Chiaki Kuriyama

Chiaki Kuriyama
Kuriyama at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival
Native name	栗山千明
Born	(1984-10-10) October 10, 1984 Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress, model, singer
Years active	1995–present
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)

Chiaki Kuriyama (栗山千明, Kuriyama Chiaki, born October 10, 1984) is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1.

Life and career

She was born in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. Kuriyama was a popular model during Japan's child model boom in the mid-1990s. In 1997, she appeared in the photobooks Shinwa-Shōjo (Girl of Myth) and Shōjokan (Girl's Residence), photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. Shinwa-Shōjo became a best-seller but, as it contained some nudity, was discontinued by the publisher in 1999 after the institution of new anti–child pornography laws. She also posed as a model for the child fashion magazines Nicola (1997–2001) and Pichi Lemon (1996–2001).

She first achieved widespread recognition as an actress in Japan for her starring roles in the horror films Shikoku (1999) and Ju-on (2000). Chiaki also appeared in the 2000 action film Battle Royale as Takako Chigusa.

Following feature appearances on several notable Japanese television programs (including Rokubanme no Sayoko), Kuriyama made her Hollywood debut in director Quentin Tarantino's 2004 film Kill Bill: Volume 1 as Gogo Yubari, the schoolgirl bodyguard of yakuza boss O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu). Kuriyama's other film appearances include major roles in the ninja drama Azumi 2: Death or Love and Takashi Miike's Yōkai Daisensō.

In 2010, she released the CD single "Ryūsei no Namida" on DefStar Records under the artist name "CHiAKi KURiYAMA". The song was used as the first ending theme for Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. This single was followed by three others under her name as traditionally written in Japanese: "Kanōsei Girl", "Cold Finger Girl", and "Oishii Kisetsu" / "Ketteiteki Sanpunkan"; "Kanōsei Girl" was used as the third opening theme for Yorinuki Gin Tama-san and "Cold Finger Girl" was used as the opening for the anime adaptation of Level E. She followed the singles with an album, Circus, in 2011.^[1]

Discography

Album

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak positions	Sales (JPN)^[2]
Title	Album details	JPN ^[3]	Sales (JPN)^[2]
Circus	Released: March 16, 2011 Re-released: January 11, 2012 Label: Defstar Records Formats: CD, CD/DVD, digital download	19	12,000

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales (JPN)^[2]	Album
Title	Year	Oricon Singles Charts ^[3]	Billboard Japan Hot 100 ^[4]^{[upper-alpha 1]}^{[upper-alpha 2]}	Sales (JPN)^[2]	Album
"Ryūsei no Namida" (流星のナミダ, "Meteor Tears")^{[upper-alpha 3]}	2010	11	24	21,000	Non-album single
"Kanōsei Girl" (可能性ガール, Kanōsei Gāru, "Possibility Girl")	2010	30	41	8,000	Circus
"Cold Finger Girl" (コールドフィンガーガール, Kōrudo Fingā Gāru)	2011	39	88	5,000
"Oishii Kisetsu"		37	100	4,000
"Ketteiteki Sanpunkan"		37	—	4,000
"Tsukiyo no Shōzō"		62	—^{[upper-alpha 4]}	2,000	Circus Deluxe Edition
"Toyosu Luciferin" (とよす☆ルシフェリン, Toyosu Rushiferin)	2013	109	—	900	Non-album single
"0"	2013	111	—	500
"Dilemma"	2014	—	—

