Yoshino Kimura

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.

Career

Kimura appeared as Shizuka in the 2007 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. 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.

In 2007, Kimura took the titular role in the TV Asahi tanpatsu (単発, TV movie) 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 '.

• Lost Paradise (1997) – Chika
• Isola (2000) – Yukari Kamo
• Hashire! Ichirō (2001) – Terada
• ' (2001) – Princess Kida
• Mobōhan (2002) – Shigeko Maehata
• Her Island, My Island (2002) – Kuriko
• Like Asura (2003) – Keiko Akagi
• Ichigo no Kakera (2005)
• Bluestockings (2005) – Kiyoko
• The Samurai I Loved (2005) – Fuku
• Nezu no Ban (2006) – Shigeko
• Backdancers! (2006) – Reiko Mihama
• Sakuran (2006) – Takao
• Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007) – Akiko
• Densen Uta (2007) – Ranko Kaburagi
• Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) – Shizuka
• Fine, Totally Fine (2008) – Akari Kinoshita
• Aibō the Movie (2008) – Hinako Katayama
• Jirochô Sangokushi (2008) – Osono
• ' (2008) – Aoi Monzen, Kazusa Monzen
• Blindness (2008) – First Blind Man's Wife
• Rescue Wings (2008) – Mina Takasu
• Daremo Mamotte Kurenai (2008) – Reiko Onoue
• Killer Bride's Perfect Crime (2009) – Fukuko Kobayashi
• Confessions (2010) – Yuko Shimomura
• King Game (2010) – Yamazaki
• Aibō Series X DAY (2013) – Hinako Katayama
• Hot Road (2014) – Kazuki's mother
• Hoshigaoka Wonderland – Sawako Kiyokawa
• Desperate Sunflowers (2016) – Natsuko Kotani
• Pretty Cure Dream Stars! (2017) - Shizuku (voice)
• My Dad is a Heel Wrestler (2018) - Shiori
• Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019) - President of the United States
• Diner (2019)
• Yo-kai Watch Jam the Movie: Yo-Kai Academy Y - Can a Cat be a Hero? (2019) - Medusa
• The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File (2020)
• Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
• First Love (2021)
• Masquerade Night (2021)
• The Boy and the Heron (2023) - Natsuko (voice)
• Re/Member: The Last Night (2025)

• ' (2001) – Princess Kida
• Open Season (2006) – Beth
• Kung Fu Panda (2008) – Master Tigress
• ' (2010) – Medusa (voice-over for Uma Thurman)
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) – Master Tigress
• Paddington (2014) – Millicent Clyde (voice-over for Nicole Kidman)
• Jurassic World (2015) – Claire Dearing (voice-over for Bryce Dallas Howard)
• ' (2018) – Claire Dearing (voice-over for Bryce Dallas Howard)
• ' (2019) – Dr. Emma Russell (voice-over for Vera Farmiga)
• Jungle Cruise (2021) – Dr. Lily Houghton (voice-over for Emily Blunt)
• Turning Red (2022) – Ming Lee
• Jurassic World Dominion (2022) – Claire Dearing (voice-over for Bryce Dallas Howard)