Hitomi Kuroki

I have a real soft spot for the kind of actress who walks into a frame and instantly straightens the whole room's posture, and Hitomi Kuroki is exactly that. You can feel the Takarazuka in her bones, that drilled-in elegance where even standing still reads like a performance, and yet she never lets it curdle into stiffness. What I love is the restlessness underneath the poise: a girl from little Kuroki-machi in Fukuoka who refused to sit still, hopping from stage to drama to film and eventually stepping behind the camera to direct. Picking up the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress in 1998 told me what I already suspected, that the glamour is the smallest part of her. Smart and sensual at once is a rare combo, and she wears it like it's nothing, which honestly just makes me admire her more.

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Hitomi Kuroki is a Japanese actress, talent, voice actress, and film director born on October 5, 1960, in Kuroki-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture. She is recognized as one of Japan's leading actresses and won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress in 1998. Her career has spanned stage, television drama, and film, and she has also worked as a film director, demonstrating a broad creative range.

Name (English)

Hitomi Kuroki

Name (Japanese)

黒木瞳

Reading

くろき ひとみ

Born

October 5, 1960 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

Origin

Kuroki-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Blood type

A

Height

163 cm

Agency

ポエムカンパニーリミテッド

Active years

1981 -

Occupation

Actress / Talent / Voice Actress / Film Director

Awards & achievements

• Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress (1998)

Works summary

Appearances

329 (1982–2025)

By year

1982: 1, 1985: 1, 1986: 2, 1988: 6, 1989: 2, 1990: 4, 1991: 4, 1993: 2, 1994: 5, 1995: 2, 1996: 3, 1997: 5, 1998: 2, 1999: 5, 2000: 10, 2001: 1, 2002: 6, 2003: 5, 2004: 5, 2005: 11, 2006: 2, 2007: 4, 2008: 4, 2009: 7, 2010: 4, 2011: 4, 2012: 7, 2013: 3, 2014: 3, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 5, 2018: 5, 2019: 1, 2020: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 5, 2025: 3

Debut work

南十字星

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.kurokihitomi.net
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hitomikofficial/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%92%E6%9C%A8%E7%9E%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060133

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Actress
• Talent
• Voice Actress

Last updated

2026-08-26

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