- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1976
- Place of Birth
- Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Koyuki
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 o…
Filmography
tvLegal Beat
2026 · Asumi Yukimura
tvCrossroad
2026 · Machi Nomiya
tvThe Light We Cast
2026 · Hoshino Momoka
tvWe Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
2026 · Mirei Fujisaki
movieThe Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
tvつたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
2024 · Narrator
tvSky Castle
2024
tvSanctuary
2023 · Hana
movieA Mother's Touch
2022 · Reiko Fukushima
tvBones of Steel
2020
tvToday's Nekomura
2020 · Inugami Saeko
tvTop League
2019
tvThe Naked Director
2019 · Kayo
tvTrace ~ Men of the science school ~
2019 · Ritsuko Kaizuka
tvFlat Broke Mom
2017 · Yuzuko Nanakusa
movieGold Woman
2016 · Tamaki Yoshizawa
tvFragile
2016 · Madoka Hosoki
moviePersona Non Grata
2015
tvThe Long Goodbye
2014 · Aiko Kamiido
tvOnna Nobunaga
2013
tvMitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012 · Self - Narrator (voice)
tvLegal High
2012 · Kiwa Ando
movieAlways: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012 · Hiromi Ishizaki
moviePhone Call to the Bar
2011 · Saori
movieForget Me Not
2010
tvDetective Lovesick
2010 · Yumi Hagio
movieWomen Play Twice
2010
movieIt's On Me
2009 · Maya Yamabuki
tvWasted Land
2009 · Chisato Akitsu
movieKamui
2009 · Sugaru
tvMR.BRAIN
2009
movieBlood: The Last Vampire
2009 · Onigen
tvThe Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
2008 · Ritsuko Sasaki
movieAlways: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007 · Hiromi Ishizaki
movieKitaro
2007 · Tenko
tvTime Limit Investigator
2006 · Misako Kaminuma
movieAlways - Sunset on Third Street
2005 · Hiromi Ishizaki
tvEngine
2005 · Tomomi Mizukoshi
movieJam Films S
2004
movieWarau Iemon
2004 · O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
tvThe Way We Live
2004 · Yura Kitajima
movieThe Last Samurai
2003 · Taka
tvThe Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
2003 · Sachiko Kashiwakura
movieAlive
2003 · Asuka Saegusa
movieSpy Sorge
2003 · Yoshiko Yamazaki
tvYou're My Pet
2003 · Sumire Iwaya
movieKaleidoscope
2003 · Kaede Katsuragi
tvPsycho Doctor
2002 · Reiko
tvSearchin' for My Polestar
2002 · Mifuyu Sawamura
movieLaundry
2002 · Mizue
tvAntique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001 · Momoko Izuka
tvI Wanna Fall in Love
2001 · Kuroki Reiko
tvMy Husband
2001 · Chizuru Toyama
moviePulse
2001 · Harue Karasawa
Don't Let Your Money Down
tvDon't Let Your Money Down
2001
tvLove Complex
2000 · Kiiko Ninagawa
tvLegendary Teacher
2000 · Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ）
tvIkebukuro West Gate Park
2000 · Kana Matsui
movieKeizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000
tvBeautiful Life
2000 · Satsuki Nakajima
movieScary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
tv恋愛結婚の法則
1999
tvThe Rules of Marrying for Love
1999
tvTabloid
1998
tvCan't Hurry for Love
1998