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Koyuki Katō (加藤 小雪, Katō Koyuki ^?, born December 18, 1976) better known as Koyuki (小雪 ^?) is a Japanese model and actress.

Koyuki was born in Zama, Kanagawa-ken. She started her modeling 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 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 appears in Blood: The Last Vampire live-action film starring Jun Ji-Hyun, where she plays as Onigen, the arch-villain.

Filmography

Feature films

• Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
• Nair San (film)(Japanese\Malayalam) (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)

Japanese television drama

• "Mr. Brain" (2009)
• 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

• Koyuki at FLaMme (in Japanese)
• Koyuki at the Internet Movie Database
• Koyuki's profile on Hoga Central