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Chiaki Kuriyama
Born: 10th Oct 1984 Tsuchiura, Japan
Dept: Acting
Chiaki Kuriyama (born October 10, 1984) is a Japanese actress, singer and model. She is best known in the West for her roles in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Volume 1, and the Japanese film Battle Royale.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 105
Film: 59 (56%)
Television: 46 (44%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Science Fiction, TV Movie, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War, Family, Music, War & Politics
Filmography
Apr 2026 (first aired)
Haunted by guilt over a woman’s accidental death, Yume Nakata forms an unexpected and fragile bond with Mio Osako, the woman’s grieving daughter, ... view
Character:
Nakata Chihiro (4 ep.)
Jun 2025 (first aired)
Former motorcycle pursuit officer Kazuma Ueno, known for solving kidnappings, is called back to action when bank employee Katsumi Higashida is abducte ... view
Character:
Asuka Nakahara (1 ep.)
Apr 2025 (first aired)
Ayano, an elementary school teacher in her thirties, stops by a bar one day and meets another woman named Akari. Sparks fly as the two chat, and befor ... view
Character:
Akari Hirayama (12 ep.)
Apr 2025 (first aired)
Mizuno Ima is a single mother with a high school daughter and is attracted to Komori Hisame, a college student who is more than a decade younger than ... view
Character:
Ima Mizuno (10 ep.)
Original title: 八犬伝
2024
Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story ... view
Character:
Tamazusa
Jan 2024 (first aired)
The newest installment in Fuji TV's "Ooku" series is about the women linked to the Tokugawa shogun line. This time, the focus is on Isonomiya Tomoko a ... view
Character:
Matsushima no Tsubone (11 ep.)
Oct 2023 (first aired)
Togo Jun and Mishima Ran, estranged sisters who had a falling out over a man, are reunited following their mother's death. The man, Ritsu, was Jun's b ... view
Character:
Jun Togo (8 ep.)
Jan 2023 (first aired)
This is a medical manga set in a child psychiatry clinic, where the heroine, Shiho Tono, a trainee doctor, meets children with various mental illnesse ... view
Character:
Mukaiyama Kazuki (8 ep.)
Jul 2022 (first aired)
"Evening Drink Style" (Banshaku no Ryugi) is a popular Japanese drama about Miyuki Izawa's ritual of crafting the perfect meal to pair with her end-of ... view
Character:
Miyuki Izawa (52 ep.)
Original title: 鋼の錬金術師 完結編 最後の錬成
2022
The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat. ... view
Character:
Olivier Mira Armstrong
Apr 2022 (first aired)
Kohiruimaki Yuichi is a police officer who established the "Science Crime Countermeasures Office", a department that specializes in issues related to ... view
Character:
Mao Hayami (1 ep.)
Jan 2022 (first aired)
A detective spies on a mysterious yakuza leader, forging a fake romance to uncover secrets. As their connection deepens, a hidden truth shakes their f ... view
Character:
Nakaba Rion (10 ep.)
Jan 2022 (first aired)
Kisara Hanae, a girl who retired from karate due to an accidental injury and was at the lowest point of her life. She meets Ashida Haruki, the songwri ... view
Character:
Date Yumiko (10 ep.)
Sep 2021 (first aired)
Rookie office lady Momo-chan and veteran office lady Ume-san are good friends of different generations. Ume-san accepts Momo-chan, who is doing her be ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (20 ep.)
Apr 2021 (first aired)
Ruri, who is a beautiful woman and can also work, is thought to have a lot of love experience by the people around her, but in reality she is a beginn ... view
Character:
Ruri Kujo (12 ep.)
Oct 2020 (first aired)
Japanese adaptation of the American TV Series "24". Genba Shido is the director of Team A in the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). He is excellent at his ... view
Character:
Itsuki Mizuishi (24 ep.)
Original title: デスカムトゥルー
2020
In a hotel room, there is a man lying on the bed. He wakes up to the piercing sound of the phone ringing. Picking up the phone, he hears a message f ... view
Character:
Akane Sachimura
Original title: チワワちゃん
2019
Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dismembered body is found in Tokyo Bay. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not ... view
Character:
Yuko
Oct 2018 (first aired)
People tell lies with words through their cerebral neocortex. However, the moment before a person speaks, the mental reflexes of the limbic system wil ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (18 ep.)
