Koyuki
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.
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tvLegal Beat
2026
Asumi Yukimura
tvCrossroad
2026
Machi Nomiya
tvThe Light We Cast
2026
Hoshino Momoka
tvWe Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
2026
Mirei Fujisaki
tvSanctuary
2023
Hana
movieA Mother's Touch
2022
Reiko Fukushima
tvToday's Nekomura
2020
Inugami Saeko
tvTrace ~ Men of the science school ~
2019
Ritsuko Kaizuka
tvFlat Broke Mom
2017
Yuzuko Nanakusa
movieGold Woman
2016
Tamaki Yoshizawa
tvFragile
2016
Madoka Hosoki
tvThe Long Goodbye
2014
Aiko Kamiido
tvMitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvLegal High
2012
Kiwa Ando
movieAlways: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
Hiromi Ishizaki
tvDetective Lovesick
2010
Yumi Hagio
movieIt's On Me
2009
Maya Yamabuki
tvWasted Land
2009
Chisato Akitsu
movieKamui
2009
Sugaru
tvThe Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
2008
Ritsuko Sasaki
movieAlways: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
Hiromi Ishizaki
movieKitaro
2007
Tenko
tvTime Limit Investigator
2006
Misako Kaminuma
movieAlways - Sunset on Third Street
2005
Hiromi Ishizaki
tvEngine
2005
Tomomi Mizukoshi
movieWarau Iemon
2004
O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
tvThe Way We Live
2004
Yura Kitajima
tvThe Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
2003
Sachiko Kashiwakura
movieAlive
2003
Asuka Saegusa
movieSpy Sorge
2003
Yoshiko Yamazaki
tvYou're My Pet
2003
Sumire Iwaya
movieKaleidoscope
2003
Kaede Katsuragi
tvPsycho Doctor
2002
Reiko
tvSearchin' for My Polestar
2002
Mifuyu Sawamura
movieLaundry
2002
Mizue
tvAntique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
Momoko Izuka
tvI Wanna Fall in Love
2001
Kuroki Reiko
tvMy Husband
2001
Chizuru Toyama
moviePulse
2001
Harue Karasawa
tvLove Complex
2000
Kiiko Ninagawa
tvLegendary Teacher
2000
Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ）
tvIkebukuro West Gate Park
2000
Kana Matsui
tvBeautiful Life
2000
Satsuki Nakajima
