Kiki Sugino

Kiki Sugino is the kind of person who makes you realize how narrow the word "actress" really is. Born in Hiroshima in 1984, Keio-educated, and somehow operating across multiple Asian film industries as actor, producer, and director all at once — she's not just in front of the camera, she's building the whole thing from the ground up. What gets me is that this isn't a side hustle; she's been raising her own financing, crafting her own projects, crossing borders when Japanese cinema's mainstream wouldn't make room. There's a quiet stubbornness to that path that I find genuinely compelling. Most people pick a lane. She looked at the entire road and said, no thanks, I'll lay my own asphalt. The scale of ambition here, done without a lot of noise or celebrity circus, is honestly more interesting than half the names dominating the entertainment pages.

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Kiki Sugino is a Japanese actress, film producer, and film director born on March 12, 1984, in Minami Ward, Hiroshima Prefecture. A graduate of Keio University, she is known for working across multiple roles in the filmmaking process — performing, producing, and directing her own projects. Her career has extended into the Asian film scene, where she has been active as an independent filmmaker. She is a multifaceted presence in contemporary Japanese and Asian cinema.

Name (English)

Kiki Sugino

Name (Japanese)

杉野希妃

Reading

すぎの きき

Born

March 12, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Origin

Minami Ward, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Blood type

A

Height

162 cm

Active years

2005 - / 2008 - / 2014 -

Occupation

Actress / Film Producer / Film Director

University

Keio University

Works summary

Appearances

38 (2005–2021)

By year

2005: 1, 2006: 2, 2007: 2, 2008: 2, 2009: 3, 2010: 2, 2011: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 6, 2014: 4, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2020: 1, 2021: 1

Debut work

宝島

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kikisugino/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%89%E9%87%8E%E5%B8%8C%E5%A6%83
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11522361

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Actress
• Film Producer
• Film Director

Last updated

2026-08-26

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