2013Nominee
Best Performance
Pacific Rim
Rinko Kikuchi
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
January 6, 1981
Biography
Rinko Kikuchi, born Yuriko Kikuchi, January 6, 1981, is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories. The only other nominee was Miyoshi Umeki, who won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1957 for Sayonara.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2018Nominee
Best Performance
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2013Nominee
Best Performance
47 Ronin
Career Highlights
2006Highlight
Best Performance
Babel
2004Highlight
Best Performance
The Taste of Tea