Rinko Kikuchi (Actress)

Rinko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. Her real name is Yuriko Kikuchi. She was previously signed by Anore Inc., but is no longer listed on their website as of December 2012.

Kikuchi made her Hollywood debut in the 2006 film, Babel. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards, making her the first Japanese actress to be nominated in 50 years. Since then, she has gone on to co-star in several major Hollywood productions.

Native name: 菊地凛子 (KIKUCHI Rinko)
Occupation: Actress
Birthplace: Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture
Born: January 6, 1981 (age 35)
Height: 5' 7" (169 cm)
Debuted: 1996
Spouse: Shota Sometani (2015-)
Genres: Films, TV dramas, commercials

Filmography as actor

Year	Movie	Role
2014	Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter	Kumiko
2013	47 Ronin	Lady Mizuki
2011	The Warped Forest	Yuppo
2011	At River’s Edge	Tazu, Sakunosuke's sister and Morie's wife
2010	Norwegian Wood	Naoko
2009	Assault Girls	Lucifer
2009	Sideways	Mina Parker
2009	Map of the Sounds of Tokyo	Ryu
2008	The Sky Crawlers	Suito Kusanagi (voice)
2007	Tokyo Serendipity	Atsuko Junda
2007	Deathfix: Die and Let Live	Sayoko
2006	Arch Angels	Nobuko Sakurai
2005	Funky Forest: The First Contact	Kikuchi
2004	Survive Style 5+
2004	The Taste of Tea
2004	The Motive

Latest news

Trailer for indie film "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter" starring Rinko Kikuchi

A trailer for has been released for David and Nathan Zellner's "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter" via Yahoo! Movies. The atmospheric indie film stars Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi (Pacific Rim, Babel) as...

2 years ago
“Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter” starring Rinko Kikuchi to premiere at Sundance

Yesterday the lineup of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival was announced and among the films listed in the U.S. Dramatic Competition is David Zellner’s quirky indie film Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter...

3 years ago
Mana Ashida dominates Japanese coverage of Pacific Rim

A few weeks ago, Brian Ashcraft wrote a piece for Kotaku questioning whether the obvious Japan-centric appeal of Guillermo del Toro's giant robot vs. daikaiju epic Pacific Rim would finally make...

3 years ago
Rinko Kikuchi and Juliette Binoche to co-star in Isabel Coixet’s “Nobody Loves the Night”

According to an exclusive report by Spanish film magazine Fotogramas, Rinko Kikuchi and Juliette Binoche have been cast as the female leads in Isabel Coixet’s Nobody Loves the Night. Additionally,...

4 years ago
Hiroyuki Sanada, Kou Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, and Rinko Kikuchi join Carl Erik Rinsch’s “47 Ronin”

On Tuesday, Universal Pictures announced that principal photography of Carl Erik Rinsch’s 47 Ronin adaptation will begin on March 14; and with that announcement came word that Japanese stars...

6 years ago
Rinko Kikuchi added to the cast of “Ogawa no Hotori”

Lest anyone think Rinko Kikuchi has nothing better to do than pose for obscure magazines or engage in public displays of affection with Spike Jonze, she’s once again defied expectations by joining...

6 years ago
Kenichi Matsuyama and Rinko Kikuchi cast in Anh Hung Tran’s “Norwegian Wood”

Kenichi Matsuyama (24), Rinko Kikuchi (28), and Kiko Mizuhara (18) have been cast in Anh Hung Tran’s upcoming adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s internationally best-selling 1987 novel “Norwegian...

8 years ago
English-subtitled trailer for Isabel Coixet’s “Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” -UPDATE-

With this year's Cannes Film Festival less than a week away, Radio Televisión Española has revealed the first trailer for Isabel Coixet's Map of the Sounds of Tokyo, which will be included in...

8 years ago
First look at “Map of the Sounds of Tokyo”

So now that the dust has settled following the recent reveal of the Cannes 2009 lineup, I figured it was as good a time as any to take a closer look at one of the films in the main competition,...

8 years ago
Second trailer for ‘The Brothers Bloom’ is out, but it needs more Rinko

Summit Entertainment has released the second trailer for Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom. The film will get a limited US release on May 15 (nationwide May 29) and stars Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel...

8 years ago
Rinko Kikuchi to star in “Map of the Sounds of Tokyo”

2 years after her break-through, Oscar-nominated performance in “Babel” and a few months before her next Hollywood flick, “The Brothers Bloom” is released, Rinko Kikuchi is in talks to star...

8 years ago
Rinko Kikuchi blows some stuff up in “The Brothers Bloom” trailer

The trailer for Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom is now online. In the movie Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo play scam artist brothers that come up with all sorts of elaborate schemes to separate...

8 years ago