Portrait of Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

Acting

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.

Born: January 6, 1981

Place of Birth: Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan

Filmography

2025
The Hot Spot

as Masako Umemoto

2024
Who's Gone

as Terada

2024
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

as Shosenkyo Reiko

2024
Trespassers

as Tanaka Akiko

2023
In Love and Deep Water

as Aina Horikawa

2023
Yoko

as Yoko

2023
2022
Tokyo Vice

as Eimi Maruyama

2022
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

as Colonel Sen Masago

2021
Invasion

as Hinata Murai

2019
2018
Weakest Beast

as Kureha Tachibana

2018
Miss Sherlock

as Mitsuki Kurata

2018
2016
Westworld

as Akane

2016
Terra Formars

as Asuka Moriki

2015
Endless Night

as Allaka

2015
Dear Deer

as Onlooker

2015
To Give a Dream

as Mikiko Abe

2014
Last Summer

as Naomi

2014
Gu Gu the Cat

as Chikako

2014
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

as Reiko Shosenkyo(昇仙峡 玲子)

2013
47 Ronin

as Witch

2013
Pacific Rim

as Mako Mori

2013
The Frame

as Mako Mori

2011
Love Strikes!

as Naoko Hayashida

2011
2010
2010
2010
Shanghai

as Sumiko (uncredited)

2009
Assault Girls

as Lucifer

2009
Sideways

as Mina Parker

2008
Kill

as (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")

2008
The Brothers Bloom

as Bang Bang

2008
The Sky Crawlers

as Suito Kusanagi (voice)

2007
Tokyo Serendipity

as Junda Atsuko

2007
LIAR GAME

as Ryo Katsuragi

2006
2006
Babel

as Chieko

2006
Arch Angels

as Nobuko Sakurai

2004
The Taste of Tea

as Waitress At Noodle Shop

2004
2003
Age 17

as Hitomi

2001
2001
Churasan

as Maiko Murayama