Chiaki Kuriyama

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Summary

Chiaki Kuriyama is a Japanese actor known internationally for Battle Royale and Kill Bill: Volume 1, with a career spanning film, television, and stage roles. Her work ranges from action and horror to crime dramas and comedy, and she has often played cool or forceful characters. In a 2025 interview, she said she hoped people could be freed from ideas about how they “must” live, and welcomed taking part in stories about same-sex love and consensual polyamory. No public political campaigning, activist affiliations, or advocacy on race, gender, or LGBTQ rights is on record.