Koyuki

Koyuki

Born 1976-12-18 (age 49) Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Biography

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.

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Known For

The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai

2003

as Taka

Pulse
Pulse

2001

as Harue Karasawa

Blood: The Last Vampire
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Always - Sunset on Third Street

2005

as Hiromi Ishizaki

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

2007

as Hiromi Ishizaki

Kitaro
Kitaro

2007

as Tenko

Spy Sorge
Spy Sorge

2003

as Yoshiko Yamazaki

Kamui
Kamui

2009

as Sugaru

Phone Call to the Bar
Jam Films S
Warau Iemon
Warau Iemon

2004

as O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

2012

as Hiromi Ishizaki

Alive
Alive

2003

as Asuka Saegusa

Persona Non Grata
It's On Me
It's On Me

2009

as Maya Yamabuki

Women Play Twice
Gold Woman
Gold Woman

2016

as Tamaki Yoshizawa

A Mother's Touch
A Mother's Touch

2022

as Reiko Fukushima