is an American-born Japanese actress. She is best known for playing the lead role of Gorgeous in the 1977 film House.
Born in Manhattan, New York City, United States to Japanese parents, she moved to Kyoto at age 3. Kimiko graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo and subsequently attended Tamagawa University. She is closely related to the Bandà  Mitsugorà  kabuki actors: her grandfather was the eighth, her uncle the ninth (later Bandà  Minosuke VII), her cousin (Bandà  Yasosuke V) the tenth to take that name. With the encouragement of Yasosuke, Kimiko turned to acting.
She made her television debut in 1975 in the NHK show Maboroshi no Pen Friend, and in that year also appeared in Ai to Makoto on TV Tokyo. Her entry into film came in 1975, when she appeared in Hadashi no Seishun (Shochiku). In Taiga drama series, Kimiko portrayed à Âhime Kusa Moeru (1979) Chacha (later named Yodo-Dono) in the 1981 Onna Taikà Â-ki, Lady Tsukiyama (the wife of the title character) in Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), and Eri (Lady Aburakawa, concubine of the title character) in Takeda Shingen. Other jidaigeki roles have included Sumi in the 1988 NHK Miyamoto Musashi Okon in Tà Âyama no Kin-san (1989), and Nami in the 2003 TV Tokyo Chà «shingura: Ketsudan no Toki. Contemporary roles include the yakuza in Gokudà  no Onna-tachi Revenge (the thirteenth in the series) and the female lead in Shiroi Kyotà  (TV Asahi, 1990). She appears frequently as a guest star on television series such as Mito Kà Âmon.
Kimiko also recorded a song, Nagasarete, on the Victor Entertainment label. The 1984 release (as of 2006, out of print) was the theme song for the show Kiryà «in Hanako no Shà Âgai.
Her honors include the 1990 Japan Jewellery Association Best Dresser Award.