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