is a Japanese actress and singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series Masters of Horror. 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 Sukiyaki Western Django. As of 25 June 2007 she was slated to star in a new Japanese soap opera to be set in Australia. Kimura also voiced Master Tigress in the Japanese dub of Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 2. She also appears in Blindness as the First Blind Man's Wife. On 24 October 2010 she married Noriyuki Higashiyama.
In 2007, Kimura took the title role in a TV Asahi tanpatsu (単発, TV movie), entitled Teresa Teng 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 Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.
Filmography
Films
Lost Paradise (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
Like Asura (2003) – Keiko Akagi
Ichigo no Kakera (2005) Bluestockings (2005) – Kiyoko The Samurai I Loved (2005) – Fuku Nezu no Ban (2006) – Shigeko Backdancers! (2006) – Reiko Mihama Sakuran (2006) – Takao Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007) – Akiko Densen Uta (2007) – Ranko Kaburagi Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) – Shizuka Fine, Totally Fine (2008) – Akari Kinoshita Aibō the Movie (2008) – Hinako Katayama Jirochô Sangokushi (2008) – Osono Orochi: Blood (2008) – Aoi Monzen, Kazusa Monzen Blindness (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 Aibō Series X DAY (2013) – Hinako Katayama Hot Road (2014) – Kazuki's mother Hoshigaoka Wonderland – Sawako Kiyokawa Desperate Sunflowers (2016) – Natsuko Kotani Pretty Cure Dream Stars! (2017) - Shizuku (voice) My Dad is a Heel Wrestler (2018) - Shiori Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019) - the president of the United States Diner (2019) The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File (2020) Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021) First Love (2021) Masquerade Night (2021) The Boy and the Heron (2023) - Natsuko (voice)
Television
Shota no Sushi (1996) – Saori Otori
Hojo Tokimune (2001) - Toko
Remote (2002) – Yuka Sasaki
Aibō (2004) – Hinako Katayama
Masters of Horror, "Dream Cruise" (2007) – Yuri Saito
Tenchijin (2009) – Oryō
Nakanai to Kimeta Hi (2010) – Yukiko Sano
Asa ga Kita (2015) – Soe Kushida
Sanada Maru (2016) – Matsu
Hiyokko (2017) – Miyoko Yatabe
Home Sweet Tokyo (2017) – Itsuki Jenkins
Dokonimo nai Kuni (2018) – Mariko Maruyama
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021) – Hiraoka Yasu
Dubbing
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) – Princess Kida
Open Season (2006) – Beth
Kung Fu Panda (2008) – Master Tigress
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) – Medusa (voice-over for Uma Thurman) Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) – Master Tigress Paddington (2014) – Millicent Clyde (voice-over for Nicole Kidman) Jurassic World (2015) – Claire Dearing (voice-over for Bryce Dallas Howard) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) – Claire Dearing (voice-over for Bryce Dallas Howard) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) – Dr. Emma Russell (voice-over for Vera Farmiga) Jungle Cruise (2021) – Dr. Lily Houghton (voice-over for Emily Blunt) Turning Red (2022) – Ming Lee Jurassic World Dominion (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-"