Rinko Kikuchi
Known for ActingBorn 1981-01-06Hadano, 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.
Known for
Pacific Rim
2013 · as Mako Mori
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018 · as Mako Mori
Babel
2006 · as Chieko
47 Ronin
2013 · as Witch
The Sky Crawlers
2008 · as Suito Kusanagi (voice)
Terra Formars
2016 · as Asuka Moriki
Norwegian Wood
2010 · as Naoko
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005 · as Kikuchi
The Brothers Bloom
2008 · as Bang Bang
The Taste of Tea
2004 · as Waitress At Noodle Shop
Shanghai
2010 · as Sumiko (uncredited)
Endless Night
2015 · as Allaka
Survive Style 5+
2004
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
2026 · as Haru
Love Strikes!
2011 · as Naoko Hayashida
69
2004
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022 · as Colonel Sen Masago
That Person Has Disappeared
2024 · as Terada