Rinko Kikuchi
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Westworld
Akane
2016
Series
Invasion
Hinata Murai
2021
Series
Tokyo Vice
Eimi Maruyama
2022
Series
Churasan
Maiko Murayama
2001
Film
Pacific Rim
Mako Mori
2013
Film
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Mako Mori
2018
Film
Babel
Chieko
2006
Series
Liar Game
Ryo Katsuragi
2007
Film
47 Ronin
Witch
2013
Series
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Reiko Shosenkyo
2014
Series
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Series
PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Tatsuki Samejima
2022
Series
The Hot Spot
Masako Umemoto
2025
Series
Miss Sherlock
Mitsuki Kurata
2018
Series
The Frame
Mako Mori
2013
Series
Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team
Machiko Aiba
2022
Series
Weakest Beast
Kureha Tachibana
2018
Series
To Give a Dream
Mikiko Abe
2015
Series
Love Strikes!
Naoko
2010
Series
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Shosenkyo Reiko
2024
Film
The Brothers Bloom
Bang Bang
2009
Film
The Sky Crawlers
Suito Kusanagi (voice)
2008
Film
Endless Night
Allaka
2015
Series
Gu Gu the Cat
Chikako
2014
Film
Terra Formars
Asuka Moriki
2016
Series
Kawaii Dake ja Dame Kashira?
1999
Film
The Taste of Tea
Waitress At Noodle Shop
2004
Film
Norwegian Wood
Naoko
2010
Series
A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–
Aiba Machiko
2019
Film
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Haru
2026
Film
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Kikuchi
2005
Film
Survive Style 5+
2004
Film
Shanghai
Sumiko (uncredited)
2010
Film
Kill
(segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")
2008
Film
69
2004
Film
Age 17
Hitomi
2003
Film
In Love and Deep Water
Aina Horikawa
2023
テラフォーマーズ／新たなる希望
2016
Film
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
Film
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Kumiko
2014
Series
Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso da
Mitsuko Omori
2026
Film
We Are Little Zombies
Yuko Ibu
2019
Film
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
Colonel Sen Masago
2022
Film
Love Strikes!
Naoko Hayashida
2011
Film
Yoko
Yoko
2023
Film
Trespassers
Tanaka Akiko
2024
Film
Genius Party
2007
Film
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
No. 51
2003
Film
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Ryu
2009
Film
Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie
Ayvil Suzuki
2025
Film
The Phantom of August
2002
Film
That Person Has Disappeared
Terada
2024
Film
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Film
Will to Live
1999
Film
Assault Girls
Lucifer
2009
Film
By Player
2000
Film
The Warped Forest
2011
Film
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
Sayoko
2007
Film
Tokyo Serendipity
Junda Atsuko
2007
Film
Hole in the Sky
Taeko
2001
Film
It's Getting Late
Anna
2012
Film
The Motive
2004
Film
At River's Edge
Tazu
2011
Film
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
2007
Film
Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe
2010
Film
Arch Angels
Nobuko Sakurai
2006
Film
The Dancing Kettle
2020
Film
いのこりぐみ
2026
Film
Sideways
Mina Parker
2009
Film
Umi de no hanashi
Kaori
2006
Film
Dear Deer
Onlooker
2015
Film
School Ghost Story F
1997
Film
Portrait of the Wind
2005
A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake
Etsuko
2017
Film
Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter
Kitashiro Urara
2023
Film
Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi
2017
Film
Last Summer
Naomi
2014
Tori
2004
Film
Making-of１７才
2004