Biography
Rila Fukushima is a Japanese model and actress. Born in Tokyo, she began her career in modelling after applying for an agency position and was persuaded to model instead. She has appeared in international publications including various editions of Vogue and was named one of Vogue Japan’s Women of the Year in 2013.
Fukushima made her acting debut in the 2013 film The Wolverine as Yukio. She has since appeared in television series including Arrow (2014–2019) as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana, a season five episode of Game of Thrones (2015) as a Red Priestess in Volantis, and Ghost in the Shell (2017) as the Red-robed Geisha. Other credits include the 2014 Taiga drama Gunshi Kanbei and the Netflix series Million Yen Women.
In 2017 she studied for a semester at the American Conservatory Theater.
