Kyōka Suzuki

Kyōka Suzuki (Japanese: 鈴木 京香, Hepburn: Suzuki Kyōka; born 31 May 1968) is a Japanese actress.

Kyōka Suzuki
Born	(1968-05-31) May 31, 1968 (age 57) Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present

Life and career

Suzuki appeared in Shinji Aoyama's Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name^[1] and Yōichi Sai's Blood and Bones.^[2]

She won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival for her role in Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald,^[3] at the 42nd Blue Ribbon Awards for Keiho^[4] and at the 2011 Tokyo Drama Awards for Second Virgin.^[5][6] On 9 June 2023, she was sent for emergency hospitalization for surgery due to physical discomfort.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	Godzilla vs. Biollante	Hiromi Kawai
	Ai to Heisei no Iro Otoko
1990	Bakayarō! 3: Hen na Yatsura		Anthology film
1992	Future Memories: Last Christmas
1993	Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō	Otami
1994	119
1995	Emergency Call
1996	Shin Izakaya Yūrei
1997	Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald	Miyako Suzuki		[3]
1998	Bullet Ballet
	Belle Époque
1999	Keiho		Lead role	[4]
2000	Zawazawa Shimokitazawa
2001	Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius
	Vengeance for Sale
2002	Ghiblies: Episode 2	Yukari-san (voice)
	Tsuribaka Nisshi 13: Hama-chan Kiki Ippatsu!
	Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover	Narasaki Ryō
	Suite de Jeudi	Eriko Shiotani	Lead role
2003	Rockers
2004	Zebraman
	Blood and Bones			[2]
2005	Yamato	Makiko Uchida
	Samurai Commando: Mission 1549
2006	Udon
	A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth	Yukiko
	Playboy Don't Cry
2007	Argentine Baba
2008	The Magic Hour	Sayoko
	Samurai Gangsters
2009	Sideways
	Boku to Mama no Kiiroi Jitensha
	The Unbroken	Ritsuko Onchi
	Gravity's Clowns	Rieko Okuno
2010	Flowers
2011	A Liar and a Broken Girl	Koibi Sakashita
	Second Virgin	Rui Nakamura	Lead role
2013	The Kiyosu Conference	Oichi
2014	Judge!
	Until the Day Comes	Takako Kawashima	Lead role
2015	Mother's Trees	Mitsu Tamura	Lead role	[8]
2016	Something Like, Something Like It			[9]
2018	Eating Women			[10]
2021	A Garden of Camellias			[11]
2024	La Grande Maison Paris	Rinko Hayami		[12]
2025	Eikou no Bakkuhomu	Manami Yokota		[13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1990	Tobu ga Gotoku	Princess Kazu	Taiga drama	[14]
1991–92	Kimi no Na wa	Machiko Ujiie	Lead role; Asadora	[15]
1995	King's Restaurant	Masako Sanjō		[16]
1996	Only You: Aisarete	Chihiro Mashiba	Lead role	[17]
1998	Kirakira Hikaru			[18]
2000	Aikotoba wa Yūki			[19]
	Aoi	Hosokawa Gracia	Taiga drama	[20]
2002	Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name		TV movie	[1]
2003	Say Hello to Black Jack	Kaori Akagi		[21]
2004	Shinsengumi!	Oume	Taiga drama	[22]
2007	The Family	Aiko Takasu		[23]
2008	Scandal		Lead role	[24]
2010	Second Virgin		Lead role	[25]
2012	Perfect Son	Umi Suzuki	Lead role	[26]
2013	Midnight Ferris Wheel	Mayumi Endō	Lead role	[27]
2016	Sanada Maru	Nei	Taiga drama	[28]
2017	Warotenka	Tsueko Kitamura	Asadora	[29]
2019	La Grande Maison Tokyo	Rinko Hayami		[30]
2021	Welcome Home, Monet	Ayako Nagaura	Asadora	[31]
2022	The 13 Lords of the Shogun	Tango no Tsubone	Taiga drama	[32]
2023	Burn the House Down	Makiko Mitarai		[33]
2024	La Grande Maison Tokyo Special	Rinko Hayami		[34]

Honours

• Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2014)^[35]