Rinko Kikuchi

Actor

Born: January 6, 1981 (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 (58)

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026)
Haru
いのこりぐみ (2026)
Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie (2025)
Ayvil Suzuki
That Person Has Disappeared (2024)
Terada
Trespassers (2024)
Tanaka Akiko
In Love and Deep Water (2023)
Aina Horikawa
Yoko (2023)
Yoko
Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter (2023)
Kitashiro Urara
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (2022)
Colonel Sen Masago
The Dancing Kettle (2020)
Aging Police / Resurrection Special (2019)
We Are Little Zombies (2019)
Yuko Ibu
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Mako Mori
Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi (2017)
A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake
A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake (2017)
Etsuko
Terra Formars (2016)
Asuka Moriki
Endless Night (2015)
Allaka
Dear Deer (2015)
Onlooker
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)
Kumiko
Last Summer (2014)
Naomi
47 Ronin (2013)
Witch
Pacific Rim (2013)
Mako Mori
It's Getting Late (2012)
Anna
The Warped Forest (2011)
Love Strikes! (2011)
Naoko Hayashida
At River's Edge (2011)
Tazu
Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe (2010)
Norwegian Wood (2010)
Naoko
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
Director
Shanghai (2010)
Sumiko (uncredited)