Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1976-12-18 (Age: 50)
Place of Birth
Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Koyuki
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 (24)
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
A Mother's Touch
2022
Gold Woman
2016
Persona Non Grata
2015
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
Phone Call to the Bar
2011
Forget Me Not
2010
Women Play Twice
2010
It's On Me
2009
Kamui
2009
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
Kitaro
2007
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