Feb 2018 (first aired)
Annual awards ceremony by the anime streaming service Crunchyroll to recognize the best anime of the previous year. ... view
Character:
Self - Presenter (1 ep.)
Jan 2018 (first aired)
When Keisuke Nakamura was a high school student, his mother was accused of killing a girl and then his mother committed suicide. 12 years later, Keisu ... view
Character:
Yukiko Ogawara（小河原 雪子） (9 ep.)
Original title: 銀河鉄道999 Galaxy Live Drama
2018
The adventure of a young boy on board a space train, as it travels to a myriad of incredible worlds. ... view
Character:
Maetel
Jul 2017 (first aired)
Kamiya Goro used to work as a detective at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Due to a case, he was demoted to the police station on Izu Oshima ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: 無限の住人
2017
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows tha ... view
Character:
Hyakurin
Apr 2017 (first aired)
The hosts explore different neighborhoods and izakayas, discussing various snacks and drinks. They share interesting trivia about the food and beverag ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: でも、結婚したいっ！ BL漫画家のこじらせ婚活記
2017
Haruko (Kuriyama Chiaki), a 34-year-old single woman and BL manga artist, realizes she's lived a life doing what she wants without any thought of the ... view
Character:
Fujita Haruko / Fujimo
Nov 2016 (first aired)
Hirosawa Nodoka, a freelance journalist for a weekly magazine, gets close to Fuyuko, the wife of Asakura Shuji, the young director of a cosmetic surge ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Original title: ガードセンター24 広域警備指令室
2016
The Security Guard Center sets the stage for this drama that stars Mamoru Shinomiya, a newly-hired emergency responder. Together with his brilliant co ... view
Character:
Kokoro Anzai
Original title: 秘密 THE TOP SECRET
2016
Set in the late 21st century, an MRI scanner is introduced at the National Research Institute of Police Science's 9th Forensics Laboratory. The machin ... view
Character:
Yukio Miyoshi
Apr 2016 (first aired)
Mayako Mizukoshi is a 32-years-old housewife and she has been married for 5 years. Mayako is not happy with her marriage. Her husband doesn't look at ... view
Character:
工藤麻也子 (7 ep.)
Original title: 図書館戦争 BOOK OF MEMORIES
2015
Iku (Nana Eikura) joined the Library Defense Force after a member from that team retrieved an important book that was targeted for censorship. She is ... view
Character:
Asako Shibasaki
Original title: 図書館戦争 -THE LAST MISSION-
2015
Set 18 months after movie "Library Wars." After the government's enactment of the Media Betterment Act, battles wage between the Betterment Squads and ... view
Character:
Asako Shibasaki
Apr 2015 (first aired)
Shiratori Sakuto is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides e ... view
Character:
Haruka Mochizuki (10 ep.)
Oct 2014 (first aired)
Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool a ... view
Character:
Misora Shibayama (1 ep.)
Original title: 殺人偏差値70
2014
Keisuke Miyahara oversleeps on the day of his entrance exam for Tokyo University. To postpone the exam starting time, Keisuke Miyahara sends an email ... view
Character:
Nishiura Sana
Apr 2014 (first aired)
Mizuno Asumi is a doctor at the University Hospital. Her only objective in life is to avenge the death of her father, a death caused by immoral and ne ... view
Character:
Miwa Hoshino (10 ep.)
Original title: チーム・バチスタFINAL ケルベロスの肖像
2014
Physician Kohei Taguchi and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare investigator Shiratori soon become involved in major reforms to the death investigat ... view
Character:
Sumire Sakuranomiya
Original title: 劇場版 SPEC～結～ 爻ノ篇
2013
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie " ... view
Character:
Satoko Aoike
Original title: 劇場版 SPEC～結～ 漸ノ篇
2013
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie " ... view
Character:
Satoko Aoike
Original title: 劇場版 ATARU THE FIRST LOVE＆THE LAST KILL
2013
Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why ... view
Character:
Maiko Ebina
Original title: 怪物
2013
Detective Takeo Kosai is about to be demoted. He then plans to entrap Akira Dojima without his partner Detective Emi Ishikawa's knowledge. Akira Dojim ... view
Character:
May 2013 (first aired)
Sawano has lost his job due to depression and isn't on good terms with his wife and 6-year-old son. After a failed suicide attempt, he discovers 7 let ... view
Character:
Okae Yu (5 ep.)
