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Rinko Kikuchi

Acting Born Jan 6, 1981 Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Invasion

as Hinata Murai
Film

Pacific Rim

as Mako Mori

Tokyo Vice

as Eimi Maruyama

Full filmography

  • Westworld (2016) as Akane
  • Invasion (2021) as Hinata Murai
  • Pacific Rim (2013) as Mako Mori
  • Tokyo Vice (2022) as Eimi Maruyama
  • ライアーゲーム (2007) as Ryo Katsuragi
  • The Private Detective Mike (2002)
  • Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) as Mako Mori
  • Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out (2014) as Reiko Shosenkyo
  • 47 Ronin (2013) as Witch
  • The Hot Spot (2025) as Masako Umemoto
  • Babel (2006) as Chieko
  • Churasan (2001) as Maiko Murayama
  • PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (2022) as Tatsuki Samejima
  • The Frame (2013) as Mako Mori
  • Gu Gu the Cat (2014) as Chikako
  • Miss Sherlock (2018) as Mitsuki Kurata
  • Love Strikes! (2010) as Naoko
  • Weakest Beast (2018) as Kureha Tachibana
  • The Sky Crawlers (2008) as Suito Kusanagi (voice)
  • Terra Formars (2016) as Asuka Moriki
  • To Give a Dream (2015) as Mikiko Abe
  • Norwegian Wood (2010) as Naoko
  • Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team (2022) as Machiko Aiba
  • A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team– (2019) as Aiba Machiko