Biography
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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Window of Non-REM 2025 New Year
2025
A Mother's Touch
2022
as Reiko Fukushima
Satoshi loses his eyesight completely at the age of 9 despite numerous surgeries, but grows up with cheerful spirit thanks to his mother Reiko’s uncon...
Gold Woman
2016
as Tamaki Yoshizawa
A female career banker shatters the glass ceiling of a mega bank by disclosing its shady business to light. Tamaki, the Gold Woman, has worked her way...
Persona Non Grata
2015
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas ...
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
as Hiromi Ishizaki
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnan...
Phone Call to the Bar
2011
as Saori
In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite...
Forget Me Not
2010
A nostalgic human drama based on Dazai Osamu Prize winner Tsujiuchi Tomoki's novella. Set in a declining coal-mining town in 1950s Fukuoka, the story ...
Women Play Twice
2010
Segment 1 - actress Saki Aibu plays a woman who doesn't do anything. Segment 2 - actress Asami Mizukawa plays an unlucky woman who messes up a man. Se...
It's On Me
2009
as Maya Yamabuki
News comes out that several people found 1 kg of solid gold in their mail boxes. Maya Yamabuki moves back to her hometown and surprises the movers by ...
Kamui
2009
as Sugaru
A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
as Onigen
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling". Born to a human fath...
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
as Hiromi Ishizaki
Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with ...
Kitaro
2007
as Tenko
Kitaro is a half human, half creature who keeps an eye on the human society to save them from the evil attacks from another world. He finds that a mag...
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
as Hiromi Ishizaki
Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer ...
Jam Films S
2005
Jam Films S is a Japanese omnibus movie. It was released by Phantom FIlm in Japan on January 15, 2005. The movie follows 2002’s Jam Films and its 200...
Warau Iemon
2004
as O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa)
Having put down his sword and given up the will to fight, the masterless samurai Iemon lives in solitude while being haunted by his violent enigmatic ...
The Last Samurai
2003
as Taka
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and th...
Alive
2003
as Asuka Saegusa
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presen...
Spy Sorge
2003
as Yoshiko Yamazaki
A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japan...
Kaleidoscope
2003
as Kaede Katsuragi
Amagi, a young man is charged with the responsibility of finding out the "real name" of the actress Kaede Katsuragi. He soon discovers that she has an...
Laundry
2002
as Mizue
A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman with internal scars.
Pulse
2001
as Harue Karasawa
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolati...
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
2000
Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the ...
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
1999
Popular model Koyuki plays the role of the mermaid princess who cannot speak and has a limp, but drives men crazy with her beauty.