Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 18, 1976
Place of Birth:
Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Koyuki
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year | |
| 2022 | A Mother's Touch | Reiko Fukushima |
| 2016 | Gold Woman | Tamaki Yoshizawa |
| 2015 | Persona Non Grata | |
| 2012 | Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 | Hiromi Ishizaki |
| 2011 | Phone Call to the Bar | Saori |
| 2010 | Forget Me Not | |
| 2010 | Women Play Twice | |
| 2009 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Onigen |
| 2009 | Kamui | Sugaru |
| 2009 | It's On Me | Maya Yamabuki |
| 2007 | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 | Hiromi Ishizaki |
| 2007 | Kitaro | Tenko |
| 2005 | Always - Sunset on Third Street | Hiromi Ishizaki |
| 2005 | Jam Films S | |
| 2004 | Warau Iemon | O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa) |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Taka |
| 2003 | Alive | Asuka Saegusa |
| 2003 | Spy Sorge | Yoshiko Yamazaki |
| 2003 | Kaleidoscope | Kaede Katsuragi |
| 2002 | Laundry | Mizue |
| 2001 | Pulse | Harue Karasawa |
| 2000 | Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer | |
| 1999 | Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid |