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Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

Acting
Born: Jan 06, 1981
From: Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
Credits: 30 titles

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.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Trespassers Tanaka Akiko 2024 7.2
Yoko Yoko 2023 6.0
Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter Kitashiro Urara 2023
In Love and Deep Water Aina Horikawa 2023 5.705
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? Colonel Sen Masago 2022 4.7
The Dancing Kettle 2020
Aging Police / Resurrection Special 2019 6.0
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Kumiko 2014 6.59
Last Summer Naomi 2014 6.0
47 Ronin Witch 2013 6.202
Pacific Rim Mako Mori 2013 6.919
The Warped Forest 2011 5.2
Norwegian Wood Naoko 2010 6.39
Assault Girls Lucifer 2009 4.705
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Ryu 2009 5.2
Sideways Mina Parker 2009 4.5
The Brothers Bloom Bang Bang 2008 6.5
The Sky Crawlers Suito Kusanagi (voice) 2008 6.721
Kill (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2") 2008 4.9
Genius Party 2007 6.5
Tokyo Serendipity Junda Atsuko 2007 5.9
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia Sayoko 2007 6.8
Babel Chieko 2006 7.17
Arch Angels Nobuko Sakurai 2006 5.1
Funky Forest: The First Contact Kikuchi 2005 6.403
Portrait of the Wind 2005 7.0
The Taste of Tea Waitress At Noodle Shop 2004 7.521
Making-of17才 2004
A Forest with No Name No. 51 2003 5.2
Hole in the Sky Taeko 2001 5.65
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1981
FromHadano, Kanagawa, Japan