
Rinko Kikuchi
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1981-01-06 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- Yuriko Kikuchi · 기쿠치 린코 · 菊地百合子 · 菊地 凛子
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (20)

Westworld
2016
as Akane

Invasion
2021
as Hinata Murai

Tokyo Vice
2022
as Eimi Maruyama

ライアーゲーム
2007
as Ryo Katsuragi

The Private Detective Mike
2002

Churasan
2001
as Maiko Murayama

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2014
as Reiko Shosenkyo

The Frame
2013
as Mako Mori

The Hot Spot
2025
as Masako Umemoto

PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
2022
as Tatsuki Samejima

Miss Sherlock
2018
as Mitsuki Kurata

Gu Gu the Cat
2014
as Chikako

Weakest Beast
2018
as Kureha Tachibana

Love Strikes!
2010
as Naoko

To Give a Dream
2015
as Mikiko Abe

Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team
2022
as Machiko Aiba

A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–
2019
as Aiba Machiko

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
2024
as Shosenkyo Reiko

Kawaii Dake ja Dame Kashira?
1999

Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso da
2026
as Mitsuko Omori
Movies (56)

Pacific Rim
2013
as Mako Mori

Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018
as Mako Mori

47 Ronin
2013
as Witch

Babel
2006
as Chieko

Shanghai
2010
as Sumiko (uncredited)

The Taste of Tea
2004
as Waitress At Noodle Shop

Terra Formars
2016
as Asuka Moriki

The Sky Crawlers
2008
as Suito Kusanagi (voice)

Norwegian Wood
2010
as Naoko

Survive Style 5+
2004

The Brothers Bloom
2008
as Bang Bang

Love Strikes!
2011
as Naoko Hayashida

In Love and Deep Water
2023
as Aina Horikawa

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022
as Colonel Sen Masago

That Person Has Disappeared
2024
as Terada

Endless Night
2015
as Allaka

42 One Dream Rush
2010

Trespassers
2024
as Tanaka Akiko

Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019

69
2004

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self

Yoko
2023
as Yoko

Genius Party
2007

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2007
as Sayoko

Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
as Kikuchi

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
as Ryu

The Motive
2004

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2014
as Kumiko

The Warped Forest
2011

Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter
2023
as Kitashiro Urara

Assault Girls
2009
as Lucifer

We Are Little Zombies
2019
as Yuko Ibu

Kill
2008
as (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2")

Tokyo Serendipity
2007
as Junda Atsuko

Arch Angels
2006
as Nobuko Sakurai

Will to Live
1999

At River's Edge
2011
as Tazu

By Player
2000

School Ghost Story F
1997

The Phantom of August
2002

Umi de no hanashi
2006
as Kaori

Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
2003
as No. 51

Dear Deer
2015
as Onlooker

Last Summer
2014
as Naomi

Sideways
2009
as Mina Parker

Age 17
2003
as Hitomi

Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi
2017

Hole in the Sky
2001
as Taeko
Tori
2004

Making-of17才
2004

Portrait of the Wind
2005
A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake
2017
as Etsuko

Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe
2010

It's Getting Late
2012
as Anna

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
2026
as Haru

The Dancing Kettle
2020
About Rinko Kikuchi
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. With 76 credits spanning from 1997 to 2026, Rinko Kikuchi has appeared in 56 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rinko Kikuchi Movies
- Pacific Rim (2013) — as Mako Mori
- Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) — as Mako Mori
- 47 Ronin (2013) — as Witch
- Babel (2006) — as Chieko
- Shanghai (2010) — as Sumiko (uncredited)
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