Koyuki
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, better known as , is a Japanese model
and actress.
Koyuki was born in Zama
. 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
. Her first international film was The Last Samurai
where she played Taka, the wife of a Samurai slain by the character Nathan Algren, played by Tom Cruise
. She appears in Blood: The Last Vampire live-action film starring Jun Ji-Hyun
, where she plays Onigen, the arch-villain. On April 1, 2011, she married Kenichi Matsuyama, who co-starred with her in Kamui Gaiden. The couple is expecting their first child in February 2012
She is a talent of the Avex Group Holdings, a Japanese talent agency and record label.
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and actress.
Koyuki was born in Zama
Zama, Kanagawa
is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The city is also home to the United States' Camp Zama Army base. As of 128,989, the city had an estimated population of 128,989 and a density of 7,320 persons per km². The total area was 17.58 km²....
. 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
Panasonic
Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
. Her first international film was The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay based on a story by John Logan. The film was inspired by a project developed by writer and director Vincent Ward, who had previously filmed the movie in 1990, starring...
where she played Taka, the wife of a Samurai slain by the character Nathan Algren, played by Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
. She appears in Blood: The Last Vampire live-action film starring Jun Ji-Hyun
Jun Ji-hyun
Jun Ji-hyun also known as Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She had her breakthrough role in 2001 as The Girl in the film My Sassy Girl which became the highest grossing Korean comedy of all time...
, where she plays Onigen, the arch-villain. On April 1, 2011, she married Kenichi Matsuyama, who co-starred with her in Kamui Gaiden. The couple is expecting their first child in February 2012
She is a talent of the Avex Group Holdings, a Japanese talent agency and record label.
Feature films
- KaïroKairo (film)is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film was based on his novel of the same name, and was released in the United States in 2005 as Pulse. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
(2001) - Laundry (2002)
- AliveAlive (2002 film)Alive is a 2002 Japanese action film and the fourth film by director Ryuhei Kitamura. It is based on the manga ALIVE by Tsutomu Takahashi and stars Hideo Sakaki as the protagonist, Tenshu. Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend...
(2002) - The Last SamuraiThe Last SamuraiThe Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay based on a story by John Logan. The film was inspired by a project developed by writer and director Vincent Ward, who had previously filmed the movie in 1990, starring...
(2003) - Spy Sorge (2003)
- Always Sanchōme no YūhiAlways Sanchome no Yuhiis a 2005 film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, based on Ryōhei Saigan's long-running manga Sanchōme no Yūhi. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Plot summary:...
(2005) - Always Zoku Sanchōme no YūhiAlways Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhiis a 2007 Japanese film directed by Takashi Yamazaki. It is a sequel to Always Sanchōme no Yūhi ....
(2007) - Nair SanNair San (film)Nairsan is an upcoming Japanese historical film based on the legendary Indian freedom fighter A. M. Nair, popularly known as Nair-san in Japan. The film was renamed to Dauntless: Force-A. The film stars Mohanlal and Jackie Chan. The film will be made in the Japanese, and English languages while...
(Japanese/Malayalam) (2009) - Kamui (2009)
- Blood: The Last VampireBlood: The Last Vampire (2009 film)Blood: The Last Vampire, released in Japan as , is a 2009 horror-action film, a Hong Kong-French-British co-production; it is the remake of the 2000 anime film of the same name....
(2009) - Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64is an upcoming Japanese film directed by Takashi Yamazaki and scheduled to be released on 21 January 2012 in both 2D and 3D versions.The third film in the Sunset on Third Street series, Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64 is set in Tokyo at the time of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.-Cast:* Hidetaka Yoshioka*...
(2012)
Japanese television drama
- Mr. Brain (2009)
- Sasaki Fusai No Jingi Naki Tatakai (2008)
- EngineEngine (TV series)is a Japanese television drama series from Fuji Television, first shown in Japan from 18 April to 27 June 2005.-Plot:Kanzaki Jiro is a backup F3000 driver in Europe. During a practice run, he accidentally crashes into his first driver and loses his job...
(2005) - Boku to kanojo to kanojo no ikiru michi (2004)
- Antique Bakery
- Kimi wa pettoTramps Like Usis a Japanese josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa. It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally-perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet...
(2003) - Italiatsu (2001)
- Beautiful Life (2000)
- Ikebukuro West Gate ParkIkebukuro West Gate Park (TV series)was a wildly popular, highly influential Japanese television drama by screenwriter Kankuro Kudo, based on a novel by Ira Ishida, that initially aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System during the summer of 2000, and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The success of the television series would launch a...
(2000) - Love Complex (2000)
- Ren'ai kekkon no hōsoku (1999)
- Suekko chounan ane san nin
- Tentai Kanzoku
- Mukodono!
- Taburoido
- Shomuni 1
- Koi wa aserazu
Endorsements
- Suntory - The Whiskey
- P&G - SK II
- Lion - Bufferin
- Panasonic - Nanoi
External links
by Avex Group Holdings- Koyuki at FLaMme (in Japanese)
- Koyuki's profile on Hoga Central