Yoshino Kimura

Yoshino Kimura
木村 佳乃
Kimura in 2018
Born	(1976-04-10) April 10, 1976 London, England, United Kingdom
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	1996–present
Height	1.67
Spouse	Noriyuki Higashiyama ​ ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2

Yoshino Kimura (木村 佳乃, Kimura Yoshino, born 10 April 1976) is an English-born Japanese actress and former idol singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series Masters of Horror. Kimura won the "Rookie of the Year" prize at the 21st Japan Academy Awards for her appearance in Shitsurakuen.

History

Kimura appeared as Shizuka in the recent spaghetti-western Sukiyaki Western Django. As of 25 June 2007 she is slated to star in a new Japanese soap opera to be set in Australia. Kimura also voiced Master Tigress in the Japanese dub of Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 2. She also appears in Blindness as the First Blind Man's Wife. On 24 October 2010 she married Noriyuki Higashiyama.

In 2007, Kimura took the title role in a TV Asahi tanpatsu (単発, TV movie), entitled Teresa Teng Monogatari (テレサ・テン物語), portraying the late Taiwanese superstar, who was (and continues to be) popular throughout Asia.

She played Kazusa Monzen and Aoi Monzen in the 2008 film Orochi: Blood.

She also did the voice of Claire Folley in the game Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.

Filmography

Film

• Lost Paradise (1997) – Chika
• Isola: Persona 13 (2000) – Yukari Kamo
• Hashire! Ichirō (2001) – Terada
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) – Princess Kida
• Mobōhan (2002) – Shigeko Maehata
• Her Island, My Island (2002) – Kuriko
• Like Asura (2003) – Keiko Akagi
• Ichigo no Kakera (2005)
• Bluestockings (2005) – Kiyoko
• The Samurai I Loved (2005) – Fuku
• Nezu no Ban (2006) – Shigeko
• Backdancers! (2006) – Reiko Mihama
• Sakuran (2006) – Takao
• Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007) – Akiko
• Densen Uta (2007) – Ranko Kaburagi
• Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) – Shizuka
• Fine, Totally Fine (2008) – Akari Kinoshita
• Aibō the Movie (2008) – Hinako Katayama
• Jirochô Sangokushi (2008) – Osono
• Orochi: Blood (2008) – Aoi Monzen, Kazusa Monzen
• Blindness (2008) – First Blind Man's Wife
• Rescue Wings (2008) – Mina Takasu
• Daremo Mamotte Kurenai (2008) – Reiko Onoue
• Killer Bride's Perfect Crime (2009) – Fukuko Kobayashi
• Confessions (2010) – Yuko Shimomura
• King Game (2010) – Yamazaki
• Aibō Series X DAY (2013) – Hinako Katayama
• Hot Road (2014) – Kazuki's mother
• Hoshigaoka Wonderland – Sawako Kiyokawa
• Desperate Sunflowers (2016) – Natsuko Kotani
• Pretty Cure Dream Stars! (2017) - Shizuku (voice)
• My Dad is a Heel Wrestler (2018) - Shiori

Television

• Shota no Sushi (1996) – Saori Otori
• Remote (2002) – Yuka Sasaki
• Aibō (2004) – Hinako Katayama
• Masters of Horror, "Dream Cruise" (2007) – Yuri Saito
• Tenchijin (2009) – Oryō
• Nakanai to Kimeta Hi (2010) – Yukiko Sano
• Asa ga Kita (2015) – Soe Kushida
• Sanada Maru (2016) – Matsu
• Hiyokko (2017) – Miyoko Yatabe
• Home Sweet Tokyo (2017) – Itsuki Jenkins
• Dokonimo nai Kuni (2018) – Mariko Maruyama

Japanese dub

• Kung Fu Panda (2008) – Master Tigress
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) – Medusa (voice-over for Uma Thurman)
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) – Master Tigress
• Paddington (2014) – Millicent Clyde (voice-over for Nicole Kidman)
• Jurassic World (2015) – Claire Dearing (voice-over for Bryce Dallas Howard)

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1998	42nd Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year		Won
1998	21st Japan Academy Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Lost Paradise	Won
2006	29th Japan Academy Prize	Best Actress	The Samurai I Loved	Nominated
2011	53rd Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Confessions	Won
2016	9th Tokyo Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Boku no Yabai Tsuma	Won

External links

• JMDb profile Template:Ja icon
• Kimura Yoshino at IMDb