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 on Japanese television and in several Japanese films.
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Films (24)
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
Satoshi
2022 · Reiko Fukushima
Gold Woman
2016 · Tamaki Yoshizawa
Persona Non Grata
2015
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012 · Hiromi Ishizaki
Phone Call to the Bar
2011 · Saori
Forget Me Not
2010
Women Play Twice
2010
It's On Me
2009 · Maya Yamabuki
Kamui, le ninja solitaire
2009 · Sugaru
Blood : The Last Vampire
2009 · Onigen
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007 · Hiromi Ishizaki
Kitaro
2007 · Tenko
Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
2005 · Hiromi Ishizaki
Jam Films S
2004
Warau Iemon
2004 · O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
Le Dernier Samouraï
2003 · Taka
Alive
2003 · Asuka Saegusa
Spy Sorge
2003 · Yoshiko Yamazaki
Kaleidoscope
2003 · Kaede Katsuragi
Laundry
2002 · Mizue
Kaïro
2001 · Harue Karasawa
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
Séries (42)
Legal Beat
2026 · Asumi Yukimura
Crossroad
2026 · Machi Nomiya
The Light We Cast
2026 · Hoshino Momoka
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
2026 · Mirei Fujisaki
つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
2024 · Narrator
Sky Castle
2024
Sanctuary
2023 · Hana
Bones of Steel
2020
Today's Nekomura
2020 · Inugami Saeko
Top League
2019
The Naked Director
2019 · Kayo
Trace
2019 · Ritsuko Kaizuka
Flat Broke Mom
2017 · Yuzuko Nanakusa
Fragile
2016 · Madoka Hosoki
The Long Goodbye
2014 · Aiko Kamiido
Onna Nobunaga
2013
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Legal High
2012 · Kiwa Ando
Unubore Deka
2010 · Yumi Hagio
Fumō Chitai
2009 · Chisato Akitsu
Mr Brain
2009
Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai
2008 · Ritsuko Sasaki
Jikou Keisatsu
2006 · Misako Kaminuma
Engine
2005 · Tomomi Mizukoshi
Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi
2004 · Yura Kitajima
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
2003 · Sachiko Kashiwakura
Kimi wa Pet (2003)
2003 · Sumire Iwaya
Psycho Doctor
2002 · Reiko
Searchin' for My Polestar
2002 · Mifuyu Sawamura
Antique
2001 · Momoko Izuka
Koi ga Shitai x3
2001 · Kuroki Reiko
My Husband
2001 · Chizuru Toyama
Don't Let Your Money Down
2001
Love Complex
2000 · Kiiko Ninagawa
Legendary Teacher
2000 · Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ）
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000 · Kana Matsui
Beautiful Life
2000 · Satsuki Nakajima
恋愛結婚の法則
1999
The Rules of Marrying for Love
1999
Tabloid
1998
Can't Hurry for Love
1998
小雪と発酵おばあちゃん