Cast & creator
Koyuki
Best known for The Naked Director, The Last Samurai, Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Koyuki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Коюкі Като, Koyuki Kato, 加藤小雪, Koyuki Katou, 松山小雪
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1998–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (66)
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The Naked Director
Kayo
2019
The Last Samurai
Taka
2003
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
Legal High
Kiwa Ando
2012
Time Limit Investigator
Misako Kaminuma
2006
My Husband
Chizuru Toyama
2001
Sanctuary
Hana
2023
Wasted Land
Chisato Akitsu
2009
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Kana Matsui
2000
Pulse
Harue Karasawa
2001
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
Ritsuko Kaizuka
2019
Engine
Tomomi Mizukoshi
2005
MR.BRAIN
2009
Detective Lovesick
Yumi Hagio
2010
Psycho Doctor
Reiko
2002
Today's Nekomura
Inugami Saeko
2020
Legendary Teacher
Aya Saito（斎藤 アヤ）
2000
The Light We Cast
Hoshino Momoka
2026
Crossroad
Machi Nomiya
2026
Blood: The Last Vampire
Onigen
2009
Beautiful Life
Satsuki Nakajima
2000
Searchin' for My Polestar
Mifuyu Sawamura
2002
The Long Goodbye
Aiko Kamiido
2014
Fragile
Madoka Hosoki
2016
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
Momoko Izuka
2001
We Are Worse at Love Than Pandas
Mirei Fujisaki
2026
You're My Pet
Sumire Iwaya
2003
Onna Nobunaga
2013
Bones of Steel
2020
Sky Castle
2024
The Way We Live
Yura Kitajima
2004
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
Sachiko Kashiwakura
2003
Top League
2019
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Hiromi Ishizaki
2005
Love Complex
Kiiko Ninagawa
2000
I Wanna Fall in Love
Kuroki Reiko
2001
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
Ritsuko Sasaki
2008
The Rules of Marrying for Love
1999
Tabloid
1998
恋愛結婚の法則
1999
Flat Broke Mom
Yuzuko Nanakusa
2017
Kamui
Sugaru
2009
Can't Hurry for Love
1998
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Hiromi Ishizaki
2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Hiromi Ishizaki
2012
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000Don't Let Your Money Down
2001
Phone Call to the Bar
Saori
2011
Legal Beat
Asumi Yukimura
2026
Alive
Asuka Saegusa
2003
Persona Non Grata
2015
Spy Sorge
Yoshiko Yamazaki
2003
Kitaro
Tenko
2007
It's On Me
Maya Yamabuki
2009
Jam Films S
2004
Laundry
Mizue
2002
A Mother's Touch
Reiko Fukushima
2022
Warau Iemon
O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
2004つたえたい〜僕たちは感染症時代を生きている〜
Narrator
2024
Women Play Twice
2010
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
Gold Woman
Tamaki Yoshizawa
2016
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
Forget Me Not
2010
Kaleidoscope
Kaede Katsuragi
2003