Koyuki
Known for: Acting
Born: December 18, 1976
Place of birth: Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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Filmography
24 movies · 41 TV shows, newest first
NR
Legal Beat
2026
NR
Crossroad
2026
7.0
The Light We Cast
2026
7.0
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
2026
9.0
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025NR
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
2024
NR
Sky Castle
2024
7.8
Sanctuary
2023
6.0
A Mother's Touch
2022
7.1
Bones of Steel
2020
7.3
Today's Nekomura
2020
7.8
Top League
2019
7.3
The Naked Director
2019
7.8
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
2019
NR
Flat Broke Mom
2017
NR
Gold Woman
2016
7.8
Fragile
2016
6.8
Persona Non Grata
2015
6.8
The Long Goodbye
2014
NR
Onna Nobunaga
2013
9.3
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
8.5
Legal High
2012
7.2
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
7.1
Phone Call to the Bar
2011
NR
Forget Me Not
2010
7.2
Detective Lovesick
2010
6.0
Women Play Twice
2010
NR
It's On Me
2009
6.3
Wasted Land
2009
6.1
Kamui
2009
7.1
MR.BRAIN
2009
5.9
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
7.0
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
2008
7.1
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
5.5
Kitaro
2007
6.7
Time Limit Investigator
2006
7.7
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
7.2
Engine
2005
6.4
Jam Films S
2004
6.3
Warau Iemon
2004
6.0
The Way We Live
2004
7.6
The Last Samurai
2003
5.0
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
2003
5.8
Alive
2003
6.6
Spy Sorge
2003
7.5
You're My Pet
2003
8.0
Kaleidoscope
2003
7.7
Psycho Doctor
2002
NR
Searchin' for My Polestar
2002
6.2
Laundry
2002
7.4
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
7.0
I Wanna Fall in Love
2001
6.2
My Husband
2001
6.7
Pulse
2001NR
Don't Let Your Money Down
2001
7.0
Love Complex
2000
2.5
Legendary Teacher
2000
7.4
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000
6.3
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000
8.2
Beautiful Life
2000
NR
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
10.0
恋愛結婚の法則
1999
NR
The Rules of Marrying for Love
1999
10.0
Tabloid
1998
NR
Can't Hurry for Love
1998