is a Japanese actress and singer who has performed in television shows, movies, and commercials. She is managed by Stardust Promotion.

Biography

Acting career

thumb|left|200px|Shibasaki received the Letter of Appointment as the Goodwill Ambassador for the Environment from Hiroyoshi Sasagawa, Parliamentary Secretary of the Environment (at the Central Government Building No.5 on July 6, 2018)

Ko (also transcribed Kou and Koh) Shibasaki debuted in 2000, when she portrayed Mitsuko Souma in Battle Royale. Shibasaki also won critical acclaim for her role as Tsubaki Sakurai in the 2001 film Go, which earned her several awards, including the Best Supporting Actress Award of Japanese Academy, the Hōchi Movie Award, and the Kinema Junpō Award.

In 2013, Shibasaki made her U.S. film debut in 47 Ronin, a Keanu Reeves-led adaptation of the Chushingura story of samurai loyalty and revenge. The film was billed as the first ever English-language adaptation of the legend, based on historical events in the early 18th century.

In 2017, she played the main character Ii Naotora in the NHK Taiga drama TV series Naotora: The Lady Warlord. Before the series was filmed, Shibasaki visited the grave of Naotora.

Music career

thumb|200px|Shibasaki talked with [[Shinjirō Koizumi, Parliamentary Secretary of the Environment (at the Central Government Building No.5 on December 20, 2019)]]

Shibasaki has two musical groups: Koh+ (with Masaharu Fukuyama) and Galaxias! (with Deco*27 and TeddyLoid).

In June 2015, Shibasaki released her first cover album Kou Utau, and in June 2016, she released her second cover album Zoku Kou Utau.

Filmography

Film

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! Title

! Role

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| rowspan=3|2000 || Tokyo Raiders || Yumi|| ||

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| Tokyo Trash Baby || Kyoko|| ||

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| rowspan=3|2001 || ' || Miho Nakajima || ||

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| Kakashi || Izumi Miyamori || ||

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| rowspan=3|2002 || Soundtrack || Misa, Misa (2 roles) || ||

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| Makeup Artist Kewaishi || Nakatsu Sayo || ||

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| Drive || Sakai Sumire || Lead role ||

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| rowspan=2|2003 || Yomigaeri || Rui|| ||

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| rowspan=2|2005 || One Missed Call 2 || Yumi Nakamura || Cameo ||

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| Maison de Himiko || Saori|| Lead role ||

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| rowspan=3

| Sinking of Japan || Reiko Abe || ||

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| 2007 | Maiko Haaaan!!! || Fujiko Osawa || ||

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| rowspan=2|2010 || Shokudo Katatsumuri || Rinko || Lead role ||

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| Ōoku || Tokugawa Yoshimune || ||

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| rowspan=3

| Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea || Nanami Fujii (voice)|| ||

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|rowspan=2|2014 || A Bolt from the Blue || Etsuko Hanamura || ||

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| Over Your Dead Body || Miyuki Gotō, Oiwa || ||

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| 2000 || Battle Royale || Mitsuko Souma || ||

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| 2001 ||Go ||Tsubaki Sakurai|| ||

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| 2004 || Crying Out Love in the Center of the World || Ritsuko Fujimura|| ||

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| rowspan=3|2006 || Star Reformer || Aki Ninomiya || ||

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| Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love || Reina (voice) || ||

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| Memories of Matsuko || Asuka Watanabe || ||

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| rowspan=2|2007 || Dororo || Dororo || ||

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| Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fight || Reina (voice) || ||

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| rowspan=2|2013 || 47 Ronin || Mika|| American film||

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| 2014 || Over Your Dead Body || Miyuki Gotō, Oiwa|| ||

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| 2016 || Nobunaga Concerto || Kichō|| ||

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| 2020 || State of Emergency|| || ||

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| rowspan=2| 2021 || Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai|| Oyuki|| ||

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| Child of Kamiari Month|| Yayoi Hayama (voice) || ||

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| rowspan=5| 2022 || Silent Parade || Kaoru Utsumi || ||

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| xxxHolic || Yuko Ichihara ||Lead role||

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| Phases of the Moon || Kozue Osanai|| ||

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| The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn || Izuko || ||

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| Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 || Ayaka Gotō || ||

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| rowspan=2| 2023|| The Boy and the Heron || Kiriko (voice) || ||

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| Don't Call it Mystery: The Movie || Yura Akamine || ||

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| 2024 || Serpent's Path || Sayoko || Lead role; French-Japanese film||

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| rowspan=2|2025 || Sham || Ritsuko Himuro || ||

