Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

Known for
Acting
Born
January 6, 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan

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

Photos

Rinko Kikuchi photoRinko Kikuchi photoRinko Kikuchi photoRinko Kikuchi photo

Filmography

2026
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! poster

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

Movie · as Haru

2026
いのこりぐみ poster

いのこりぐみ

Movie

2026
Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso da poster

Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso da

TV · as Mitsuko Omori · 4 eps

2025
Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie poster

Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie

Movie · as Ayvil Suzuki

2025
The Hot Spot poster

The Hot Spot

TV · as Masako Umemoto · 10 eps

2024
Trespassers poster

Trespassers

Movie · as Tanaka Akiko

2024
That Person Has Disappeared poster

That Person Has Disappeared

Movie · as Terada

2024
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out poster

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

TV · as Shosenkyo Reiko · 10 eps

2023
Yoko poster

Yoko

Movie · as Yoko

2023
Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter poster

Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter

Movie · as Kitashiro Urara

2023
In Love and Deep Water poster

In Love and Deep Water

Movie · as Aina Horikawa

2022
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? poster

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

Movie · as Colonel Sen Masago

2022
Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team poster

Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team

TV · as Machiko Aiba · 10 eps

2022
PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit poster

PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

TV · as Tatsuki Samejima · 11 eps

2022
Tokyo Vice poster

Tokyo Vice

TV · as Eimi Maruyama · 18 eps

2021
Invasion poster

Invasion

TV · as Hinata Murai · 6 eps

2020
The Dancing Kettle poster

The Dancing Kettle

Movie

2019
Aging Police / Resurrection Special poster

Aging Police / Resurrection Special

Movie

2019
We Are Little Zombies poster

We Are Little Zombies

Movie · as Yuko Ibu

2019
A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team– poster

A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–

TV · as Aiba Machiko · 6 eps

2018
Pacific Rim: Uprising poster

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Movie · as Mako Mori

2018
Weakest Beast poster

Weakest Beast

TV · as Kureha Tachibana · 10 eps

2018
Miss Sherlock poster

Miss Sherlock

TV · as Mitsuki Kurata · 1 ep

2017
A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake

A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake

Movie · as Etsuko

2017
Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi poster

Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi

Movie

2016
Terra Formars poster

Terra Formars

Movie · as Asuka Moriki

2016
Westworld poster

Westworld

TV · as Akane · 2 eps

2016
テラフォーマーズ/新たなる希望

テラフォーマーズ/新たなる希望

TV · 3 eps

2015
Endless Night poster

Endless Night

Movie · as Allaka

2015
Dear Deer poster

Dear Deer

Movie · as Onlooker

2015
To Give a Dream poster

To Give a Dream

TV · as Mikiko Abe · 4 eps

2014
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter poster

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Movie · as Kumiko

2014
Last Summer poster

Last Summer

Movie · as Naomi

2014
Gu Gu the Cat poster

Gu Gu the Cat

TV · as Chikako · 1 ep

2014
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out poster

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

TV · as Reiko Shosenkyo · 10 eps

2013
47 Ronin poster

47 Ronin

Movie · as Witch

2013
Pacific Rim poster

Pacific Rim

Movie · as Mako Mori

2013
The Frame poster

The Frame

TV · as Mako Mori · 1 ep

2012
It's Getting Late poster

It's Getting Late

Movie · as Anna

2011
The Warped Forest poster

The Warped Forest

Movie

2011
At River's Edge poster

At River's Edge

Movie · as Tazu

2011
Love Strikes! poster

Love Strikes!

Movie · as Naoko Hayashida

2010
Norwegian Wood poster

Norwegian Wood

Movie · as Naoko

2010
42 One Dream Rush poster

42 One Dream Rush

Movie

2010
Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe poster

Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe

Movie

2010
Shanghai poster

Shanghai

Movie · as Sumiko (uncredited)

2010
Love Strikes! poster

Love Strikes!

TV · as Naoko · 12 eps

2009
The Brothers Bloom poster

The Brothers Bloom

Movie · as Bang Bang

2009
Assault Girls poster

Assault Girls

Movie · as Lucifer

2009
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo poster

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

Movie · as Ryu

2009
Sideways poster

Sideways

Movie · as Mina Parker

2008
The Sky Crawlers poster

The Sky Crawlers

Movie · as Suito Kusanagi (voice)

2008
Kill poster

Kill

Movie · as (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")

2007
Genius Party poster

Genius Party

Movie · as Hazuki (Baby Blue segment) (voice)

2007
Tokyo Serendipity poster

Tokyo Serendipity

Movie · as Junda Atsuko

2007
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia poster

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

Movie · as Sayoko

2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes poster

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

Movie · as Self

2007
Liar Game poster

Liar Game

TV · as Ryo Katsuragi · 9 eps

2006
Babel poster

Babel

Movie · as Chieko

2006
Arch Angels poster

Arch Angels

Movie · as Nobuko Sakurai

2006
Umi de no hanashi poster

Umi de no hanashi

Movie · as Kaori

2005
Funky Forest: The First Contact poster

Funky Forest: The First Contact

Movie · as Kikuchi

2005
Portrait of the Wind poster

Portrait of the Wind

Movie

2004
The Taste of Tea poster

The Taste of Tea

Movie · as Waitress At Noodle Shop

2004
Making-of17才 poster

Making-of17才

Movie

2004
Tori

Tori

Movie

2004
69 poster

69

Movie

2004
Survive Style 5+ poster

Survive Style 5+

Movie

2004
The Motive poster

The Motive

Movie

2003
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name poster

Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name

Movie · as No. 51

2003
Age 17 poster

Age 17

Movie · as Hitomi

2002
The Phantom of August poster

The Phantom of August

Movie

2002
The Private Detective Mike poster

The Private Detective Mike

TV · 1 ep

2001
Hole in the Sky poster

Hole in the Sky

Movie · as Taeko

2001
Churasan poster

Churasan

TV · as Maiko Murayama · 156 eps

2000
By Player poster

By Player

Movie

1999
Will to Live poster

Will to Live

Movie

1999
Kawaii Dake ja Dame Kashira? poster

Kawaii Dake ja Dame Kashira?

TV · 10 eps

1997
School Ghost Story F poster

School Ghost Story F

Movie