Filmography

Kuriyama at an event in 2010

TV series

Nacchan Ka (1998)
Kowai Dowa - Oyayubihime (1999) as Sayako
Rokubanme no Sayoko (2000) as Sayoko Tsumura
MPD Psycho as Mao Tōju (2000)
Himitsu Kurabu o-daiba.com (2000) as Kazumi Naruse
Kabushiki Kaisha o-daiba.com (2000) as Kazumi Naruse
R-17 (2001) as Saori Maruyama
Jyooubachi (2006) as Tomoko/Kotoe Daidoji
Woman's Island (2006) as Rei Fujishima
Haru, Barneys de (2006) as Sakurai Sae
Kakure Karakuri (2006) as Karin Hanayama
Hagetaka (2007) (TV) as Yuka Mishima
Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go (2007) as Terumi Meguro
Ashita no Kita Yoshio (2008) as Rika Hasegawa
Loss Time Life (2008) as Ayaka Kurosaki
Sirius no Michi (2008) as Yuka Hirano
Atami no Sosakan (2010) as Sae Kitajima
Rebound (2011) as Hitomi Mimura
Tsukahara Bokuden (2010) as Mahiro
Himitsu Chohoin Erika (2011) as Erika Takahashi
Carnation (2011–2012) as Natsu Yoshida
Ataru (2012) as Maiko Ebina
Jikken Keiji Totori (2012) as Makorin
Ataru Special: New York kara no Chōsenjō (2013) as Maiko Ebina
Haitatsu Saretai Watashitachi (2013) as Yu Okue
Kaibutsu (2013) as Emi Ishikawa
Jikken Keiji Totori 2 (2013) as Makorin
Shikeidai no 72 Jikan (2013) as Tōko Natsuki
Team Batista 4: Rasen Meikyū (2014) as Sumire Sakuranomiya
Alice no Toge (2014) as Miwa Hoshino
Satsujin Hensachi 70 (2014) as Sana Nishiura
Dr. Nâsu eido (2014) as Kotomi Hayashi
Time Taxi (2014) as Misora Shibayama
Algernon ni Hanataba wo (2015) as Haruka Mochizuki
HEAT (2015) as Sakura Azumi
Nobunaga Moyu (2016) as Kajūji Haruko
Fukigen na Kajitsu (2016) as Mayako Mizukoshi
Copy Face (2016)

Films

Toire no Hanako-san (1995) as Little Child
Gonin (1995) as Ogiwara's daughter
Shikoku (1999) as Sayori Hiura
Kamen Gakuen (2000) as Reika Dojima
Ju-on: The Curse (2000) as Mizuho Tamura
Battle Royale (2000) as Takako Chigusa - Girl #13
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) as Gogo Yubari
Itsuka 'A' Torein ni Notte (2003) as Yuki Noguchi
Kagen no Tsuki (2004) as Mizuki Mochizuki
Mail (2005) as Mikoto
Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) as Kozue
Into the Sun (2005) as Ayako
The Great Yokai War (2005) as Agi
Scrap Heaven (2005) as Saki Fujimura
Kisarazu Cats Eye: World Series (2006) as Ayako Sugimoto
Exte (エクステ, Ekusute) (2007) as Yuko Mizushima
Tengu Gaiden (2007) as Amaya
Kids (2008) as Shiho
GS Wonderland (2008) as Miku Ono
Komori Seikatsu Kojo Club (2008) as Shizue
Kamogawa Horumo (2009) as Fumi Kusunoki
Hagetaka: The Movie (2009) as Yuka Mishima
Neck (2010) as Eiko Akasaka
Ghostwriter Hotel (2012) as Naoko Utsumi
Gekijouban SPEC: Ten (2012) as Satoko Aoike
Toshokan Sensō (2013) as Asako Shibasaki^[10]
Gekijouban SPEC: Kurôzu - Zen no hen (2013) as Satoko Aoike
Gekijouban SPEC: Kurôzu - Kou no hen (2013) as Satoko Aoike
Ataru the First Love & the Last Kill (2013) as Maiko Ebina
Team Batista Final: Kerberos no Shōzō (2014) as Sumire Sakuranomiya
Tanemaku tabibito: Kuni umi no sato (2015) as Keiko Kanno
Himitsu – Top Secret (2016) as Yukiko Miyoshi
Blade of the Immortal (2017) as Hyakurin

Voice roles

Eden's Bowy (1999) as Konyako Persia
The Sky Crawlers (2008) (voice) as Midori Mitsuya
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (2012) as Cassandra Pentaghast^[11]
The Expendables 2 (Japanese dub) (2012) as Maggie Chan (Yu Nan)
Star Trek Into Darkness (Japanese dub) (2013) as Uhura (Zoe Saldana)

Video games

Ryū ga Gotoku of the End (2011) as Misuzu Asagi
Shadows of the Damned (2011) as Paula^[12]

