Koyuki

Koyuki (小雪; full name Koyuki Katō [加藤小雪] (born 18 December 1976), is a Japanese model and actress.

Koyuki was born in Zama, Kanagawa-ken. She started her model 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 marketing campaigns for electronics company Panasonic. Her first, and to date only, international film was "The Last Samurai" where she played Taka, the wife of a Samurai slain by the character played by Tom Cruise, Nathan Algren. She will be in the upcoming "" live-action starring Jun Ji-Hyun.

Filmography

Feature films

* "" (expected 2009)
*"Nair San (film)"(JapaneseMalayalam) (expected 2009)
*"The Battle of Red Cliff (film)" (2008)
* "Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi" (2007)
* "Always Sanchōme no Yūhi" (2005)
* "The Last Samurai" (2003)
* "Spy Sorge" (2003)
* "Alive" (2002)
* "Laundry" (2002)
* "Kaïro" (2001)

= TV Dramas =

* Sasaki Fusai No Jingi Naki Tatakai (2008)
* "Engine" (2005)
* "Boku to kanojo to kanojo no ikiru michi" (2004)
*Antique Bakery
* "Kimi wa petto" (2003)
* "Italiatsu" (2001)
* "Beautiful Life" (2000)
* "Ikebukuro West Gate Park" (2000)
* "Love Complex" (2000)
* "Ren'ai kekkon no hōsoku" (1999)
* Suekko chounan ane san nin
* Tentai Kanzoku
* Mukodono!
* Taburoido
* Shomuni 1
* Koi wa aserazu

External links

* [http://www.flamme.co.jp/Koyuki/flm_profkk.html Koyuki] at FLaMme (in Japanese)
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* [http://www.hogacentral.com/People_Koyuki.html Koyuki's profile on "Hoga Central"]