Rinko Kikuchi
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Rinko Kikuchi | |
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菊地 凛子 | |
 Kikuchi at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, February 2015 | |
| Born | Yuriko Kikuchi January 6, 1981 Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
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| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Rinko Kikuchi (菊地 凛子, Kikuchi Rinko) (born Yuriko Kikuchi (菊地 百合子, Kikuchi Yuriko); January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years, for her work in Babel (2006). Kikuchi's other notable films include Norwegian Wood (2010), which screened in competition at the 67th Venice Film Festival and Guillermo del Toro's science fiction action film Pacific Rim (2013). For her role in the drama film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014), Kikuchi received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead. In 2022, she starred in the HBO Max crime drama series Tokyo Vice.
Early life
Kikuchi was born on January 6, 1981, in Hadano, Kanagawa, an only child. Her father died when she was in the sixth grade. She was discovered by a talent agent on the street at the age of 15.[1]
Career
Kikuchi made her debut in 1999, under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi, with the Kaneto Shindo film Will to Live. Soon after, in 2001, she starred in the celebrated Kazuyoshi Komuri film Sora no Ana (空の穴), which was featured at several international festivals, including the Rotterdam Film Festival. In 2004, Kikuchi appeared in the well-received Katsuhito Ishii film The Taste of Tea, which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.[2]
In 2006, Kikuchi was chosen by Japanese film producer Yoko Narahashi for the Alejandro González Iñárritu film Babel,[3] where she played Chieko Wataya, a troubled, deaf teenage girl, for which she received international attention.[2] She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[4] Kikuchi was the fourth person in Academy Award history to be nominated for a role in which she does not speak. She won several awards, such as the National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance (tying with Jennifer Hudson) and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor.
She has appeared in two of Mamoru Oshii's films: The Sky Crawlers (2008) and Assault Girls (2009). Kikuchi starred in Rian Johnson's second film, The Brothers Bloom (2009), which was her first full English-language feature. Though she plays a main character, she only speaks three words; her character is said to only know three words of English.
In 2010, Kikuchi was cast as Naoko in Tran Anh Hung's adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood. In March 2011, she was added to the cast of 47 Ronin, the first English-language adaptation of the Japanese Chushingura legend of samurai loyalty and revenge.[5] Kikuchi described her villain character to the American version of Glamour as "a real bitch."[1] In 2013, she appears in Pacific Rim, having improved her English by watching the American television series The Voice.[1]
In 2014, Kikuchi starred in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, directed by David Zellner. Kikuchi was cast in the Season 2 of the HBO science fiction series Westworld.
Kikuchi plays the role of Eimi Maruyama, the supervisor of the lead character Jake Adelstein, in the 2022 HBO Max series Tokyo Vice. In August 2022, she portrayed a taxi driver in the music video for Mondo Grosso's "Crypt".[6]
Personal life
After meeting in 2009, Kikuchi was in a two-year relationship with director Spike Jonze, with whom she briefly resided in New York.[7][8]
Kikuchi married Japanese actor Shōta Sometani on December 31, 2014.[9] In October 2016, Kikuchi gave birth to their first child.[10] Their second child was born in late 2018.[11]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Bakayaro! Special 2 | ||
| 1999 | Kawaii dakeja Dame kashira | ||
| 2001 | Chura-san | Asadora[20] | |
| 2001 | kokiku | ||
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike Hama | ||
| 2003 | Uchu ni Ichiban Chikai basho | ||
| 2003 | Ai to Shihonshugi | ||
| 2004 | The Reason | ||
| 2009–10 | Liar Game 2 | Ryo Katsuragi | |
| 2010 | Moteki | Naoko Hayashida | |
| 2014 | Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru | Chikako | |
| 2015 | To Give a Dream | Mikiko Abe | |
| 2018 | Westworld | Akane | |
| 2019 | A Butterfly Effect: The Murder Analysis Team | Machiko Aiba | |
| 2021 | Invasion | Hinata | |
| 2022 | PICU: Shoni Shuchu Chiryo Shitsu | Samejima Tatsuki | |
| 2022 | Tokyo Vice | Eimi | |
| 2022 | The 13 Lords of the Shogun | Noe | Taiga drama[21] |
| 2023–24 | Boogie Woogie | Ritsuko Ibarada | Asadora[20] |
Awards and nominations
References
- ^ a b c Carlson, Erin, "We ♥ Rinko," Glamour, September 2013, p. 363.
- ^ a b "Midnight Eye interview: Rinko Kikuchi". Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved February 14, 2007.
- ^ Corkill, Edan. "From Hollywood to Hirohito". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
- ^ a b "OSCAR.com - 79th Annual Academy Awards - Nomination". Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved February 14, 2007.
- ^ "Keanu's "47 Ronin" has A-List Japanese Cast". Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Rinko Kikuchi stars in Mondo Grosso's new music video Crypt". J-Generation. October 2, 2022. Archived from the original on October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Rinko Kikuchi: the interview". the Guardian. February 27, 2011. Archived from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Kikuchi Rinko and Spike Jonze no more". sg.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Rinko Kikuchi, Shōta Sometani marry". Archived from the original on July 15, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ^ Sometani, Shôta. "無事第1子を出産しましたことをご報告させていただきます。 母子共に健康です。". Shôta Sometani Official Website. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ "菊地凛子、第2子妊娠 夫・染谷将太の公式サイトで発表「安定期に入り、母子共に健康」". ORICON NEWS. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
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- ^ "Brody and Kikuchi in Bloom - ComingSoon.net". Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2007.
- ^ Koulikov, Mikhail (April 16, 2008). "Oshii Casts Oscar-Nominated Kikuchi for Sky Crawlers". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
- ^ "モテキ". eiga.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay (October 28, 2014). "Rome Film Review: 'Last Summer'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ^ "山田涼介主演「大怪獣のあとしまつ」に菊地凛子、二階堂ふみ、染谷将太、松重豊が参加". Natalie. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
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- ^ "658km、陽子の旅". eiga.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "菊地凛子:22年ぶり朝ドラ出演「ブルースの女王」淡谷のり子がモデルの歌手役 2023年後期「ブギウギ」". Mantan-web. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ "菊地凛子・福地桃子ら、大河初出演「鎌倉殿の13人」第7次出演者発表". Model Press. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ "2010, 16th Annual Awards". Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ "22nd Annual Awards". Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
Further reading
- Morris, Jerome C. "Exposed! Interview with Rinko Kikuchi". Asian Cult Cinema. 55.
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