Photobooks

Namaiki! Photo: Kishin Shinoyama.Text:Akio Nakamori. (ISBN 4-10-326205-2,1996)
Tenshi/angel (天使) Photo: Mitsuo Kawamoto. (ISBN 4-09-680821-0,1996).
Sinwa-Shoujo (神話少女）Photo: Kishin Shinoyama. Text:Akio Nakamori.(ISBN 4-10-326207-9,1997)
Shoujokan (少女館)Photo: Kishin Shinoyama. (ISBN 4-10-326209-5,1997)
Shikoku nite (死国にて)(ISBN 4-04-904318-1,1999)
Kuriyama Chiaki ACCESS BOOK (栗山千明ACCESS BOOK)(ISBN 4-04-853047-X,1999)
Princess (プリンセス栗山千明×蜷川実花）Photo: Mika Ninagawa. (ISBN 4-06-352725-5,2004)
digi+KISHIN DVD:Chiaki Kuriyama. Image Film by Kishin Shinoyama. (ASIN B0001LNO7O,2004)
digi+Girls kishin NO.4 Kuriyama Chiaki (digi+Girls kishin NO.4 栗山千明) Photo: Kishin Shinoyama. (ASIN: 4255002797, 2004)
Car girl Photo: Kishin Shinoyama. (ISBN 4-584-17094-0,2004)
Emergence Uka (羽化) Photo: Chikashi Kasai. (ISBN 4-02-331332-7,2014)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	2004 MTV Movie Awards	Best Fight	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	Won
2004	30th Saturn Awards	Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	Nominated
2009	Fantastic Fest	Best Fantastic Actress	Kamogawa Horumo	Won

Notes

↑ The Japan Hot 100 was established in February 2008.
↑ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Ryūsei no Namida",^[5] "Kanōsei Girl",^[6] "Cold Finger Girl",^[7] "Oishii Kisetsu".^[8]
↑ Under the name CHiAKi KURiYAMA.
↑ Charted at number 61 on the Billboard Hot Single Sales chart.^[9]

References

↑ Robson, Daniel, "Kuriyama trades her blades for a song", The Japan Times, 4 March 2011, p. 22.
1 2 "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon. Retrieved April 14, 2014. (subscription required (help)).
1 2 "栗山千明のリリース一覧" [List of at Chiaki Kuriyama's Releases]. Oricon. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
↑ "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard.
↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2010/03/08". Billboard (in Japanese). March 8, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2010/11/29". Billboard (in Japanese). November 29, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2011/02/07". Billboard (in Japanese). February 7, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
↑ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2011/03/14" (in Japanese). Billboard. March 14, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
↑ "Hot Single Sales 2011/12/05" (in Japanese). Billboard. December 5, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
↑ "Library War Live-Action Film's Promo Aired (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-07/battle-royale/kill-bill-kuriyama-gackt-star-in-dragon-age
↑ http://www.famitsu.com/news/201106/23045661.html

External links

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Official website (Japanese)
Chiaki Kuriyama at the Internet Movie Database
Chiaki Kuriyama at AllMovie

MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

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Will Smith vs. Cockroach – Men in Black (1998)
Ben Stiller vs. Puffy the Dog – There's Something About Mary (1999)
Keanu Reeves vs. Laurence Fishburne – The Matrix (2000)
Zhang Ziyi vs. Entire bar – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001)
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker vs. Hong Kong gang – Rush Hour 2 (2002)
Yoda vs. Christopher Lee – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2003)
Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama – Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2004)
Uma Thurman vs. Daryl Hannah – Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2005)
Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2006)
Gerard Butler vs. Robert Maillet – 300 (2007)
Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet – Never Back Down (2008)
Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight (2009)
Beyoncé Knowles vs. Ali Larter – Obsessed (2010)
Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2011)
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig – The Hunger Games (2012)
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs. Tom Hiddleston – The Avengers (2013)
Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2014)
Dylan O'Brien vs. Will Poulter – The Maze Runner (2015)
Ryan Reynolds vs. Ed Skrein - Deadpool (2016)

Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Supporting Actress

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