Jan 6, 1981 - 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.
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| Movie | 2006 | Babel | Chieko | |
| Movie | 2005 | Funky Forest: The First Contact | Kikuchi | |
| Movie | 2020 | The Dancing Kettle | ||
| Movie | 2008 | The Brothers Bloom | Bang Bang | |
| Movie | 2023 | Yoko | Yoko | |
| Movie | 2007 | Genius Party | ||
| Movie | 2009 | Assault Girls | Lucifer | |
| Movie | 2023 | Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter | Kitashiro Urara | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Sky Crawlers | Suito Kusanagi (voice) | |
| Movie | 2008 | Kill | (segment "ASSAULT GIRL 2") | |
| Movie | 2013 | 47 Ronin | Witch | |
| Movie | 2009 | Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Ryu | |
| Movie | 2013 | Pacific Rim | Mako Mori | |
| Movie | 2001 | Hole in the Sky | Taeko | |
| Movie | 2010 | Norwegian Wood | Naoko | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Warped Forest | ||
| Movie | 2009 | Sideways | Mina Parker | |
| Movie | 2007 | Tokyo Serendipity | Junda Atsuko | |
| Movie | 2019 | Aging Police / Resurrection Special | ||
| Movie | 2004 | The Taste of Tea | Waitress At Noodle Shop | |
| Movie | 2022 | What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? | Colonel Sen Masago | |
| Movie | 2023 | In Love and Deep Water | Aina Horikawa | |
| Movie | 2014 | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter | Kumiko | |
| Movie | 2004 | Making-of１７才 | ||
| Movie | 2014 | Last Summer | Naomi | |
| Movie | 2024 | Trespassers | Tanaka Akiko | |
| Movie | 2003 | A Forest with No Name | No. 51 | |
| Movie | 2006 | Arch Angels | Nobuko Sakurai | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia | Sayoko | |
| Movie | 2005 | Portrait of the Wind | ||
| Movie | 2004 | Tori | ||
| Movie | 2015 | Endless Night | Allaka | |
| Movie | 2003 | Age 17 | Hitomi | |
| Movie | 2011 | At River's Edge | Tazu | |
| Movie | 2015 | Dear Deer | Onlooker | |
| Movie | 2004 | 69 | ||
| Movie | 2016 | Terra Formars | Asuka Moriki | |
| Movie | 2010 | 42 One Dream Rush | ||
| Movie | 2010 | Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe | ||
| Movie | 2018 | Pacific Rim: Uprising | Mako Mori | |
| Movie | 2017 | A Story About Kagurazaka and Sake | Etsuko | |
| Movie | 2011 | Love Strikes! | Naoko Hayashida | |
| Movie | 2017 | Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi | ||
| Movie | 2006 | Umi de no hanashi | Kaori | |
| Movie | 2019 | We Are Little Zombies | Yuko Ibu | |
| Movie | 2004 | Survive Style 5+ | ||
| Movie | 2012 | It's Getting Late | Anna | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Phantom of August | ||
| Movie | 1999 | Will to Live | ||
| Movie | 2000 | By Player | ||
| Movie | 2010 | Shanghai | Sumiko (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Motive | ||
| Movie | 2024 | WHO'S GONE | Terada | |
| Movie | 1997 | School Ghost Story F | ||
| Movie | 2007 | Common Ground: Under Construction Notes | Self | |
| Movie | 2010 | Rinko K. in 42 Sec. By Rinko K. | ||
| TV Show | 2014 | Gu Gu the Cat | Chikako | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Churasan | Maiko Murayama | 156 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Love Strikes! | Naoko | 12 |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Private Detective Mike | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2021 | Invasion | Hinata Murai | 6 |
| TV Show | 2007 | LIAR GAME | Ryo Katsuragi | 9 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Evil God's Balance Public Security Analysis Team | Machiko Aiba | 10 |
| TV Show | 2015 | To Give a Dream | Mikiko Abe | 4 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Westworld | Akane | 2 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Weakest Beast | Kureha Tachibana | 10 |
| TV Show | 2013 | The Frame | Mako Mori | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | Tatsuki Samejima | 11 |
| TV Show | 2024 | Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out | Shosenkyo Reiko | 10 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out | Reiko Shosenkyo（昇仙峡 玲子） | 10 |
| TV Show | 2019 | A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team– | Aiba Machiko | 6 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Tokyo Vice | Eimi Maruyama | 18 |
| TV Show | 2025 | The Hot Spot | Masako Umemoto | 10 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Miss Sherlock | Mitsuki Kurata | 1 |
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| Movie | 2014 | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | 42 One Dream Rush | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2019 | I'm still here | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2010 | Rinko K. in 42 Sec. By Rinko K. | Director | Directing |
