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Yoshino Kimura (木村 佳乃, Kimura Yoshino, born 10 April 1976) is a Japanese actress and singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series Masters of Horror. Kimura won the "Rookie of the Year" prize at the 21st Japan Academy Awards for her appearance in Shitsurakuen.[3]
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Kimura appeared as Shizuka in the recent spaghetti-western Sukiyaki Western Django. As of 25 June 2007 she was slated to star in a new Japanese soap opera to be set in Australia.[4] Kimura also voiced Master Tigress in the Japanese dub of Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 2. She also appears in Blindness as the First Blind Man's Wife. On 24 October 2010 she married Noriyuki Higashiyama.[5]
In 2007, Kimura took the title role in a TV Asahi tanpatsu (単発, TV movie), entitled Teresa Teng Monogatari (テレサ・テン物語), portraying the late Taiwanese superstar, who was (and continues to be) popular throughout Asia.
She played Kazusa Monzen and Aoi Monzen in the 2008 film Orochi: Blood.[6]
She also did the voice of Claire Folley in the game Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 22nd Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Herself | Won | [21] |
| 1998 | 21st Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Lost Paradise | Won | |
| 2006 | 29th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actress | The Samurai I Loved | Nominated | |
| 2011 | 53rd Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Confessions | Won | |
| 2016 | 9th Tokyo Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Boku no Yabai Tsuma | Won | |
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