Rinko Kikuchi (èŠåœ° 凛å, Kikuchi Rinko?), born Yuriko Kikuchi (èŠæ± 百åˆå, 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. She is Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee, since Miyoshi Umeki, who won in 1957 for Sayonara, died on August 27, 2007.
Rinko Kikuchi (èŠåœ° 凛å, Kikuchi Rinko?), born Yuriko Kikuchi (èŠæ± 百åˆå, Kikuchi Yuriko?), January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She 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ããŸã„, read more...