Rei Kikukawa

Rei Kikukawa (菊川 怜, Kikukawa Rei; born February 28, 1978)^{[1][unreliable source?]} is a Japanese actress and television presenter.

Rei Kikukawa
菊川 怜
Born	(1978-02-28) February 28, 1978 (age 47) Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Occupations	Actress Television presenter
Years active	1999–present
Agent	Oscar Promotion
Spouse	Yoshiteru Akita [ja] ​ ​ (m. 2017; div. 2024)​
Children	3
Relatives	Mai Kikukawa (sister)

Biography

Kikukawa was born in Urawa (now part of Saitama), in Saitama Prefecture. She is a graduate of the University of Tokyo where she majored in architecture. She was scouted by an agent while shopping, and eventually came to be represented by Oscar Promotion.^{[citation needed]} Her first major role came in 2002 when she was chosen to co-host the Sunday night NTV show Bankisha.

Personal life

On April 28, 2017, Kikukawa announced via television broadcast that she had married a non-celebrity man,^[2] who was later revealed to be the businessman Yoshiteru Akita.^[3] The couple shares three children together: their first child, a son born in April 2019,^[4] their second son in December 2020,^[5] and their third, a daughter born in October 2022, respectively.^[6][7]

Kikukawa announced through a post on her official social media account that she and Akita had finalized their divorce on November 6, 2024. She shares custody of their three children and co-parent.^[8]

Filmography

Movies

• Double Deception (2001)
• Gun Crazy 2: Beyond the Law (2002)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
• Install (2004)
• Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
• Sakura no Sono/The Cherry Orchard (2008)
• Meon (2010)
• Ōoku (2010)
• A Sower of Seeds 5 (2025)^[9]

Television

• OL Zenido (2003 TV Asahi)
• Yume miru Budo: Hon o yomu Onna (2003 NHK)
• Shinsengumi! (2004 NHK), Ikumatsu^[10]
• Reikan Bus Guide Jikenbo / Midnight Ghost Tour (2004 TV Asahi)
• Chakushin Ari / One Missed Call (2005 TV Asahi)
• Izumo no Okuni (2006 NHK)
• Hoshizora Hospital / Starry Skay Hospital (2007 NHK)
• Dageki Tenshi Ruri / Blow Angel Ruri (2008 TV Asahi)
• Midori no Christmas / Green Christmas (2002 NHK)
• Sinmai Jiken Kisha Misaki / Journalist Misaki (2005, 2006 TV Tokyo)
• Quartet: June Bride 2005 (2005 NTV)
• Kuroi Jukai / Black Sea of Trees (2005 Fuji TV)
• Women in Wall: Utsunomiya Women's Prison 2006 (2006 NTV)
• Aoi Byoten (2006 Fuji TV)
• Midnight Blue: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department-Identification Section　(2006 NTV)
• Satsujin Yuki Oku no Hosomichi (2007 Fuji TV)
• Detective Teacher Miss Saionji Rika's Homicide Notebook (2008 TBS)
• Keishicho Denwa Shidokan: Miss Hukagawa Mariko's Police blotter (2008 TV Asahi)
• Onsen Nakai Koizumi Atuko no Jikencho (2009 TV Tokyo)
• Sankyo no Sho (2010 Fuji TV)
• Tokudane! (Fuji TV)