--- name: "Yoshino Kimura" canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoshino-kimura" fi1m_id: "yoshino-kimura" imdb_id: "nm0454128" tmdb_id: 72764 wikidata_id: "Q1143649" roles: ["Actor"] born: "10 April 1976" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T20:12:24.628095+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Yoshino Kimura ## Identity Yoshino Kimura - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoshino-kimura - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** yoshino-kimura - **IMDb ID:** nm0454128 - **TMDB ID:** 72764 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1143649 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshino_Kimura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1143649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72764 Actor. Born 10 April 1976 in London, England. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 10 April 1976, London, England - **Also known as:** Kimura Yoshino, 木村 佳乃, 기무라 요시노 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshino_Kimura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1143649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72764 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Boy and the Heron*](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Yoshino Kimura (also credited as Kimura Yoshino and 木村 佳乃) is a British-born Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She was born on 10 April 1976 in London, England, and grew up in Tokyo. She is known for her film roles including Chika in *Lost Paradise* (1997), Shizuka in *Sukiyaki Western Django* (2007), the First Blind Man's Wife in *Blindness* (2008), Naoki's Mother in *Confessions* (2010), and Natsuko (voice) in *The Boy and the Heron* (2023). She also appeared in an episode of the series *Masters of Horror* (2005). Kimura won the Rookie of the Year prize at the 21st Japan Academy Awards for her performance in *Lost Paradise*. She has been married to actor Noriyuki Higashiyama since 2010. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Boy and the Heron* (2023), Fi1m 81, as Natsuko (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md) ## Complete filmography (120) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *You, Like a Star* (2026), as Shiho Inoue - *Mori Hanae Butterfly Beyond* (2026), as Fujii Nobu - *Re/Member: The Last Night* (2025), as Haruka - *The 19th Medical Chart* (2025), series, as Shiori Arimatsu - *The Reluctant Preacher* (2025), series, as Kyoko Kago - *Minami-kun is my lover!?* (2024), series, as Horikiri Kaede - *Antihero* (2024), series, as Midorikawa Ayuka - *テレビ報道記者〜ニュースをつないだ女たち〜* (2024), Actor - *Glass Castle* (2024), as Mikami Tazuko - *Kono Subarashiki Sekai* (2023), series, Actor - *The Boy and the Heron* (2023), as Natsuko (voice) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md) - *Warera ga Paradise* (2023), series, as Tashiro Asako - *ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?* (2022), series, as Eiko Aida - *NO ACTIVITY* (2021), series, as Satomi Misato - *Avalanche* (2021), series, as Michiyo Yamamori - *Masquerade Night* (2021), as Machiko Sono - *Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction* (2021), as Yuriko Enami - *First Love* (2021), as Akina Hijiriyama - *Mothers in Love* (2020), series, as Ann Ishiwatari - *Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist* (2020), series, as Kajiyama Kaoru - *Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y - Can a Cat Be a Hero?* (2019), Actor - *Hit Me Anyone One More Time* (2019), as Susan St. James Narikawa - *Diner* (2019), as Skin's Mother - *Black Widow Business* (2019), series, Actor - *I Will Not Give it to You* (2018), series, as Michiko Kamishima - *My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler* (2018), as Shiori Omura - *Miss Devil* (2018), series, as Chihiro Ito - *Dokonimo nai Kuni* (2018), series, Actor - *Home Sweet Tokyo* (2017), series, as Itsuki Jenkins - *Pretty Proofreader DX* (2017), as 二阶堂凛 - *Hiyokko* (2017), series, as Miyoko Yatabe - *Pretty Cure Dream Stars!* (2017), as Shizuku, Theme Song Performance - *母たちの願い* (2016), series, Actor - *Desperate Sunflowers* (2016), as Natsuko Kotani - *My Dangerous Wife* (2016), series, as Mochizuki Maria - *実録ドラマスペシャル 女の犯罪ミステリー* (2016), Actor - *Lost and Found* (2016), as Sawako Kiyokawa, Theme Song Performance - *Sanadamaru* (2016), series, as Matsu - *64* (2015), series, as Mikami Minako - *Kiri no Hata* (2014), as Michiko Kono - *A Sinner's Lie* (2014), series, as Yasuko Matsumoto - *Hot Road* (2014), as Kazuki's Mother - *First Class* (2014), series, as Hiroki Rika - *Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out* (2014), series, as Satoko Nakashima - *球形の荒野* (2014), Actor - *SRO～警視庁広域捜査専任特別調査室～* (2013), series, Actor - *AIBOU: X-DAY* (2013), as Hinako Katayama - *ラスト・ディナー* (2013), series, Actor - *Breathless Summer* (2012), series, as 谷崎叶子 - *Anpanman: Revive Banana Island!