana Matsui 71
Good
2000 Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer Actor 58
Average
1999 Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid Actor N/A
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1999 恋爱结婚の法则 Actor N/A
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1999 The Rules of Marrying for Love Actor N/A
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1998 Tabloid Actor N/A
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1998 Can't Hurry for Love Actor N/A
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