is a British-born Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series ''

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''. Kimura won the "Rookie of the Year" prize at the 21st Japan Academy Awards for her appearance in '' Shitsurakuen''.

Career

Kimura appeared as Shizuka in the recent spaghetti-western

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. As of 25 June 2007 she was slated to star in a new Japanese

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to be set in

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. Kimura also voiced Master Tigress in the Japanese dub of ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also appears in ''

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'' as the First Blind Man's Wife. On 24 October 2010 she married

Noriyuki Higashiyama is a Japanese singer, actor, and member of the idol group Shonentai. He is married to actress Yoshino Kimura. Filmography Film * ''Love Forever'' (1983) * ''Aitsu to Lullaby'' (1983) – Hiroshi Machida * '' Nineteen'' (1987) – East * ''Maji! ...

. In 2007, Kimura took the title role in a

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Monogatari'' (テレサ・テン物語), portraying the late Taiwanese superstar, who was (and continues to be) popular throughout Asia. She played Kazusa Monzen and Aoi Monzen in the 2008 film '' Orochi: Blood''. She also did the voice of Claire Folley in the game ''

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''.

Filmography

Films

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'' (1997) – Chika *'' Isola'' (2000) – Yukari Kamo *''Hashire! Ichirō'' (2001) – Terada *'' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (2001) – Princess Kida *''Mobōhan'' (2002) – Shigeko Maehata *''Her Island, My Island'' (2002) – Kuriko *''

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'' (2003) – Keiko Akagi *''Ichigo no Kakera'' (2005) *''Bluestockings'' (2005) – Kiyoko *''

The Samurai I Loved is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Kurotsuchi. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Matsumoto Kōshirō X, Ichikawa Somegorō VII as Maki * Yoshino Kimura as Fuku * Koji Imada as Shimazaki Yonos ...

'' (2005) – Fuku *''Nezu no Ban'' (2006) – Shigeko *''Backdancers!'' (2006) – Reiko Mihama *''

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'' (2006) – Takao *''

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'' (2007) – Akiko *''

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'' (2007) – Ranko Kaburagi *''

'' (2007) –

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*'' Fine, Totally Fine'' (2008) – Akari Kinoshita *'' Aibō the Movie'' (2008) – Hinako Katayama *''Jirochô Sangokushi'' (2008) – Osono *'' Orochi: Blood'' (2008) – Aoi Monzen, Kazusa Monzen *''

'' (2008) – First Blind Man's Wife *'' Rescue Wings'' (2008) – Mina Takasu *''Daremo Mamotte Kurenai'' (2008) – Reiko Onoue *''Killer Bride's Perfect Crime'' (2009) – Fukuko Kobayashi *'' Confessions'' (2010) – Yuko Shimomura *''King Game'' (2010) – Yamazaki *''

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Series X DAY'' (2013) – Hinako Katayama *''

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'' (2014) – Kazuki's mother *''Hoshigaoka Wonderland'' – Sawako Kiyokawa *''Desperate Sunflowers'' (2016) – Natsuko Kotani *''

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'' (2017) - Shizuku (voice) *''My Dad is a Heel Wrestler'' (2018) - Shiori *''Hit Me Anyone One More Time'' (2019) - the president of the United States *''

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'' (2019) *''The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File'' (2020) *''Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction'' (2021) *''First Love'' (2021) *''

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'' (2021)

Television

*'' Shota no Sushi'' (1996) – Saori Otori *'' Remote'' (2002) – Yuka Sasaki *''

'' (2004) – Hinako Katayama *''

'', " Dream Cruise" (2007) – Yuri Saito *''

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'' (2009) – Oryō *''

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'' (2010) – Yukiko Sano *''

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'' (2015) – Soe Kushida *''

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'' (2016) – Matsu *''

Hiyokko is a Japanese television drama series and the 96th asadora series, following '' Beppinsan''. It was premiered on April 3, 2017, and ended on September 30, 2017. Plot Mineko Yatabe is a teenager living in a very rural area of Ibaraki Prefecture i ...

'' (2017) – Miyoko Yatabe *''Home Sweet Tokyo'' (2017) – Itsuki Jenkins *''Dokonimo nai Kuni'' (2018) – Mariko Maruyama *''

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'' (2021) – Hiraoka Yasu

Dubbing

*'' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (2001) – Princess Kida *'' Open Season'' (2006) – Beth *''

'' (2008) – Master Tigress *'' Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'' (2010) –

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'' (2011) – Master Tigress *''

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'' (2014) – Millicent Clyde (voice-over for

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'' (2015) – Claire Dearing (voice-over for

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'' (2021) – Dr. Lily Houghton (voice-over for

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'' (2022) – Ming Lee *''

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'' (2022) – Claire Dearing (voice-over for Bryce Dallas Howard)

Discography

Albums

* 1999.03.03 "One and Only" * 2000.04.20 "Girl" * 2001.09.19 "Lady -The Best of Yoshino Kimura-"

Singles

* 1998.06.17 "Iruka no Natsu" * 1998.09.18 "Love and Life" * 1999.01.20 "Hello myself" * 1999.12.01 "Amenohi wa Futari de" * 2000.03.17 "Koisuru Nichiyobi" * 2000.09.06 "Lullaby for Grandmother-M Version-"

Accolades

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Yoshino 1976 births Living people Actresses from London Japanese expatriates in the United Kingdom Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese women pop singers Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses English film actresses English television actresses English women pop singers English video game actresses English voice actresses Pony Canyon artists Singers from Tokyo Voice actresses from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 20th-century English actresses 20th-century English women singers 20th-century English singers 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century English actresses 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers