Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 6, 1981
Place of Birth:
Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Hot Spot | Masako Umemoto |
| 2024 | Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out | Shosenkyo Reiko |
| 2022 | Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team | Machiko Aiba |
| 2022 | PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | Tatsuki Samejima |
| 2022 | Tokyo Vice | Eimi Maruyama |
| 2021 | Invasion | Hinata Murai |
| 2019 | A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team– | Aiba Machiko |
| 2018 | Weakest Beast | Kureha Tachibana |
| 2018 | Miss Sherlock | Mitsuki Kurata |
| 2016 | Westworld | Akane |
| 2015 | To Give a Dream | Mikiko Abe |
| 2014 | Gu Gu the Cat | Chikako |
| 2014 | Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out | Reiko Shosenkyo（昇仙峡 玲子） |
| 2013 | The Frame | Mako Mori |
| 2010 | Love Strikes! | Naoko |
| 2007 | LIAR GAME | Ryo Katsuragi |
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike | |
| 2001 | Churasan | Maiko Murayama |