Birth place: Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height: 168 cm

Weight: 48 kg

Special skills and interests: Horse riding, dance (Nihonbuyou), archery (kyuudo), swords (iaido), driving, motorcycling

Rinko Kikuchi debuted in 1999 under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi (菊池 百合子), in the Kaneto Shindo-directed film Ikitai (生きたい). She is married to actor Shota Sometani.