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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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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Pulse
as Harue KarasawaIn the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who...
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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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Persona Non Grata
as uncreditedThe story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading...
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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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Alive
as Asuka SaegusaTenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend....
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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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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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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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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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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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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
as Hiromi IshizakiLeaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major...
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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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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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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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Laundry
as MizueA young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for...
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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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Gold Woman
as Tamaki YoshizawaA female career banker shatters the glass ceiling of a mega bank by disclosing its shady...
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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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Kaleidoscope
as Kaede KatsuragiAmagi, a young man is charged with the responsibility of finding out the "real name" of the...
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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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Time Limit Investigator
as Misako KaminumaShūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have...
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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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Shomuni
as uncreditedShomuni, that's the common name given to General Affairs Section 2 of a trading company. Here...
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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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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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The Long Goodbye
as Aiko KamiidoTamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and...
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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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Engine
as Tomomi MizukoshiJiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving...
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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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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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Sanctuary
as HanaA tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and...
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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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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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Beautiful Life
as Satsuki NakajimaKyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair...
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MR.BRAIN
as uncreditedRyusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research...
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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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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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Love Complex
as Kiiko NinagawaSomeone has been stealing money within the company and the fingers are pointing to seven...
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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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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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Top League
as uncreditedWhile political journalist Naoki Matsuoka is working his way up to the "top league," a small...
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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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Tabloid
as uncreditedTokiwa plays a sharp tongued reporter for a major daily newspaper. She was demoted to a sleazy...
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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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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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