* (2012), as Banna - *Hatsukoi* (2012), series, as Midori Murakami - *Majutsu wa Sasayaku* (2011), Actor - *魔術はささやく* (2011), series, Actor - *Desperate Motherhood* (2011), series, as Motomiya Reina - *CO: Transplant Coordinator* (2011), series, Actor - *KING GAME* (2010), as Yamazaki - *警視庁継続捜査班* (2010), series, Actor - *Confessions* (2010), as Naoki's Mother - *Don't Cry Anymore* (2010), series, as Sano Yukiko - *Killer Bride's Perfect Crime* (2009), as Fukuko Kobayashi - *Yako no Kaidan* (2009), series, as Edamura Sachiko - *My brother's home* (2009), Actor - *The Policeman's Lineage* (2009), series, Actor - *Can't Protect Anyone* (2009), Actor - *Heart of a Samurai* (2009), series, Actor - *Rescue Wings* (2008), Actor - *Orochi - Blood* (2008), as Aoi Monzen / Kazusa - *Samurai Gangsters* (2008), Actor - *Blindness* (2008), as First Blind Man's Wife - *AIBOU: The Movie* (2008), as Hinako Katayama - *Fine, Totally Fine* (2008), as Akari Kinoshita - *Sukiyaki Western Django* (2007), as Shizuka - *The Suicide Song* (2007), as Ranko Kaburagi - *Glory to the Filmmaker!* (2007), as Daughter - *テレサ・テン物語～私の家は山の向こう* (2007), as 邓丽君 - *Dream Cruise* (2007), as Yuri Saito - *Miracle of Serendip* (2007), Actor - *Sakuran* (2006), as Takao - *Forever* (2006), Actor - *Backdancers!* (2006), as Reiko Mihama - *PS－羅生門－　警視庁東都署* (2006), series, Actor - *Rondo* (2006), series, as Akira Ichinose - *Masters of Horror* (2005), series, Actor - *A Hardest Night!!* (2005), as Shigeko - *Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Fall Special* (2005), Actor - *The Samurai I Loved* (2005), as Fuku - *When I Fall in Love* (2005), series, Actor - *Ichigo Chips* (2005), as Ayumi - *Bluestockings* (2005), as Kiyoko - *The Taika Reforms* (2005), as Kurumamochi no Yoshiko - *My Life After Her Death* (2004), series, Actor - *Like Asura* (2003), as Keiko Akagi - *Princess Hiro* (2003), series, as Haru Kojima - *Et Alors* (2003), series, Actor - *Her Island, My Island* (2003), Actor - *Remote* (2002), series, Actor - *AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo* (2002), series, as Hinako Katayama - *世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編* (2002), Actor - *Copycat Killer* (2002), as Shigeko Maehata - *Wedding Planner SWEET Delivery* (2002), series, as Uno Misaki - *愛と青春の宝塚 ～恋よりも生命よりも～ 前編* (2002), Actor - *Run Ichiro Run* (2001), as Mutsumi Terada - *The Wife is 3 Stars* (2001), series, as Miyuki - *Love Complex* (2000), series, as Shizuku Arase - *Isola: Multiple Personality Girl* (2000), as Yukari Kamo / the psychic - *Cupid's Arrows* (2000), series, Actor - *Perfect Love* (1999), series, Actor - *Over Time* (1999), series, as Nazuna Kurata - *The Last Song* (1998), series, Actor - *Brothers* (1998), series, as Hatori Nana - *月の輝く夜だから* (1997), series, Actor - *Lost Paradise* (1997), as Chika - *The Perfect Boss* (1997), series, as Nanoko Kobayashi - *スチュワーデス刑事* (1997), Actor - *スチュワーデス刑事* (1997), series, Actor - *The Terrorist’s Parasol* (1996), Actor - *Concerto* (1996), series, Actor - *King of Sushi* (1996), series, as Saori - *The Mystery Files of Silver Wolf* (1996), series, as Haruka Kagami - *Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen* (1990), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Yoshino Kimura](https://film.one/media/person/14854/gallery-29000977f551.jpg) Yoshino Kimura — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Kimura_Yoshino_-_Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_-_2018_%2828232799427%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット J・A・バヨナ (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/14854/gallery-3d97bbf5c6f0.jpg) ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット J・A・バヨナ (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_J._A._Bayona_%2842201401715%29.jpg/1280px-Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_J._A._Bayona_%2842201401715%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット 木村佳乃 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/14854/gallery-38e9afcc9a4d.jpg) ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット 木村佳乃 (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Kimura_Yoshino_%2828232799427%29.jpg/1280px-Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Kimura_Yoshino_%2828232799427%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット 木村佳乃 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/14854/gallery-c64db5cd5a2a.jpg) ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット 木村佳乃 (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Kimura_Yoshino_%2828236318777%29.jpg/1280px-Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Kimura_Yoshino_%2828236318777%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Yoshino Kimura](https://film.one/media/person/14854/gallery-99a0e3abc831.jpg) Yoshino Kimura — Image via TMDB - ![ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット 木村佳乃 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/14854/gallery-b2c0bd2162fc.jpg) ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット 木村佳乃 (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Kimura_Yoshino_%2829233310718%29.jpg/1280px-Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Kimura_Yoshino_%2829233310718%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット 木村佳乃 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/14854/gallery-872daa9a637e.jpg) ジュラシック・ワールド/炎の王国 ジャパン・プレミア レッドカーペット 木村佳乃 (2018) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Kimura_Yoshino_%2841290869380%29.jpg/1280px-Jurassic_World_Fallen_Kingdom_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet_Kimura_Yoshino_%2841290869380%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 2011: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress (won) - Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1998: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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