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.
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Movies 24
The Last Samurai
as Taka
2003
Pulse
as Harue Karasawa
2001
Blood: The Last Vampire
as Onigen
2009
Always - Sunset on Third Street
as Hiromi Ishizaki
2005
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
as Hiromi Ishizaki
2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
as Hiromi Ishizaki
2012
Alive
as Asuka Saegusa
2003
Phone Call to the Bar
as Saori
2011
Kamui
as Sugaru
2009
Persona Non Grata
2015
Spy Sorge
as Yoshiko Yamazaki
2003
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000
Jam Films S
2004
It's On Me
as Maya Yamabuki
2009
Kitaro
as Tenko
2007
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
A Mother's Touch
as Reiko Fukushima
2022
Laundry
as Mizue
2002
Women Play Twice
2010
Gold Woman
as Tamaki Yoshizawa
2016
Forget Me Not
2010
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
Warau Iemon
as O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
2004
Kaleidoscope
as Kaede Katsuragi
2003TV Shows 42
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
The Naked Director
as Kayo
2019
Legal High
as Kiwa Ando
2012
Time Limit Investigator
as Misako Kaminuma
2006
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
as Kana Matsui
2000
Sanctuary
as Hana
2023
Wasted Land
as Chisato Akitsu
2009
Detective Lovesick
as Yumi Hagio
2010
Crossroad
as Machi Nomiya
2026
My Husband
as Chizuru Toyama
2001
Engine
as Tomomi Mizukoshi
2005
MR.BRAIN
2009
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
as Ritsuko Kaizuka
2019
Beautiful Life
as Satsuki Nakajima
2000
Today's Nekomura
as Inugami Saeko
2020
You're My Pet
as Sumire Iwaya
2003
Psycho Doctor
as Reiko
2002
The Light We Cast
as Hoshino Momoka
2026
The Way We Live
as Yura Kitajima
2004
Searchin' for My Polestar
as Mifuyu Sawamura
2002
Sky Castle
2024
The Long Goodbye
as Aiko Kamiido
2014
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
as Mirei Fujisaki
2026
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
as Momoko Izuka
2001
Fragile
as Madoka Hosoki
2016
Legendary Teacher
as Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ）
2000
Love Complex
as Kiiko Ninagawa
2000
Can't Hurry for Love
1998
Bones of Steel
2020
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
as Ritsuko Sasaki
2008
I Wanna Fall in Love
as Kuroki Reiko
2001
The Rules of Marrying for Love
1999
恋愛結婚の法則
1999
Top League
2019
Flat Broke Mom
as Yuzuko Nanakusa
2017
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
as Sachiko Kashiwakura
2003
Tabloid
1998
Legal Beat
as Asumi Yukimura
2026
Onna Nobunaga
2013
Don't Let Your Money Down
2001
小雪と発酵おばあちゃん
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
as Narrator
2024