Rinko Kikuchi

Known for: Acting

Born: 1981-01-06 (age 45)

From: Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan

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 (79)

MOVIE
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
2026
as Haru
MOVIE
いのこりぐみ
2026
TV
Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso da
2026
as Mitsuko Omori
MOVIE★ 6.4
Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie
2025
as Ayvil Suzuki
TV★ 8.2
The Hot Spot
2025
as Masako Umemoto
MOVIE★ 7.0
That Person Has Disappeared
2024
as Terada
TV★ 9.0
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2024
as Shosenkyo Reiko
MOVIE★ 7.1
Trespassers
2024
as Tanaka Akiko
MOVIE★ 5.7
In Love and Deep Water
2023
as Aina Horikawa
MOVIE★ 6.0
Yoko
2023
as Yoko
MOVIE
Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter
2023
as Kitashiro Urara
TV★ 7.0
PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
2022
as Tatsuki Samejima
TV★ 7.9
Tokyo Vice
2022
as Eimi Maruyama
TV★ 7.0
Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team
2022
as Machiko Aiba
MOVIE★ 4.6
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022
as Colonel Sen Masago
TV★ 7.1
Invasion
2021
as Hinata Murai
MOVIE
The Dancing Kettle
2020
TV★ 8.6
A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–
2019
as Aiba Machiko
MOVIE★ 6.0
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
MOVIE★ 6.6
We Are Little Zombies
2019
as Yuko Ibu
TV★ 5.7
Weakest Beast
2018
as Kureha Tachibana
TV★ 6.9
Miss Sherlock
2018
as Mitsuki Kurata
MOVIE★ 6.1
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018
as Mako Mori
MOVIE★ 4.0
Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi
2017
MOVIE
A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake
2017
as Etsuko
TV★ 8.0
Westworld
2016
as Akane
MOVIE★ 6.1
Terra Formars
2016
as Asuka Moriki
TV★ 7.0
テラフォーマーズ／新たなる希望
2016
MOVIE★ 6.1
Endless Night
2015
as Allaka
MOVIE★ 4.7
Dear Deer
2015
as Onlooker
TV★ 8.8
To Give a Dream
2015
as Mikiko Abe
MOVIE★ 6.6
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2014
as Kumiko
MOVIE★ 6.0
Last Summer
2014
as Naomi
TV★ 6.0
Gu Gu the Cat
2014
as Chikako
TV★ 6.7
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2014
as Reiko Shosenkyo
MOVIE★ 6.2
47 Ronin
2013
as Witch
MOVIE★ 6.9
Pacific Rim
2013
as Mako Mori
TV★ 10.0
The Frame
2013
as Mako Mori
MOVIE★ 5.3
It's Getting Late
2012
as Anna
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Warped Forest
2011
MOVIE★ 7.6
Love Strikes!
2011
as Naoko Hayashida
MOVIE★ 7.3
At River's Edge
2011
as Tazu
MOVIE
Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe
2010
MOVIE★ 6.4
Norwegian Wood
2010
as Naoko
MOVIE★ 5.0
42 One Dream Rush
2010
TV★ 7.5
Love Strikes!
2010
as Naoko
MOVIE★ 6.1
Shanghai
2010
as Sumiko (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.7
Assault Girls
2009
as Lucifer
MOVIE★ 5.2
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
as Ryu
MOVIE★ 4.5
Sideways
2009
as Mina Parker
MOVIE★ 4.9
Kill
2008
as (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Brothers Bloom
2008
as Bang Bang
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Sky Crawlers
2008
as Suito Kusanagi (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
as Junda Atsuko
MOVIE★ 6.5
Genius Party
2007
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2007
as Sayoko
TV★ 7.8
Liar Game
2007
as Ryo Katsuragi
MOVIE
Umi de no hanashi
2006
as Kaori
MOVIE★ 7.2
Babel
2006
as Chieko
MOVIE★ 5.2
Arch Angels
2006
as Nobuko Sakurai
MOVIE★ 6.4
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
as Kikuchi
MOVIE★ 7.0
Portrait of the Wind
2005
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Motive
2004
MOVIE★ 7.3
Survive Style 5+
2004
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Taste of Tea
2004
as Waitress At Noodle Shop
MOVIE★ 6.5
69
2004
MOVIE★ 10.0
Tori
2004
MOVIE
Making-of１７才
2004
MOVIE
Age 17
2003
as Hitomi
MOVIE★ 5.2
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
2003
as No. 51
MOVIE
The Phantom of August
2002
TV★ 8.5
The Private Detective Mike
2002
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hole in the Sky
2001
as Taeko
TV★ 9.7
Churasan
2001
as Maiko Murayama
MOVIE★ 8.5
By Player
2000
MOVIE★ 6.4
Will to Live
1999
TV
Kawaii Dake ja Dame Kashira?
1999
MOVIE★ 1.0
School Ghost Story F
1997