Koyuki
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Profile
- Name: 小雪 (こゆき)
- Name (romaji): Koyuki
- Full name: 加藤小雪 / Kato Koyuki
- Profession: Actress
- Birthdate: 1976-Dec-18
- Birthplace: Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Height: 172cm
- Star sign: Sagitarius
- Blood type: O
- Talent agency: FLaMme
Career
Koyuki began her career winning a modeling competition in 1995 for Non-No magazine. Two years later, she became a professional model. In 1998, she landed several supporting roles in television dramas and appeared in numerous print ads and tv commercials. In 2003, Koyuki played her first starring role in a drama, Kimi Wa Petto--adaptation of Yayoi Ogawa's manga series of the same name. She plays Sumire, an intelligent, beautiful and accomplished journalist who comes in contact with a young man played by Matsumoto Jun who becomes her "pet". That same year, Koyuki made her Hollywood film debut in The Last Samurai. Koyuki plays Taka, the sister of Lord Katsumoto and the wife of the red-masked Samurai Hirotaro.
In 2006, Koyuki starred in the movie Always - Zoku 3chome no Yuhi (Always - Sunset on Third Street) to which she is nominated for Best Actress in the Japanese Academy Awards.
TV Shows
- Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai (TBS, 2008)
- Ai to Shi wo Mitsumete (2006)
- Engine (2005)
- Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi (2004)
- Suekko Chounan Ane Sannin (2003)
- Kimi wa Pet (2003)
- Laundry (2002) Special
- Tentai Kansoku (2002)
- Mayonaka wa Betsu no Kao (2002, NHK)
- Antique (2001)
- Mukodono! (2001)
- Koi ga Shitai x3 (TBS, 2001, ep9)
- Omae no Yukichi ga Naiteiru (2001)
- Love Complex (2000)
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000)
- Beautiful Life (2000)
- Renai Kekkon no Rule (Fuji TV, 1999)
- Tabloid (1998)
- Koi wa Aserazu (1998)
Movies
- Always - Zoku 3chome no Yuhi (2007)
- The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
- Eragon (2006)
- Always - 3chome no Yuhi / Always -Sunset on Third Street (2005)
- Jam Films S (2004)
- Warau Iemon (2004)
- The Last Samurai (2003)
- Spy Sorge (2003)
- アライヴ / Alive (2002)
- 愛 我 別 走 Laundry (2002)
- 惹 鬼 回 路 Kairo (2001)
- Keizoku / Beautiful Dreamer (2000)
- 繼 續 (2000)
Endorsements
- Panasonic flat-screen TV (2005)
- SK II (2005)
- Viera (2005)
- Whisper(2005)
- Any Sis, Any Fam (2005)
- Toyota - Isis (2005)
- Cystina C (2005)
- Macadia (2005)
Recognitions
- 45th Television Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress: Engine
Trivia
- 2004 Estimated Income: 42,840,000 Yen (approx)