Rinko Kikuchi (菊地 凛子, Kikuchi Rinko?), born Yuriko Kikuchi (菊池 百合子, Kikuchi Yuriko?), January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She has been nominated for the Academy Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Golden Globe, and won the NBR Award and the CFCA Award. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. Read more...

Kikuchi was born in Minamigaoka,Hadano-City,Kanagawa-Prefacuture. She debuted in 1999 under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi, with the Kaneto Shindo-directed film Ikitai (生きたい, Ikitai?). Soon after, in 2001, she starred in the acclaimed Kazuyoshi Komuri-directed film Sora no Ana (空の穴, Sora no Ana?), which was featured across several international film festivals, Read more...