Rinko Kikuchi
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1981-01-06 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- Yuriko Kikuchi · 기쿠치 린코 · 菊地百合子 · 菊地 凛子
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.
Known For
TV Shows (20)
Westworld
2016
as Akane
Invasion
2021
as Hinata Murai
ライアーゲーム
2007
as Ryo Katsuragi
Tokyo Vice
2022
as Eimi Maruyama
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Churasan
2001
as Maiko Murayama
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2014
as Reiko Shosenkyo
The Hot Spot
2025
as Masako Umemoto
The Frame
2013
as Mako Mori
PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
2022
as Tatsuki Samejima
Miss Sherlock
2018
as Mitsuki Kurata
Gu Gu the Cat
2014
as Chikako
Weakest Beast
2018
as Kureha Tachibana
Love Strikes!
2010
as Naoko
To Give a Dream
2015
as Mikiko Abe
Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team
2022
as Machiko Aiba
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2024
as Shosenkyo Reiko
A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–
2019
as Aiba Machiko
Kawaii Dake ja Dame Kashira?
1999
Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso da
2026
as Mitsuko Omori
Movies (56)
Pacific Rim
2013
as Mako Mori
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018
as Mako Mori
47 Ronin
2013
as Witch
Babel
2006
as Chieko
Terra Formars
2016
as Asuka Moriki
Tori
2004
Shanghai
2010
as Sumiko (uncredited)
The Taste of Tea
2004
as Waitress At Noodle Shop
The Sky Crawlers
2008
as Suito Kusanagi (voice)
Survive Style 5+
2004
Norwegian Wood
2010
as Naoko
The Brothers Bloom
2008
as Bang Bang
In Love and Deep Water
2023
as Aina Horikawa
69
2004
Endless Night
2015
as Allaka
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022
as Colonel Sen Masago
Trespassers
2024
as Tanaka Akiko
Love Strikes!
2011
as Naoko Hayashida
That Person Has Disappeared
2024
as Terada
Yoko
2023
as Yoko
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
as Ryu
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
as Kikuchi
Genius Party
2007
Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter
2023
as Kitashiro Urara
We Are Little Zombies
2019
as Yuko Ibu
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2014
as Kumiko
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self
The Motive
2004
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2007
as Sayoko
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
2003
as No. 51
Will to Live
1999
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
as Junda Atsuko
At River's Edge
2011
as Tazu
The Warped Forest
2011
Assault Girls
2009
as Lucifer
Kill
2008
as (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")
School Ghost Story F
1997
Last Summer
2014
as Naomi
Age 17
2003
as Hitomi
By Player
2000
Dear Deer
2015
as Onlooker
Sideways
2009
as Mina Parker
Arch Angels
2006
as Nobuko Sakurai
Umi de no hanashi
2006
as Kaori
The Phantom of August
2002
Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi
2017
Making-of１７才
2004
Hole in the Sky
2001
as Taeko
Portrait of the Wind
2005
Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe
2010
A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake
2017
as Etsuko
It's Getting Late
2012
as Anna
The Dancing Kettle
2020
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
2026
as Haru
About Rinko Kikuchi
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. With 76 credits spanning from 1997 to 2026, Rinko Kikuchi has appeared in 56 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rinko Kikuchi Movies
- Pacific Rim (2013) — as Mako Mori
- Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) — as Mako Mori
- 47 Ronin (2013) — as Witch
- Babel (2006) — as Chieko
- Terra Formars (2016) — as Asuka Moriki
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