Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/6/1981
Place of Birth
Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
Also Known As
Yuriko Kikuchi 기쿠치 린코菊地百合子
Rinko Kikuchi
Biography
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
as Mako Mori
Babel
as Chieko
Pacific Rim: Uprising
as Mako Mori
Terra Formars
as Asuka Moriki
The Sky Crawlers
as Suito Kusanagi (voice)
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
Unknown Role
Survive Style 5+
Unknown Role
Shanghai
as Sumiko (uncredited)
The Brothers Bloom
as Bang Bang
The Taste of Tea
as Waitress At Noodle Shop
47 Ronin
as Witch
In Love and Deep Water
as Aina Horikawa
Norwegian Wood
as Naoko
Yoko
as Yoko
The Motive
Unknown Role
We Are Little Zombies
as Yuko Ibu
Tokyo Serendipity
as Junda Atsuko
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
as Colonel Sen Masago
By Player
Unknown Role
Love Strikes!
as Naoko Hayashida