The many looks of Rinko Kikuchi

One of the best films I saw this year was Babel. One of the storylines takes place in Japan. A deaf-mute girl is struggling with her place in modern Japanese society. The girl, Chieko, is played by Rinko Kikuchi. A little research led me to a bunch of photos of this young Japanese actress, and I was surprised to see how different she looked on all of them. More info and some clips in

Some facts

Name: Rinko (Yuriko) Kikuchi
Date of birth: January 6,1981
Place of Birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Ethnicity: Japanese
Height: 5'5'' (168cm)
Weight: 105.8lbs (48kg)
Eyes: brown
Hair: black

Some Links

Rinko Kikuchi @ imdb.com
Rinko Kikuchi @ anore.co.jp (official site)
Rinko Kikuchi @ wikipedia.org

Babel short clip



Babel long clip



Babel film trailer



Ohw, and for those who are wondering, yes, she does appear completely naked in the movie. But since it's a very dramatic movie, I don't think it is a real turn on...

I Like her. Very cute.
In the bottom 2 pictures of the 4 pic group she looks like a white woman.

she is hot! and a great actress. robin, you have excellent taste, as always.

when is someone gonna post nakama yukie? :-)

Not doing it for me. But that's the beauty of...uh, beauty. It's in my eye, or something.

I'm with Curtis G. on this one - nicely put! ;-)

I guess her beauty is in her smile and she is very serious up there.
I just wish she would stop with the weird hairdos... :)

Well, I didn't say she was my type (I think most of you know my type ;-)), but sometimes it's just interesting to post succesfull Asian actresses! :-)

robin..i like your type...what a dream team...

Thanks :-) I also have an actress top 5.

dude, we should hang..it seems like you and i have the same tastes...nice collection...i love ziyi...so innocent yet so bad ;)

having the same taste in women usually makes it hard to go out together... ;-)

hope she wins an academy award