Koyuki
Acting
Born: December 18, 1976 (age 49) · Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Last Samurai
2003
Pulse
2001
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
The Naked Director
2019
Legal High
2012
Sanctuary
2023
Alive
2003
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
Kamui
2009
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
Photos (5)
Movies (24)
The Last Samurai
Taka
Pulse
Harue Karasawa
Blood: The Last Vampire
Onigen
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Hiromi Ishizaki
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Hiromi Ishizaki
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Hiromi Ishizaki
Kamui
Sugaru
Women Play Twice
2010
Spy Sorge
Yoshiko Yamazaki
Alive
Asuka Saegusa
Phone Call to the Bar
Saori
It's On Me
Maya Yamabuki
Kitaro
Tenko
Persona Non Grata
2015
Jam Films S
2004
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000
Laundry
Mizue
Forget Me Not
2010
Gold Woman
Tamaki Yoshizawa
Warau Iemon
O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
A Mother's Touch
Reiko Fukushima
Kaleidoscope
Kaede Katsuragi
TV Shows (38)
The Naked Director
Kayo · 2 eps
Time Limit Investigator
Misako Kaminuma · 1 eps
Legal High
Kiwa Ando · 10 eps
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
Ritsuko Kaizuka · 11 eps
Wasted Land
Chisato Akitsu · 19 eps
Sanctuary
Hana · 8 eps
Detective Lovesick
Yumi Hagio · 1 eps
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Kana Matsui · 11 eps
My Husband
Chizuru Toyama · 12 eps
Psycho Doctor
Reiko · 1 eps
Sky Castle
9 eps
Engine
Tomomi Mizukoshi · 11 eps
Fragile
Madoka Hosoki · 10 eps
MR.BRAIN
1 eps
You're My Pet
Sumire Iwaya · 10 eps
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
Ritsuko Sasaki · 10 eps
Beautiful Life
Satsuki Nakajima · 3 eps
Bones of Steel
5 eps
Today's Nekomura
Inugami Saeko · 24 eps
The Long Goodbye
Aiko Kamiido · 5 eps
Legendary Teacher
Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ） · 1 eps
Crossroad
Machi Nomiya · 9 eps
Top League
6 eps
Searchin' for My Polestar
Mifuyu Sawamura · 12 eps
The Light We Cast
Hoshino Momoka · 11 eps
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
Momoko Izuka · 11 eps
Onna Nobunaga
2 eps
恋愛結婚の法則
12 eps
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
Sachiko Kashiwakura · 10 eps
The Way We Live
Yura Kitajima · 12 eps
Love Complex
Kiiko Ninagawa · 11 eps
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
Mirei Fujisaki · 10 eps
Flat Broke Mom
Yuzuko Nanakusa · 10 eps
I Wanna Fall in Love
Kuroki Reiko · 1 eps
Can't Hurry for Love
12 eps
The Rules of Marrying for Love
12 eps
Tabloid
10 eps
Legal Beat
Asumi Yukimura · 11 eps
