Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

43 · Born: Jan 6, 1981

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Born Jan 6, 1981 Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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.

Career

2022
Tokyo Vice
Tokyo Vice as Eimi Maruyama
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2021
Invasion
Invasion as Hinata Murai
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2019
We Are Little Zombies
We Are Little Zombies as Ikuko Ibu
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2018
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Pacific Rim: Uprising as Mako Mori
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2016
Terra Formars
Terra Formars as Asuka Moriki
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2015
Endless Night
Endless Night as Allaka
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2014
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter as Kumiko
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Last Summer
Last Summer as Naomi
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Barcelona, la rosa de foc
Barcelona, la rosa de foc as Narrator
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2013
47 Ronin
47 Ronin as Witch
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Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim as Mako Mori
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2011
The Warped Forest
The Warped Forest
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2010
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood as Naoko
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42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
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2009
Sideways
Sideways as Mina Parker
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Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo as Ryu
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2008
The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom as Bang Bang
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The Sky Crawlers
The Sky Crawlers as Suito Kusanagi (voice)
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2006
Babel
Babel as Chieko
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2005
Naisu no mori: The First Contact
Naisu no mori: The First Contact as Kikuchi
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2010
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush as Director
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