Original title: 図書館戦争
2013
Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed forc ... view
Character:
Asako Shibasaki
Mar 2013 (first aired)
Exploring the hidden and often unsettling aspects of human history and nature. From unsolved crimes and paranormal activities to ancient myths and urb ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (34 ep.)
Nov 2012 (first aired)
An enthusiastic 28-year-old detective Yasunaga is assigned to work with a notoriously geeky 43-year-old rookie, Totori. Totori became a detective beca ... view
Character:
Macolin (11 ep.)
Aug 2012 (first aired)
Prominent Japanese wildlife photographer and filmmaker Mitsuaki Iwago loves cats of all shapes and sizes. So he's set out on a journey to film cats al ... view
Character:
Self - Narrator (voice) (1 ep.)
Apr 2012 (first aired)
Ataru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police solve criminal cases. It stars Masahiro Nakai in the ... view
Character:
Maiko Ebina (11 ep.)
Original title: 劇場版 SPEC～天～
2012
Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulat ... view
Character:
Satoko Aoike
Nov 2011 (first aired)
Takahara is a legendary figure in the Warring States Period of Japan. He was born in Kagoshima, the sacred place of sword. He learned the art of Taida ... view
Character:
Mahiro / Narration (voice) (7 ep.)
Oct 2011 (first aired)
Sanada plays a salariman who just lost his job. Yonekura, his wife, is a dancer who gave up her career when they got married. In the middle of family ... view
Character:
Erika Takahashi (13 ep.)
Oct 2011 (first aired)
Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is bas ... view
Character:
Natsu Yoshida (151 ep.)
Apr 2011 (first aired)
After a failed relationship, Nobuko puts her all into dieting and finds success. She begins to work for her favorite fashion magazine, and just when h ... view
Character:
Hitomi Mimura (10 ep.)
Apr 2011 (first aired)
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, ... view
Character:
Rio Kanzaki (38 ep.)
2011
Quentin Tarantino's complete cut combining Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 follows The Bride, a former assassin who awakens from a four-year coma after b ... view
Character:
Gogo Yubari
Original title: Wake up!! TAMALA
2010
In 2050, the world's climate has changed for the worse. One rainy day, Tamala saves a honeybee named Kuronosuke from drowning in a gutter. As the last ... view
Character:
Kuronosuke (voice)
Original title: NECK ネック
2010
Tomokazu Shudo has his first ever crush on Sugina Mayama, a senior student. Tomokazu has troubles confessing his feelings to the popular student, but ... view
Character:
Eiko Akasak
Jul 2010 (first aired)
The story begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one o ... view
Character:
Sae Kitajima (8 ep.)
Original title: ハゲタカ
2009
A Japanese company is being targeted by a Chinese financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms - in other words, a vulture. A Jap ... view
Character:
Yuka Mishima
Original title: 鴨川ホルモー
2009
The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of "Horumo" - a combat match where each person manipu ... view
Character:
Fumi Kusunoki
Original title: GSワンダーランド
2008
"GS Wonderland" is about the 1960's Group Sounds bands - A Japanese pop movement inspired by the Beatles and other mid-1960's Brit Pop. Three young m ... view
Character:
Miku Ohno
Original title: 小森生活向上クラブ
2008
Arata Furuta plays a disgruntled saleryman fed up with being stepped on at home and at work, decides to get revenge on those who do bad things by kill ... view
Character:
Shizue
Oct 2008 (first aired)
There exists a legendary team of surgical experts in Tojo University Hospital that specializes in the Batista procedure - one of the most difficult ca ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (11 ep.)
