Tae Kimura

Tae Kimura is a Japanese actress born on 16 March 1971 in Tokyo. Working mainly in acting, she has built a long career across film and television, with 142 credits to her name. Her early screen work includes the TV series GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998), in which she played Miyuki Natsume, and the film After Life (1999), where she appeared as a dining hall worker.

In the 2000s she played Kanako Hayashida in the drama The Great White Tower (2003) and appeared in several 2004 films, including Hana & Alice, Survive Style 5+, Infection and University of Laughs, followed by Train Man (2005) as Michiko. In 2009 she won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress. Her more recent work includes Your Turn to Kill (2019) and the series House of Ninjas (2024), in which she plays Yoko Tawara.

TV series

• Happy Kanako's Killer Life (2025)
• House of Ninjas (2024) · as Yoko Tawara

Frequent co-stars

• Sei Hiraizumi · 3 films together: The Case of Hana & Alice, Hana & Alice, ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
• Kyoko Koizumi · 2 films together: Survive Style 5+, Ten Dark Women
• Haru Kuroki · 2 films together: The Case of Hana & Alice, The Long Excuse
• Tae Kimura · 2 films together: The Case of Hana & Alice, Hana & Alice
• Yusuke Iseya · 2 films together: After Life, Dreams for Sale
• Anne Suzuki · 2 films together: The Case of Hana & Alice, Hana & Alice

Awards won

• Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2009)
• Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress (2009)

Nominations

• Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (2009)

Career at a glance

First credit: Tales of the Bizarre: Christmas Eve Special (1996) · Credits: 142

Roles played

Titles reviewed on Drama4U

• Happy Kanako's Killer Life2025Reviewed
• House of Ninjas2024 · Yoko TawaraReviewed

Other work

• 映画 おそ松さん 人類クズ化計画!!!!!?2026
• Never After Dark2026 · Teiko
• Kamaitachi's Instant Answer! Solving Problems in 60 Seconds2026
• This Is I2026 · Hatsue
• Lunch Break Lovers2026 · Shima Anno
• Last Man -FIRST LOVE-2025
• The Final Piece2025
• Coach2025
• Diary of a Surgical Resident: Madoka2025 · Saeko Tezuka
• 台風23号2024
• Friendship with Tanaka-san, Who Used to be the Same Age as Me2024
• Aoshima-kun Is Mean2024 · Sakamoto Kumi
• 90 Years Old – So What?2024 · Yoshikawa Mariko [Shinya's wife]
• House of the Owl2024 · Sumiko Hasegawa
• My Home Hero the Movie2024 · Kasen Tosu
• Cottontail2024 · Akiko
• Alice in Wonderful Kitchen2024 · Gojo Makiko
• My Home Hero2023 · Tosu Kasen

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