Kayoko Kishimoto

I came to Kayoko Kishimoto through Takeshi Kitano, like most people outside Japan. She is in Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls, and in each she does the hardest thing an actor can do: hold a frame while barely speaking. Kitano's films run on silence, and silence exposes anyone faking it. She never is. The shape of her career impresses me just as much. Born in Shimada, Shizuoka in 1960, she won the Elan d'or newcomer prize in 1981, barely out of her teens, then took Best Supporting Actress at the Japan Academy Prize for Kikujiro nearly twenty years later. Early promise usually burns off. Hers didn't.

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Name (English)

Kayoko Kishimoto

Name (Japanese)

岸本加世子

Reading

きしもと かよこ

Born

December 29, 1960 (age 65)

Origin

Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Height

152 cm

Occupation

actor / singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Blood type

B

Agency

アン・ヌフ

Active years

1976 -

Awards & achievements

• 1981 Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
• Golden Arrow Award

Works summary

Appearances

263 (1977–2026)

By year

1977: 5, 1978: 6, 1979: 9, 1980: 6, 1981: 8, 1982: 6, 1983: 8, 1984: 3, 1985: 8, 1986: 6, 1987: 4, 1988: 2, 1989: 4, 1990: 3, 1991: 2, 1992: 4, 1993: 3, 1994: 2, 1995: 2, 1996: 3, 1997: 3, 1998: 1, 1999: 4, 2000: 1, 2001: 4, 2002: 3, 2003: 4, 2004: 1, 2005: 2, 2006: 3, 2007: 3, 2008: 6, 2009: 3, 2011: 2, 2012: 9, 2013: 4, 2014: 5, 2015: 6, 2016: 5, 2017: 2, 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 3, 2026: 3

Debut work

ムー

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.kayokokishimoto.com/index.html
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kayokokishimoto/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayoko%20Kishimoto
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%B8%E6%9C%AC%E5%8A%A0%E4%B8%96%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138344

Tags

• Shizuoka Prefecture
• actor
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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