Koyuki
Acting
1976-12-18 · 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.
Filmography
Legal Beat
2026 · Series
Crossroad
2026 · Series
The Light We Cast
2026 · Series
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
2026 · Series
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025 · Movie
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
2024 · Series
Sky Castle
2024 · Series
Sanctuary
2023 · Series
A Mother's Touch
2022 · Movie
Bones of Steel
2020 · Series
Today's Nekomura
2020 · Series
Top League
2019 · Series
The Naked Director
2019 · Series
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
2019 · Series
Flat Broke Mom
2017 · Series
Gold Woman
2016 · Movie
Fragile
2016 · Series
Persona Non Grata
2015 · Movie
The Long Goodbye
2014 · Series
Onna Nobunaga
2013 · Series
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012 · Series
Legal High
2012 · Series
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012 · Movie
Phone Call to the Bar
2011 · Movie
Forget Me Not
2010 · Movie
Detective Lovesick
2010 · Series
Women Play Twice
2010 · Movie
It's On Me
2009 · Movie
Wasted Land
2009 · Series
Kamui
2009 · Movie
MR.BRAIN
2009 · Series
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009 · Movie
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
2008 · Series
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007 · Movie
Kitaro
2007 · Movie
Time Limit Investigator
2006 · Series
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005 · Movie
Engine
2005 · Series
Jam Films S
2004 · Movie
Warau Iemon
2004 · Movie
The Way We Live
2004 · Series
The Last Samurai
2003 · Movie
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
2003 · Series
Alive
2003 · Movie
Spy Sorge
2003 · Movie
You're My Pet
2003 · Series
Kaleidoscope
2003 · Movie
Psycho Doctor
2002 · Series
Searchin' for My Polestar
2002 · Series
Laundry
2002 · Movie
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001 · Series
I Wanna Fall in Love
2001 · Series
My Husband
2001 · Series
Pulse
2001 · Movie
Don't Let Your Money Down
2001 · Series
Love Complex
2000 · Series
Legendary Teacher
2000 · Series
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000 · Series
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000 · Movie
Beautiful Life
2000 · Series
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999 · Movie
恋愛結婚の法則
1999 · Series
The Rules of Marrying for Love
1999 · Series
Tabloid
1998 · Series
Can't Hurry for Love
1998 · Series