Koyuki
Known For
Acting
Born
1976-12-18 in 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.
Most Known For
The Naked Director
as Kayo
Legal High
as Kiwa Ando / 安藤貴和
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last Samurai
as Taka
Shomuni
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
as Kana Matsui
Time Limit Investigator
as Misako Kaminuma
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
as Hiromi Ishizaki
Always - Sunset on Third Street
as Hiromi Ishizaki
Sanctuary
as Hana
Detective Lovesick
as Yumi Hagio
Today's Nekomura
as Inugami Saeko
You're My Pet
as 巌谷スミレ
The Waste Land
as Chisato Akitsu
Engine
as Tomomi Mizukoshi
Pulse
as Harue Karasawa
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
as Momoko Izuka
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
as 柏倉 幸子
My Husband
as Chizuru Toyama（遠山 千鶴）
Love Complex
as Kiiko Ninagawa