Koyuki
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.
The Last Samurai
as TakaNathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare,...
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Pulse
as Harue KarasawaIn the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who...
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Blood: The Last Vampire
as OnigenOn the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented...
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Always - Sunset on Third Street
as Hiromi IshizakiTeenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's...
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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
as Hiromi IshizakiThe Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to...
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Kamui
as SugaruA rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
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Alive
as Asuka SaegusaTenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend....
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Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
as uncreditedGraduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the...
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Persona Non Grata
as uncreditedThe story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading...
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Warau Iemon
as O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in...
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Spy Sorge
as Yoshiko YamazakiA foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the...
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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
as Hiromi IshizakiWould-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his...
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Phone Call to the Bar
as SaoriIn the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol...
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Laundry
as MizueA young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for...
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Kitaro
as TenkoKitaro is a half human, half creature who keeps an eye on the human society to save them from...
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It's On Me
as Maya YamabukiNews comes out that several people found 1 kg of solid gold in their mail boxes. Maya Yamabuki...
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Jam Films S
as uncreditedJam Films S is a Japanese omnibus movie. It was released by Phantom FIlm in Japan on January 15,...
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A Mother's Touch
as Reiko FukushimaSatoshi loses his eyesight completely at the age of 9 despite numerous surgeries, but grows up...
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Forget Me Not
as uncreditedA nostalgic human drama based on Dazai Osamu Prize winner Tsujiuchi Tomoki's novella. Set in a...
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Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
as uncreditedPopular model Koyuki plays the role of the mermaid princess who cannot speak and has a limp, but...
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Women Play Twice
as uncreditedSegment 1 - actress Saki Aibu plays a woman who doesn't do anything. Segment 2 - actress Asami...
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Gold Woman
as Tamaki YoshizawaA female career banker shatters the glass ceiling of a mega bank by disclosing its shady...
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Kaleidoscope
as Kaede KatsuragiAmagi, a young man is charged with the responsibility of finding out the "real name" of the...
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The Naked Director
as KayoFollows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. ...
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Legal High
as 安藤貴和A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law...
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Legal High
as 安藤貴和（あんどう きわ）〈35〉A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law...
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Time Limit Investigator
as Misako KaminumaShūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have...
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Shomuni
as uncreditedShomuni, that's the common name given to General Affairs Section 2 of a trading company. Here...
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My Husband
as Chizuru Toyama（遠山 千鶴）A sexy renegade male chauvinist rock singer by day, a bossed around, lousy dressed and demurring...
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The Waste Land
as Chisato AkitsuIki Tadashi is a military leader named who was captured by the Soviets during World War II....
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Sanctuary
as HanaA tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and...
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park
as Kana MatsuiLiving in an area known for its juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto has become a member of a...
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Today's Nekomura
as Inugami SaekoA cat who dreams of reuniting with its owner & works as a housekeeper to save money.
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Engine
as Tomomi MizukoshiJiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving...
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Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
as Ritsuko KaizukaMano Reiji, a man who experienced a gruesome incident, is a forensic researcher at the Tokyo...
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Fragile
as Madoka HosokiThe story of Kishi Keiichitaro, a dashingly handsome pathologist who is intensely eccentric and...
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Detective Lovesick
as Yumi HagioHe was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had...
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You're My Pet
as 巌谷スミレTramps Like Us is a Japanese josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa. It is about Sumire, a young...
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Bones of Steel
as uncreditedHeita Tomishima is a very conscientious but awkward young man at a mid-sized construction...
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Top League
as uncreditedWhile political journalist Naoki Matsuoka is working his way up to the "top league," a small...
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Sky Castle
as uncredited“Sky Castle,” one of the most iconic Korean TV drama series of recent years, is to be remade by...
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Love Complex
as Kiiko NinagawaSomeone has been stealing money within the company and the fingers are pointing to seven...
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Legendary Teacher
as Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ）A man who appears to have no particular passion for anything ironically proves effective with...
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The Long Goodbye
as Aiko KamiidoTamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and...
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I Wanna Fall in Love
as Kuroki ReikoA story that examines the relationships and bonds that seven random people share with one...
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The Way We Live
as Yura KitajimaThe theme of this drama series is the bonds between parents and children and between husband and...
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Flat Broke Mom
as Yuzuko NanakusaYuzuko Nanakusa was betrayed by her husband. She now raises her son and daughter as a single...
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Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
as Momoko IzukaThis story is about four men who work in a confectionary. Tachibana Keiichiro (Shiina Kippei) is...
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MR.BRAIN
as uncreditedRyusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research...
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Beautiful Life
as Satsuki NakajimaKyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair...
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Onna Nobunaga
as uncreditedNobunaga Oda (Yuki Amami) was raised as the successor of the Oda clan and her father is Nobuhide...
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Tabloid
as uncreditedTokiwa plays a sharp tongued reporter for a major daily newspaper. She was demoted to a sleazy...
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The Rules of Marrying for Love
as uncreditedKoizumi Kyoko stars as Asako, a 32 year old woman working for a Beer Company. She gets set up...
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