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.
The Last Samurai
(Taka)
Blood: The Last Vampire
(Onigen)
Alive
(Asuka Saegusa)
A Mother's Touch
(Reiko Fukushima)
Laundry
(Mizue)
Pulse
(Harue Karasawa)
Always - Sunset on Third Street
(Hiromi Ishizaki)
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
(Hiromi Ishizaki)
Kamui
(Sugaru)
Phone Call to the Bar
(Saori)
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
(Hiromi Ishizaki)
Scary Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
Warau Iemon
(O-Iwa (Tamiya Iwa))
Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
Kitaro
(Tenko)
It's On Me
(Maya Yamabuki)
Spy Sorge
(Yoshiko Yamazaki)
Persona Non Grata
Jam Films S
Kaleidoscope
(Kaede Katsuragi)
Forget Me Not
Gold Woman
(Tamaki Yoshizawa)
Women Play Twice
Engine
(Tomomi Mizukoshi)
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
(Kana Matsui)
Top League
You're My Pet
(巌谷スミレ)
Shomuni
恋爱结婚の法则
Time Limit Investigator
(Misako Kaminuma)
Sanctuary
(Hana)
The Way We Live
(Yura Kitajima)
Don't Let Your Money Down
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
(Momoko Izuka)
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
(柏倉 幸子)
Love Complex
(Kiiko Ninagawa)
Can't Hurry for Love
The Long Goodbye
(Aiko Kamiido)
The Waste Land
(Chisato Akitsu)
Legal High
(安藤貴和)
I Wanna Fall in Love
(Kuroki Reiko)
Searchin' for My Polestar
(Mifuyu Sawamura)
Detective Lovesick
(Yumi Hagio)
The Rules of Marrying for Love
Tabloid
Beautiful Life
(Satsuki Nakajima)
Fragile
(Madoka Hosoki)
Onna Nobunaga
MR.BRAIN
My Husband
(Chizuru Toyama(遠山 千鶴))
Legendary Teacher
(Aya Saito(斎藤 アヤ))
Flat Broke Mom
(Yuzuko Nanakusa)
Trace ~ Men of the science school ~
(Ritsuko Kaizuka)
The Naked Director
(Kayo)
Psycho Doctor
(Reiko)
Today's Nekomura
(Inugami Saeko)
Legal High
(安藤貴和(あんどう きわ)〈35〉)
Sky Castle
Bones of Steel
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
(Ritsuko Sasaki)
I want to tell you~We live in an age of infectious diseases~