Koyuki
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Naked Director
Kayo
2019
Series
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
Series
Time Limit Investigator
Misako Kaminuma
2006
Film
The Last Samurai
Taka
2003
Series
Legal High
Kiwa Ando
2012
Series
Psycho Doctor
Reiko
2002
Series
Shomuni
1998
Series
MR.BRAIN
2009
Series
Wasted Land
Chisato Akitsu
2009
Series
Sanctuary
Hana
2023
Series
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
Ritsuko Kaizuka
2019
Series
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Kana Matsui
2000
Series
Sky Castle
2024
Series
Detective Lovesick
Yumi Hagio
2010
Series
My Husband
Chizuru Toyama
2001
Series
Legendary Teacher
Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ）
2000
Film
Pulse
Harue Karasawa
2001
Series
Engine
Tomomi Mizukoshi
2005
Series
Fragile
Madoka Hosoki
2016
Series
The Long Goodbye
Aiko Kamiido
2014
Series
Beautiful Life
Satsuki Nakajima
2000
Series
You're My Pet
Sumire Iwaya
2003
Series
Top League
2019
Series
Today's Nekomura
Inugami Saeko
2020
Series
Onna Nobunaga
2013
Series
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
Momoko Izuka
2001
Series
Love Complex
Kiiko Ninagawa
2000
Series
Bones of Steel
2020
Series
Searchin' for My Polestar
Mifuyu Sawamura
2002
Series
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
Ritsuko Sasaki
2008
Film
Blood: The Last Vampire
Onigen
2009
Film
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Hiromi Ishizaki
2005
Series
The Light We Cast
星野桃花
2026
Series
The Way We Live
Yura Kitajima
2004
Series
I Wanna Fall in Love
Kuroki Reiko
2001
Series
Flat Broke Mom
Yuzuko Nanakusa
2017
Series
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
柏倉 幸子
2003
Series
Can't Hurry for Love
1998
Film
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Hiromi Ishizaki
2007
Series
恋愛結婚の法則
1999
Series
Tabloid
1998
Film
Kitaro
Tenko
2007
Series
The Rules of Marrying for Love
1999
Film
Spy Sorge
Yoshiko Yamazaki
2003
Film
Kamui
Sugaru
2009
Film
Phone Call to the Bar
Saori
2011
Film
Jam Films S
2004
Film
Warau Iemon
O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
2004
Film
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Hiromi Ishizaki
2012
Don't Let Your Money Down
2001
Series
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
Mirei Fujisaki
2026
Film
Alive
Asuka Saegusa
2003
Film
Persona Non Grata
2015
Film
It's On Me
Maya Yamabuki
2009
Film
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000
Film
Women Play Twice
2010
Film
Gold Woman
Tamaki Yoshizawa
2016
Film
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
Film
A Mother's Touch
Reiko Fukushima
2022
Film
Forget Me Not
2010
Film
Kaleidoscope
Kaede Katsuragi
2003
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
Narrator
2024
Film
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
Film
Laundry
Mizue
2002