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Koyuki
小雪
2019
Born	Koyuki Kato (加藤 小雪) (1976-12-18) December 18, 1976 (age 48) Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Education	Tokyo Women's Medical University
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	1995–present
Agent(s)	Avex Vanguard FlaMme
Known for	Kimi wa Petto (2003 drama) The Last Samurai (2003 film) Pulse (2001 film)
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse	Kenichi Matsuyama ​(m. 2011)​
Children	3

Koyuki Kato (加藤 小雪, Katō Koyuki, born December 18, 1976), better known by her stage name Koyuki (小雪), is a Japanese model and actress best known for the drama Kimi wa Petto and the film The Last Samurai.

Career

Actor career

Koyuki appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 film Pulse.

She rose to fame in the drama Kimi wa Petto (2003) with Jun Matsumoto and gained huge popularity. Her first international film was The Last Samurai (2003) where she played Taka, wife of a Samurai slain by the character Nathan Algren, portrayed by Tom Cruise.

She has appeared in many commercials, including Coca-Cola Japan's Sokenbicha, P&G Max Factor SK-II, and Suntory Kakubin.

Personal life

In 2011, Koyuki married actor Kenichi Matsuyama, who co-starred with her in Kamui Gaiden. The couple's first child was born in January 2012, and their second child was born in January 2013. In July 2015, the couple had their third child.

Filmography

Film

• Keizoku/eiga (2000) – Nanami Kirishima
• Pulse (2001) – Harue Karasawa
• Laundry (2002) – Mizue
• Alive (2002) – Asuka Saegusa
• Spy Sorge (2003) – Yoshiko Yamazaki
• The Last Samurai (2003) – Taka
• Kwaidan: Eternal Love (2004) – O-Iwa
• Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) – Hiromi Ishizaki
• Jam Films S (2005)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007) – Tenko
• Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) – Hiromi Ishizaki
• Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) – Onigen
• Kamui Gaiden (2009) – Sugaru
• It's on Me (2009) – Maya Yamabuki
• Shin-san Tankoumachi no serenâde (2010) – Michiyo
• Detective in the Bar (2011) – Saori
• Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012) – Hiromi Ishizaki
• Persona Non Grata (2015) – Yukiko Sugihara
• A Mother's Touch (2022) – Reiko Fukushima

Television

• Taburoido (1998)
• Koi wa Aserazu (1998) – Rei Arimura
• Renai Kekkon no Hosoku (1999) – Haruka
• Antique Bakery
• Beautiful Life (2000) – Nakajima Satsuki
• Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) – Matsui Kana
• Love Complex (2000) – Kiiko Ninagawa
• Itaria Tsu (2001)
• Tentai Kansoku (2002) – Mifuyu Sawanura
• Tramps Like Us (Also known as Kimi wa Petto) (2003) – Sumire Iwaya
• The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters (2003) – Sachiko Kashiwakura
• The Way We Live (2004) – Yura Kitajima
• Engine (2005) – Tomomi Mizukoshi
• Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai (2008) – Sasaki Ritsuko
• Mr. Brain (2009) – Miyase Kumiko
• The Waste Land (2009) – Senri akitsu / Chisato Akitsu
• Legal High (2013) – Ando Kiwa
• The Long Goodbye (2014) – Aiko kamiido
• Fragile (2016) – Madoka Hosoki
• Dai Binbo (2017) – Yazuko Nanakusa
• The Naked Director (2019) – Kayo
• Bones of Steel (2020) – Risa Shibata
• Sanctuary (2023) – Hana
• Boogie Woogie (2023–24) – Tomi Murayama

Dubbing

• Eragon, Arya (Sienna Guillory)
• Snow White and the Huntsman, Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron)

Awards

References

1. ^ "Koyuki Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
2. Mes, Tom (21 June 2001). "Midnight Eye review: Pulse". Midnight Eye.
3. Travers, Peter (5 December 2003). "The Last Samurai - Movie Reviews - Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone.
4. "Matsuyama Kenichi, Koyuki become parents". Tokyograph. 8 January 2012.
5. 松山ケンイチ＆小雪夫妻に第3子誕生 生放送で発表 (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
6. "桜色の風が咲く". eiga.com. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
7. "不毛地帯の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
8. "小雪:「ブギウギ」で朝ドラ初出演 水上恒司の母、やり手女社長に メッセンジャー黒田も". Mantan-web. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
9. "エラゴン 遺志を継ぐ者 - 金曜ロードショー - 日テレ". Nippon TV. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
10. "スノーホワイト". Fukikaeru. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
11. "エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧". All Nippon Producers Association. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
12. "日刊スポーツ映画大賞 歴代受賞者・作品". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Koyuki at IMDb
• 小雪 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

• 1976 births
• Japanese female models
• Japanese film actresses
• Japanese television actresses
• Living people
• People from Zama, Kanagawa
• Actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture
• Avex Group talents
• 20th-century Japanese actresses
• 21st-century Japanese actresses
• Models from Kanagawa Prefecture