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| Bring Him Down to a Portable Size || Riko Murai || Lead role ||

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| rowspan=2|2026 || The Brightest Sun || Yuki || ||

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| One Year to Live, Buy a Man || Yui Katakura || Lead role ||

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Television

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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! Title

! Role

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| 1998 || Shin-D || -|| ||

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| rowspan=4|1999 || L×I×V×E || Akiko Taniguchi || ||

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| P. S. Genkidesu, Shunpei || Mika Kawai|| || ||

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| Kowai Douwa || Rapunzel|| ||

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| Warui Onna || Bartender Ayaka|| || Lead role||

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| rowspan=7|2000 || Black Jack || Keiko Toyama || ||

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| Another Heaven ~eclipse~ || Rumi Kiuchi || ||

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| Densetsu no Kyoushi || Rie || ||

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| Tuesday Suspense Theater <small>(Angel Dressed in Black)</small> || Nurse || ||

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| Straight News || Mina Hamasaki || ||

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| Face ~Mishiranu Koibito~ || Mako Okuno || || ||

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| School Ghost Stories: Spring Mononoke Special || Young wife || || ||

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| 2001 || Let's Go! Nagata-cho || Suzuko Hirose || ||

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| rowspan=2|2002 || Yume no California || Kotomi Oba || ||

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| 2016 || Ice on the Tracks || Mayu Daimon || Lead role; television film ||

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| 2019 || The House on the Slope || Yamazaki Risako || Lead role ||

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| 2020 || A Girl of 35 || Nozomi Tokioka || Lead role ||

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| 2022 || Invisible || Invisible/Kiriko || Lead role ||

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| 2002 ||Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi || Yuki Mizashita || ||

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| rowspan=1|2003 || Good Luck!! || Ayumi Ogawa || ||

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| 2003–06 || Dr. Coto's Clinic || Ayaka Hoshino || 2 seasons ||

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| 2007 || Galileo || Detective Kaoru Utsumi || ||

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| 2011 || The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda || Rikako Ogaki || ||

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| 2013 || Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love? || Asahi Ando|| ||

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| 2014 || Nobunaga Concerto || Kichō || ||

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| 2015 || Maru Maru Tsuma || Hikari || Lead role ||

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| 2017 || Naotora: The Lady Warlord || Ii Naotora || Lead role; Taiga drama ||

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| 2018 || Dele || Akina Sawatari || Episode 5||

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| 2020 || Yell || Tamaki Futaura || Asadora||

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| 2025 || Scandal Eve || Saki Ioka || Lead role ||

|-

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Dubbing

  • Cruella, Cruella de Vil (Emma Stone)
  • The Matrix Resurrections, Gwyn de Vere (Christina Ricci)

Discography

Shibasaki has sold over 4 million singles combined.

Studio albums

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|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

! Title

! Album information

! Oricon<br>peak<br>position

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  • Released: February 11, 2004
  • Label: Universal J
  • Catalog No.: UPCH-1327

| 2

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  • Released: December 14, 2005
  • Label: Universal J
  • Catalog No.: UPCH-1450

| 6

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  • Released: April 25, 2007
  • Label: Universal J
  • Catalog No.: UPCH-29003

| 3

|-

! scope="row" | Love Paranoia

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  • Released: November 18, 2009
  • Label: Nayutawave Records
  • Catalog No.: UPCH-29039

| 2

|-

! scope="row" | Circle Cycle

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  • Released: May 18, 2011
  • Label: Nayutawave Records
  • Catalog No.: UPCH-29069

| 3

|-

! scope="row" |

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  • Released: December 12, 2012
  • Label: Nayutawave Records
  • Catalog No.: UPCH-29092

| 20

|-

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  • Released: June 17, 2015
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Catalog No.: VIZL-782
  • Cover album

| 12

|-

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  • Released: July 20, 2016
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Catalog No.: VIZL-1002
  • Cover album

| 10

|}

Compilation albums

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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions

! Title

! Album information

! Oricon<br>peak<br>position

! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| Japan Hot 100

|-

| "Trust my feelings"

| July 24, 2002

| 50 || × || Single Best

|-

| "Tsuki no Shizuku" (月のしずく) - as Rui

| January 15, 2003

| 1 || × || Mitsu

|-

| "Nemuri Renai Yoru wa Nemuri Ranai Yume o" (眠レナイ夜ハ眠ラナイ夢ヲ)

| June 4, 2003

| 7 || × || Mitsu

|-

| "Omoide Dakede wa Tsurasugiru" (思い出だけではつらすぎる)

| September 3, 2003

| 9 || × || Mitsu

|-

| "Ikutsuka no Sora" (いくつかの空)

| January 14, 2004

| 10 || × || Mitsu

|-

| "Katachi Aru Mono" (かたち あるもの)

| August 11, 2004

| 2 || × || Single Best

|-

| "Glitter"

| February 16, 2005

| 6 || × || Hitori Asobi

|-

| "Sweet Mom"

| October 5, 2005

| 3 || × || Hitori Asobi

|-

| "Kage" (影)

| February 15, 2006

| 2 || × || Kiki

|-

| "Invitation"

| August 9, 2006

| 9 || × || Kiki

|-

| "Actuality"

| December 6, 2006

| 20 || × || Single Best

|-

| "at home"

| February 21, 2007

| 24 || × || Kiki

|-

| "Hito Koi Meguri" (ひと恋めぐり)

| March 28, 2007

| 8 || × || Kiki

|-

| "Prism" (プリズム)

| May 30, 2007

| 20 || × || Single Best

|-

| "Kiss Shite" (KISSして) - as Koh+

| November 21, 2007

| 3 || × || Single Best

|-

| "Yoku Aru Hanashi: Mofuku no Onna-hen" (よくある話 〜喪服の女編〜)

| June 4, 2008

| 6 || 14 || Love Paranoia

|-

| "Saiai" (最愛) - as Koh+

| October 1, 2008

| 5 || 3 || Love Paranoia

|-

| "Taisetsu ni Suru yo" (大切にするよ)

| March 4, 2009

| 16 || 23 || Love Paranoia

|-

| "Love Soul" (ラバソー 〜lover soul〜)

| September 16, 2009

| 3 || 8 || Love Paranoia

|-

| "Honto dayo" (ホントだよ)

| April 4, 2010

| 8 || 8 || Love&Ballad Collection

|-

| "Euphoria"

| November 3, 2010

| 15 || 37 || Circle Cycle

|-

| "Mukei Spirit" (無形スピリット)

| February 9, 2011

| 12 || 15 || Circle Cycle

|-

| "Wish"

| April 20, 2011

| 12 || 23 || Circle Cycle

|-

| "Strength"

| March 14, 2012

| 26 || 33 || Lyrical Wonder

|-

| "Another World"

| June 13, 2012

| 12 || 19 || Lyrical Wonder

|-

| "My Perfect Blue/Yukuyuku wa" (My Perfect Blue/ゆくゆくは)

| October 31, 2012

| 28 || 35 || Lyrical Wonder

|-

| "Love Searchlight" (ラブサーチライト)

| April 16, 2014

| 22 || 21

|-

| "Aoi Hoshi" (蒼い星)

| August 27, 2014

| 36 || TBA || &ndash;

|-

| "Yasei no dōmei" (野性の同盟)

| November 25, 2015

| 38 || TBA

|}

  • "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

DVDs

  • Kō Shibasaki Single Clips (2004)
  • Kō Shibasaki Invitation Live (2007)
  • Live Tour 2008 -1st- DVD (2008)

Awards

Movies

  • For her role in the 2001 movie Go:

{| class="wikitable"

!

! Award ceremony

! Award

! Result

|-

| 25th

| Japan Academy Film Prize

| Best Supporting Actress, Newcomer of the Year

|

|-

| 75th

| Kinema Junpo Best 10

| Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

|

|-

| 26th

| Hochi Film Awards

| Best Supporting Actress

|

|-

| 23rd

| Yokohama Film Festival

| Best Supporting Actress

|

|-

| 44th

| Blue Ribbon Awards

| Best New Artist

|

|-

| 14th

| Nikkan Sports Film Award

| Best New Artist

|

|-

| 56th

| Mainichi Film Award

| Sports Nippon Grand Prix Newcomer of the Year

|

|-

| 11th

| Tokyo Sports Film Award

| Best New Artist

|

|-

| 12th

| Japan Film Critics Awards

| Best New Artist

|

|-

| 16th

| Takasaki Film Festival

| Best New Actress

|

|}

  • For her role in the 2005 movie House of Himiko:

{| class="wikitable"

!

! Award ceremony

! Award

! Result

|-

| 29th

| Fumiko Yamaji Awards

| Best Actress

|

|-

| 1st

| Osaka Film Festival

| Best performance by an actress in a leading role

|

|}

Others

{| class="wikitable"

!

! Award ceremony

! Award

! Result

|-

| 27th

| Elan d'or Awards

| Newcomer of the Year

|

|-

|}

References

  • Ko Shibasaki at Oricon