Original title: シリウスの道
2008
Tatsumura Yusuke, Toho Advertising's deputy sales manager was a childhood friend of Akiko and Katsuya. In fact, there is a secret that cannot be divul ... view
Character:
Yuka Hirano
Original title: スカイ・クロラ
2008
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, becaus ... view
Character:
Midori Mitsuya (voice)
Original title: KIDS
2008
Asato is a young man who returns to a slummy neighbourhood (referred to as 'The Street') to be near his Mum who is in prison. He is able to transfer o ... view
Character:
Shiho
Jan 2008 (first aired)
Can a coward commit suicide?
Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend's death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 1 ... view
Character:
Hasegawa Rika (11 ep.)
Feb 2007 (first aired)
A Japanese bank is being targeted by Horizon, an American financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms. Horizon sends the Japanes ... view
Character:
Yuka Mishima (6 ep.)
Original title: エクステ
2007
An aspiring hairdresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby salons. The source is the corpse of a girl wh ... view
Character:
Yuko Mizushima
Original title: 木更津キャッツアイ ワールドシリーズ
2006
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost fo ... view
Character:
Ayako Sugimoto
Original title: 春、バーニーズで
2006
Tsutsui, an office worker, marries Hitomi, who has a son from a previous marriage. However, one day, he realizes that something is missing in the life ... view
Character:
Original title: 女王蜂
2006
The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written wor ... view
Character:
Tomoko Daidoji / Kotoe Daidoji
2005
After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief for Tokyo puts out a call to an agent that had been raised in Japa ... view
Character:
Ayako
Original title: スクラップ・ヘブン
2005
The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, t ... view
Character:
Saki Fujimura
Original title: 妖怪大戦争
2005
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), ... view
Character:
Agi
Original title: あずみ2 Death or Love
2005
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army an ... view
Character:
Kozue
Original title: 下弦の月〜ラスト・クォーター
2004
Do you believe in love after death? On the eve of her 19th birthday, Mizuki (Kuriyama) doesn't have a lot to celebrate about. Her mother recently comm ... view
Character:
Mizuki
2004
A detective and his assistant help send restless spirits into the spiritual world. ... view
Character:
Mikoto Hyakke
2004
digi+KISHIN DVD Chiaki Kuriyama. Chiaki Kuriyama is an actress who has become world-famous for appearing in Tarantino's "Kill Bill". Photography by o ... view
Character:
2004
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She v ... view
Character:
Gogo
2003
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance. ... view
Character:
Gogo Yubari
Original title: 角川ホラービデオ館 大どんでん返しのからくり絵巻編
2002
Features three shorts: The Wooden Clogs With The Red Straps, Regeneration & Last Day as a Teenager. ... view
Character:
Original title: 映画は戦場だ 深作欣二 in「バトル・ロワイアル」
2001
The late Kinji Fukasaku directed "Battle Royale" - his 60th movie - at the age of 70. This film follows the shooting of the film. ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: バトル・ロワイアル
2000
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Roy ... view
Character:
Takako Chigusa (Girl #13)
Original title: バトル・ロワイアル外伝
2000
An abundance of footage from the shooting of Battle Royale and cast and crew discussions. ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 仮面学園
2000
Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that ... view
Character:
Reika Dojima
Apr 2000 (first aired)
Nishihama Junior High School is haunted by the legend of Sayoko. Every three years a student is chosen to play the role of Sayoko by his or her predec ... view
Character:
Sayoko Tsumura (12 ep.)
Original title: 呪怨
2000
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of a ... view
Character:
Mizuho Tamura
Original title: コワイ童話「親ゆび姫」
1999
Saeko Machida is a high school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attent ... view
Character:
Saeko Machida
Apr 1999 (first aired)
Yorn gazes up at two massive cities floating in the sky and dreams of discovering their mysteries. Without warning, those mysteries come looking for h ... view
Character:
Konyako Persia (26 ep.)
Original title: 死国
1999
Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayori, died ... view
Character:
Sayori Hiura
1995
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by co ... view
Character:
Ogiwara's Daughter
Original title: トイレの花子さん
1995
Set in an elementary school and centered on a boy named Takuya and a new transfer student named Saeko. Takuya's classmates think that Saeko has been p ... view
Character:
Little Child