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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Pacific Rim (2013) — Mako Mori
2. Westworld (2016) — Akane
3. Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) — Mako Mori
4. 47 Ronin (2013) — Witch
5. Babel (2006) — Chieko
6. Invasion (2021) — Hinata Murai
7. The Brothers Bloom (2008) — Bang Bang
8. Tokyo Vice (2022) — Eimi Maruyama
9. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) — Kumiko
10. Terra Formars (2016) — Asuka Moriki
11. Norwegian Wood (2010) — Naoko
12. Survive Style 5+ (2004)
13. Shanghai (2010) — Sumiko (uncredited)
14. The Sky Crawlers (2008) — Suito Kusanagi (voice)
15. The Taste of Tea (2004) — Waitress At Noodle Shop
16. Liar Game (2007) — Ryo Katsuragi
17. Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009) — Ryu
18. Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005) — Kikuchi
19. Genius Party (2007)
20. Endless Night (2015) — Allaka
21. In Love and Deep Water (2023) — Aina Horikawa
22. Assault Girls (2009) — Lucifer
23. Miss Sherlock (2018) — Mitsuki Kurata
24. Love Strikes! (2011) — Naoko Hayashida
25. We Are Little Zombies (2019) — Yuko Ibu
26. The Hot Spot (2025) — Masako Umemoto
27. What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (2022) — Colonel Sen Masago
28. Trespassers (2024) — Tanaka Akiko
29. 69 (2004)
30. Tokyo Serendipity (2007) — Junda Atsuko
31. Arch Angels (2006) — Nobuko Sakurai
32. Love Strikes! (2010) — Naoko
33. Hole in the Sky (2001) — Taeko
34. Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name (2003) — No. 51
35. The Warped Forest (2011)
36. The Motive (2004)
37. Kill (2008) — (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")
38. To Give a Dream (2015) — Mikiko Abe
39. Weakest Beast (2018) — Kureha Tachibana
40. Will to Live (1999)

Directed

1. 42 One Dream Rush (2010) — Director