Koyuki

Koyuki

Known for
Acting
Born
December 18, 1976 (age 49)
Birthplace
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. ​

Known For

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Filmography

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小雪と発酵おばあちゃん poster

小雪と発酵おばあちゃん

TV · 1 ep

2026
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas poster

We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas

TV · as Mirei Fujisaki · 10 eps

2026
The Light We Cast poster

The Light We Cast

TV · as Hoshino Momoka · 11 eps

2026
Legal Beat poster

Legal Beat

TV · as Asumi Yukimura · 11 eps

2026
Crossroad poster

Crossroad

TV · as Machi Nomiya · 9 eps

2025
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year poster

The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year

Movie

2024
Sky Castle poster

Sky Castle

TV · 9 eps

2024
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜

つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2023
Sanctuary poster

Sanctuary

TV · as Hana · 8 eps

2022
A Mother's Touch poster

A Mother's Touch

Movie · as Reiko Fukushima

2020
Today's Nekomura poster

Today's Nekomura

TV · as Inugami Saeko · 24 eps

2020
Bones of Steel poster

Bones of Steel

TV · 5 eps

2019
Top League poster

Top League

TV · 6 eps

2019
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~ poster

Trace ~ Men of the science school ~

TV · as Ritsuko Kaizuka · 11 eps

2019
The Naked Director poster

The Naked Director

TV · as Kayo · 2 eps

2017
Flat Broke Mom poster

Flat Broke Mom

TV · as Yuzuko Nanakusa · 10 eps

2016
Gold Woman poster

Gold Woman

Movie · as Tamaki Yoshizawa

2016
Fragile poster

Fragile

TV · as Madoka Hosoki · 10 eps

2015
Persona Non Grata poster

Persona Non Grata

Movie

2014
The Long Goodbye poster

The Long Goodbye

TV · as Aiko Kamiido · 5 eps

2013
Onna Nobunaga poster

Onna Nobunaga

TV · 2 eps

2012
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 poster

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

Movie · as Hiromi Ishizaki

2012
Legal High poster

Legal High

TV · as Kiwa Ando · 10 eps

2012
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue poster

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

2011
Phone Call to the Bar poster

Phone Call to the Bar

Movie · as Saori

2010
Forget Me Not poster

Forget Me Not

Movie

2010
Women Play Twice poster

Women Play Twice

Movie

2010
Detective Lovesick poster

Detective Lovesick

TV · as Yumi Hagio · 1 ep

2009
Blood: The Last Vampire poster

Blood: The Last Vampire

Movie · as Onigen

2009
Kamui poster

Kamui

Movie · as Sugaru

2009
It's On Me poster

It's On Me

Movie · as Maya Yamabuki

2009
Wasted Land poster

Wasted Land

TV · as Chisato Akitsu · 19 eps

2009
MR.BRAIN poster

MR.BRAIN

TV · 1 ep

2008
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki poster

The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki

TV · as Ritsuko Sasaki · 10 eps

2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 poster

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

Movie · as Hiromi Ishizaki

2007
Kitaro poster

Kitaro

Movie · as Tenko

2006
Time Limit Investigator poster

Time Limit Investigator

TV · as Misako Kaminuma · 1 ep

2005
Always - Sunset on Third Street poster

Always - Sunset on Third Street

Movie · as Hiromi Ishizaki

2005
Engine poster

Engine

TV · as Tomomi Mizukoshi · 11 eps

2004
Warau Iemon poster

Warau Iemon

Movie · as O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)

2004
Jam Films S poster

Jam Films S

Movie

2004
The Way We Live poster

The Way We Live

TV · as Yura Kitajima · 12 eps

2003
The Last Samurai poster

The Last Samurai

Movie · as Taka

2003
Alive poster

Alive

Movie · as Asuka Saegusa

2003
Spy Sorge poster

Spy Sorge

Movie · as Yoshiko Yamazaki

2003
Kaleidoscope poster

Kaleidoscope

Movie · as Kaede Katsuragi

2003
You're My Pet poster

You're My Pet

TV · as Sumire Iwaya · 10 eps

2003
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters poster

The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters

TV · as Sachiko Kashiwakura · 10 eps

2002
Laundry poster

Laundry

Movie · as Mizue

2002
Searchin' for My Polestar poster

Searchin' for My Polestar

TV · as Mifuyu Sawamura · 12 eps

2002
Psycho Doctor poster

Psycho Doctor

TV · as Reiko · 1 ep

2001
Pulse poster

Pulse

Movie · as Harue Karasawa

2001
Don't Let Your Money Down

Don't Let Your Money Down

TV · 10 eps

2001
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop poster

Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop

TV · as Momoko Izuka · 11 eps

2001
I Wanna Fall in Love poster

I Wanna Fall in Love

TV · as Kuroki Reiko · 1 ep

2001
My Husband poster

My Husband

TV · as Chizuru Toyama · 12 eps

2000
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer poster

Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer

Movie

2000
Ikebukuro West Gate Park poster

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

TV · as Kana Matsui · 11 eps

2000
Love Complex poster

Love Complex

TV · as Kiiko Ninagawa · 11 eps

2000
Beautiful Life poster

Beautiful Life

TV · as Satsuki Nakajima · 3 eps

2000
Legendary Teacher poster

Legendary Teacher

TV · as Aya Saito(斎藤 アヤ) · 1 ep

1999
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid poster

Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid

Movie

1999
恋愛結婚の法則 poster

恋愛結婚の法則

TV · 12 eps

1999
The Rules of Marrying for Love poster

The Rules of Marrying for Love

TV · 12 eps

1998
Can't Hurry for Love poster

Can't Hurry for Love

TV · 12 eps

1998
Tabloid poster

Tabloid

TV · 10 eps