Rinko Kikuchi

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Rinko Kikuchi

Acting 45 January 6, 1981

Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan

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 currentl…

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Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim

6.9 2013 Movie
Westworld

Westworld

8.0 2016 TV Show
Pacific Rim: Uprising

Pacific Rim: Uprising

6.1 2018 Movie
47 Ronin

47 Ronin

6.2 2013 Movie
Babel

Babel

7.2 2006 Movie
Invasion

Invasion

7.1 2021 TV Show
The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom

6.6 2008 Movie
Tokyo Vice

Tokyo Vice

7.9 2022 TV Show
Terra Formars

Terra Formars

6.1 2016 Movie
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

6.6 2014 Movie
Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood

6.4 2010 Movie
Survive Style 5+

Survive Style 5+

7.3 2004 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

    Movie Haru

  2. 2026
    いのこりぐみ

    Movie

  3. 2026
    Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso da

    TV show Mitsuko Omori

  4. 2025
    Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie

    Movie Ayvil Suzuki

  5. 2025
    The Hot Spot

    TV show Masako Umemoto

  6. 2024
    That Person Has Disappeared

    Movie Terada

  7. 2024
    Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

    TV show Shosenkyo Reiko

  8. 2024
    Trespassers

    Movie Tanaka Akiko

  9. 2023
    In Love and Deep Water

    Movie Aina Horikawa

  10. 2023
    Yoko

    Movie Yoko

  11. 2023
    Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter

    Movie Kitashiro Urara

  12. 2022
    PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

    TV show Tatsuki Samejima

  13. 2022
    Tokyo Vice

    TV show Eimi Maruyama

  14. 2022
    Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team

    TV show Machiko Aiba

  15. 2022
    What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

    Movie Colonel Sen Masago

  16. 2021
    Invasion

    TV show Hinata Murai

More credits
  1. 2020
    The Dancing Kettle

    Movie

  2. 2019
    A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–

    TV show Aiba Machiko

  3. 2019
    Aging Police / Resurrection Special

    Movie

  4. 2019
    We Are Little Zombies

    Movie Yuko Ibu

  5. 2019
    I'm still here

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 2018
    Weakest Beast

    TV show Kureha Tachibana

  7. 2018
    Miss Sherlock

    TV show Mitsuki Kurata

  8. 2018
    Pacific Rim: Uprising

    Movie Mako Mori

  9. 2017
    Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi

    Movie

  10. 2017
    A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake

    Movie Etsuko

  11. 2016
    Westworld

    TV show Akane

  12. 2016
    Terra Formars

    Movie Asuka Moriki

  13. 2016
    テラフォーマーズ／新たなる希望

    TV show

  14. 2015
    Endless Night

    Movie Allaka

  15. 2015
    Dear Deer

    Movie Onlooker

  16. 2015
    To Give a Dream

    TV show Mikiko Abe

  17. 2014
    Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

    Movie Kumiko

  18. 2014
    Last Summer

    Movie Naomi

  19. 2014
    Gu Gu the Cat

    TV show Chikako

  20. 2014
    Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

    TV show Reiko Shosenkyo

  21. 2013
    47 Ronin

    Movie Witch

  22. 2013
    Pacific Rim

    Movie Mako Mori

  23. 2013
    The Frame

    TV show Mako Mori

  24. 2012
    It's Getting Late

    Movie Anna