Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki (Japanese: ; Katakana: Kuroki Hitomi; born October 5, 1960) is a Japanese actress and film director.

She was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in what was formerly called Kurogi in Yame District (now incorporated into Yame City). Her stage name derives from her hometown of Kuroki,。

Kuroki was a member of the Takarazuka Revue, belonging to the (Tsuki-gumi). Kuroki was the voice of Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible in the Japanese dub of The Incredibles. She won the award for best actress at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Lost Paradise (1997).

Curriculum vitae

Childhood

She was born 1960 (Showa 35) the youngest of 4 siblings (1 brother). Her father engaged in livestock husbandry, while her mother ran a diner. They were both strict disciplinarians, but Hitomi grew up carefreely without troubling her parent. but because of her aforementioned fandom of Versailles (),

Among notables in the same class are actresses , Mayo Suzukaze, Miki Maya, of mixed Mexican descent who became Japanese dance instructor, and who has stayed on with the troupe as leader. Kuroki was assigned to the Moon troupe as a girl-part actrees on May 18. While still in the troupe, she appeared in the affiliated Tōhō production film Minami Jūjisei ("Southern Cross"; English title: The Highest Honor) co-produced with the Australian film team. This was her first movie appearance.

She was cast in the heroine role in the July 1983 staging of the ,

She was cast in such Takarazuka titles as , She had her final performance in the September 1, She won a best new actress prize for her role in the film at annual Japan Academy Film Prizes.

She continued to play suspense drama an other roles. In 1997, she starred in Shitsurakuen or Lost Paradise also an adaptation of the Watanabe Junichi novel A Lost Paradise, and directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. The title became a buzzword and a social phenomenon, with Kuroki winning the Japanese Academy's best actress prize.

In 1990, she was married, with a daughter born in 1998.

She was the 1999 and 2000 emcee for the Japan Record Awards ceremony, aired on TBS.

She played the lead distressed mother in the 2002 film adaptation of the horror story Dark Water directed by Hideo Nakata of Ring fame.

She made her directorial debut with the 2016 feature film adaptation of 's . Although Kuroki did not appear in this movie, she played the lead role in the TV drama version which aired the same year.

Selected filmography

As director

Iya na Onna (2016)

As actress

Film

Keshin (1986)
Majo no Kōsui (2023) – Yayoi Shiraishi
18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)
Tomorrow in the Finder (2024)
The Rose of Versailles (2025) – narrator

Television series

The Gate of Youth (1991) – Tae Ibuki
Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (1995) – Kume
Ring: The Final Chapter (1999) – Rieko Miyashita
Majo no jouken (1999) – Kyoko Kurosawa
Golden Bowl (2002) – Hitomi Sakura
Good Luck!! (2003) – Noriko Togashi
The Great White Tower (2003) – Keiko Hanamori
Onihei Hankachō (2006) voice
Real Clothes SP (2008) – Jinbo Miki
Real Clothes (2009) – Jinbo Miki
GTO (2012) – Sakurai Ryoko
Gunshi Kanbei (2014) – One
Rakuen (2017) – Harumi Takahashi
Shukatsu Kazoku (2017) – Mizuki Tomikawa
Overprotected Kahoko (2017) – Izumi Nemoto
Okehazama (2021), Dota Gozen
Sunset (2023) – Rinko Ōhata
Passing the Reins (2025) – Kyoko Sanno

Variety and cultural shows

Waratte Iitomo
Japan Record Award – preside
Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
DON! (video)

Stage (Takarazuka Revue)

Guys and Dolls – Sara
A Tale of Two Cities

Stage

Hamlet (1990)
Christmas Box
mama loves MAMBO (2000)
mama lobes MAMBOII (2002)
Hitomi Kuroki 25th anniversary Show "Musemore～talking&dancing" (2003)
mama loves MAMBOIII (2004)
MAMA LOVES mamboIV (2006)
Hitomi Kuroki 30th Dreaming Dinner show (2010)
Hitomi Kuroki is the reader the stage "Toritateya Oharu" (2010–2011)