Portrait of Yoshino Kimura

Acting

Yoshino Kimura

Career

Active from 1996 to 2026, busiest in 2005 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
53
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Boy and the Heron
The Boy and the Heron
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yoshino Kimura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    3.2, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 15
  • Japanese Drama 7
  • Coming-of-Age 6
  • Slice of Life 6
  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Character-Driven Narrative 4
  • Crime Thriller 3
  • Police Procedural 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

19 titles · average score 69
You, Like a Star
You, Like a Star (2026)
GoodWatch score 73

as Shiho Inoue

The 19th Medical Chart
The 19th Medical Chart (2025)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Shiori Arimatsu

Antihero
Antihero (2024)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Midorikawa Ayuka

Minami-kun is my lover!?
Minami-kun is my lover!? (2024)

TV show · as Horikiri Kaede

Glass Castle
Glass Castle (2024)

as Mikami Tazuko

The Boy and the Heron
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
GoodWatch score 85

as Natsuko (voice)

Kono Subarashiki Sekai
Kono Subarashiki Sekai (2023)

TV show

Avalanche
Avalanche (2021)

TV show · as Michiyo Yamamori

NO ACTIVITY
NO ACTIVITY (2021)

TV show · as Satomi Misato

Masquerade Night
Masquerade Night (2021)
GoodWatch score 62

as Machiko Sono

Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist (2020)

TV show · as Kajiyama Kaoru

Mothers in Love
Mothers in Love (2020)

TV show · as Ann Ishiwatari

2010s

35 titles · average score 69
Miss Devil
Miss Devil (2018)

TV show · as Chihiro Ito

My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler (2018)
GoodWatch score 64

as Shiori Omura

Home Sweet Tokyo
Home Sweet Tokyo (2017)

TV show · as Itsuki Jenkins

Hiyokko
Hiyokko (2017)

TV show · as Miyoko Yatabe

My Dangerous Wife
My Dangerous Wife (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mochizuki Maria

Sanadamaru
Sanadamaru (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Matsu

Lost and Found
Lost and Found (2016)

as Sawako Kiyokawa

64
64 (2015)

TV show · as Mikami Minako

Hot Road
Hot Road (2014)
GoodWatch score 62

as Kazuki's Mother

A Sinner's Lie
A Sinner's Lie (2014)

TV show · as Yasuko Matsumoto

Desperate Motherhood
Desperate Motherhood (2011)

TV show · as Motomiya Reina

Confessions
Confessions (2010)
GoodWatch score 80

as Naoki's Mother

2000s

37 titles · average score 60
Yako no Kaidan
Yako no Kaidan (2009)

TV show · as Edamura Sachiko

Killer Bride's Perfect Crime
Killer Bride's Perfect Crime (2009)
GoodWatch score 52

as Fukuko Kobayashi

Fine, Totally Fine
Fine, Totally Fine (2008)
GoodWatch score 66

as Akari Kinoshita

Orochi - Blood
Orochi - Blood (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

as Aoi Monzen / Kazusa

Dream Cruise
Dream Cruise (2007)
GoodWatch score 49

as Yuri Saito

The Suicide Song
The Suicide Song (2007)
GoodWatch score 38

as Ranko Kaburagi

Rondo
Rondo (2006)

TV show · as Akira Ichinose

Sakuran
Sakuran (2006)
GoodWatch score 72

as Takao

A Hardest Night!!
A Hardest Night!! (2005)

as Shigeko

The Samurai I Loved
The Samurai I Loved (2005)
GoodWatch score 73

as Fuku

Princess Hiro
Princess Hiro (2003)

TV show · as Haru Kojima

Isola: Multiple Personality Girl
Isola: Multiple Personality Girl (2000)
GoodWatch score 53

as Yukari Kamo / the psychic

1990s

12 titles · average score 62
Over Time
Over Time (1999)

TV show · as Nazuna Kurata

Perfect Love
Perfect Love (1999)

TV show

The Last Song
The Last Song (1998)

TV show

Brothers
Brothers (1998)

TV show · as Hatori Nana

Lost Paradise
Lost Paradise (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

as Chika

The Perfect Boss
The Perfect Boss (1997)

TV show · as Nanoko Kobayashi

月の輝く夜だから
月の輝く夜だから (1997)

TV show

スチュワーデス刑事
スチュワーデス刑事 (1997)

TV show

King of Sushi
King of Sushi (1996)

TV show · as Saori

Concerto
Concerto (1996)

TV show

The Mystery Files of Silver Wolf
The Mystery Files of Silver Wolf (1996)

TV show · as Haruka Kagami

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show