Koyuki was born on December 18, 1976, in Zama, Kanagawa-ken, Japan.
She is a Japanese model and actress.
Koyuki started her modeling career in 1995 and hasn't looked back, appearing in over 17 Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films.
She frequently appears in Japanese print and television marketing campaigns for Panasonic.
Koyuki has appeared in ten movies, the best known to American audiences being The Last Samurai.
She was Taka, the wife of a Samurai slain by the character Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise).
Recently she appeared in "Blood: The Last Vampire" based on the Japanese anime.
The movie is about a 400-year-old half human-half vampire girl named Saya (played by Gianna Jun) who hunts vampires in partnership with humans and seeks to destroy Onigen (played by Koyuki), the most powerful of vampires.
The film was generally panned by American critics.
Koyuki, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on Sept 11th, 2009
