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.
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Filmography (64)
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
2026
The Light We Cast
2026
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
Sky Castle
2024
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
2024
Sanctuary
2023
A Mother's Touch
2022
Today's Nekomura
2020
Bones of Steel
2020
Top League
2019
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
2019
The Naked Director
2019
Flat Broke Mom
2017
Gold Woman
2016
Fragile
2016
Persona Non Grata
2015
The Long Goodbye
2014
Onna Nobunaga
2013
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
Legal High
2012
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
Phone Call to the Bar
2011
Forget Me Not
2010
Women Play Twice
2010
Detective Lovesick
2010
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
Kamui
2009
It's On Me
2009
Wasted Land
2009
MR.BRAIN
2009
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
2008
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
Kitaro
2007
Time Limit Investigator
2006
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
Engine
2005
Warau Iemon
2004
Jam Films S
2004
The Way We Live
2004
The Last Samurai
2003
Alive
2003
Spy Sorge
2003
Kaleidoscope
2003
You're My Pet
2003
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
2003
Laundry
2002
Searchin' for My Polestar
2002
Psycho Doctor
2002
Pulse
2001
Don't Let Your Money Down
2001
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
I Wanna Fall in Love
2001
My Husband
2001
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000
Love Complex
2000
Beautiful Life
2000
Legendary Teacher
2000
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
恋愛結婚の法則
1999
The Rules of Marrying for Love
1999
Shomuni
1998
Can't Hurry for Love
1998
Tabloid
1998
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