Koyuki
Acting • Born 1976-12-18
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Koyuki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
63 credits
The Last Samurai
Movie • 2003
Taka
Blood: The Last Vampire
Movie • 2009
Onigen
Alive
Movie • 2003
Asuka Saegusa
A Mother's Touch
Movie • 2022
Reiko Fukushima
Laundry
Movie • 2002
Mizue
Pulse
Movie • 2001
Harue Karasawa
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Movie • 2005
Hiromi Ishizaki
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Movie • 2007
Hiromi Ishizaki
Kamui
Movie • 2009
Sugaru
Phone Call to the Bar
Movie • 2011
Saori
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Movie • 2012
Hiromi Ishizaki
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
Movie • 1999
Warau Iemon
Movie • 2004
O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
Movie • 2000
Kitaro
Movie • 2007
Tenko
It's On Me
Movie • 2009
Maya Yamabuki
Spy Sorge
Movie • 2003
Yoshiko Yamazaki
Persona Non Grata
Movie • 2015
Jam Films S
Movie • 2004
Kaleidoscope
Movie • 2003
Kaede Katsuragi
Forget Me Not
Movie • 2010
Gold Woman
Movie • 2016
Tamaki Yoshizawa
Women Play Twice
Movie • 2010
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
Movie • 2025
Engine
TV • 2005
Tomomi Mizukoshi
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
TV • 2000
Kana Matsui
Top League
TV • 2019
You're My Pet
TV • 2003
巌谷スミレ
Shomuni
TV • 1998
恋爱结婚の法则
TV • 1999
Time Limit Investigator
TV • 2006
Misako Kaminuma
Sanctuary
TV • 2023
Hana
The Way We Live
TV • 2004
Yura Kitajima
Don't Let Your Money Down
TV • 2001
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
TV • 2001
Momoko Izuka
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
TV • 2003
柏倉 幸子
Love Complex
TV • 2000
Kiiko Ninagawa
Can't Hurry for Love
TV • 1998
The Long Goodbye
TV • 2014
Aiko Kamiido
The Waste Land
TV • 2009
Chisato Akitsu
Legal High
TV • 2012
Kiwa Ando / 安藤貴和
I Wanna Fall in Love
TV • 2001
Kuroki Reiko
Searchin' for My Polestar
TV • 2002
Mifuyu Sawamura
Detective Lovesick
TV • 2010
Yumi Hagio
The Rules of Marrying for Love
TV • 1999
Tabloid
TV • 1998
Beautiful Life
TV • 2000
Satsuki Nakajima
Fragile
TV • 2016
Madoka Hosoki
Onna Nobunaga
TV • 2013
MR.BRAIN
TV • 2009
My Husband
TV • 2001
Chizuru Toyama（遠山 千鶴）
Legendary Teacher
TV • 2000
Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ）
Flat Broke Mom
TV • 2017
Yuzuko Nanakusa
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
TV • 2019
Ritsuko Kaizuka
The Naked Director
TV • 2019
Kayo
Psycho Doctor
TV • 2002
Reiko
Today's Nekomura
TV • 2020
Inugami Saeko
Sky Castle
TV • 2024
Bones of Steel
TV • 2020
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
TV • 2008
Ritsuko Sasaki
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
TV • 2024
Narrator
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
TV • 2012
Self - Narrator (voice)
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
TV • 2026
Mirei Fujisaki