"Kou Shibasaki"

Yukie Yamamura (山村 幸恵?, born August 5, 1981), better known by her stage name Kō Shibasaki (柴咲 コウ Shibasaki Kō?), is a Japanese actress and singer. She is considered one of Japan's most beautiful women.

Shibasaki has two units: KOH+ (with Masaharu Fukuyama) and the recently formed galaxias! (with DECO*27 and TeddyLoid). Shibasaki made her debut in the music industry in 2002 with her first single, "Trust My Feelings", but she became recognized for her second single, "Tsuki no Shizuku", which was used for the movie Yomigaeri.
Though unable to compose (mainstream) music on her own, Kō Shibasaki writes the lyrics for most of her songs. Many of her singles have become theme songs for various films, dramas, and commercials. Her single "ラバソー～lover soul～" is the ending theme song for the live action drama Otomen.

Shibasaki debuted in 2000 when she portrayed the cold, deadly, and promiscuous Mitsuko Souma in the cult classic Battle Royale. Her acting career took off with this film and also raised her international profile not only in Japan, but all over East Asia. 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, the Kinema Junpō Award. Since her debut in 2000, Shibasaki has worked in numerous television shows, movies and commercials. Her stage name is taken from the main character of Junko Kawakami's manga Golden Delicious Apple Sherbet.
Shibasaki was also originally slated to play the role of Yuki Yubari, the sister of the character Gogo Yubari alongside her former Battle Royale co-star Chiaki Kuriyama, in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. However she ended up dropping out of the project due to commitments in Japan, and her character was eventually erased from the script altogether.
In March 2011, it was announced that Shibasaki would make her "Hollywood debut" in a Keanu Reeves-led adaptation of the famous Chushingura story. A story of samurai loyalty and revenge and titled 47 Ronin, it is billed as the first ever English-language adaptation of the legend based on historical events in the early 18th century.

Discography

Kō Shibasaki has sold over 4 million singles combined.

Studio albums
Mitsu (蜜?) (2004)
Hitori Asobi (ひとりあそび?) (2005)
Kiki (嬉々♥?) (2007)
Love Paranoia (2009)
Circle Cycle (2011)
Lyrical Wonder (2012)

Compilation albums
Single Best (2008)
The Back Best (2008)
Love & Ballad Selection (2010)
Orb: Kō Shibasaki 10th Anniversary Premium Box (2012)

Singles
"Trust My Feelings" (2002)
"Tsuki no Shizuku" (月のしずく?) (as Rui) (2003)
"Nemurenai Yoru wa Nemuranai Yume o" (眠レナイ夜ハ眠ラナイ夢ヲ?) (2003)
"Omoide Dake de wa Tsurasugiru" (思い出だけではつらすぎる?) (2003)
"Ikutsuka no Sora" (いくつかの空?) (2004)
"Katachi Aru Mono" (かたちあるもの?) (2004)
"Glitter" (2005)
"Sweet Mom" (2005)
"Kage" (影?) (2006)
"Invitation" (2006)
"Actuality" (2006)
"At Home" (2007)
"Hitokoi Meguri" (ひと恋めぐり?) (2007)
"Prism" (プリズム?) (2007)
"Kiss Shite" (KISSして?) (as Koh+; collaboration with Masaharu Fukuyama) (2007)
"Yoku Aru Hanashi (Mofuku no Onna Hen)" (よくある話～喪服の女編～?) (2008)
"Saiai" (最愛?) (as Koh+) (2008)
"Kimi no Koe" (digital single) (2008)
"Taisetsu ni Suru yo" (大切にするよ?) (2009)
"Lover Soul" (ラバソー～lover soul～?) (2009)
"Honto da yo" (ホントだよ?) (2010)
"Euphoria" (2010) (collaboration with Androp)
"Mukei Spirit" (2011)
"Wish" (2011)
"Strength" (2012)
"Another:World" (2012)
"My Perfect Blue/Eventually" (2012)

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

Films

Year	Title	Character
2000	Battle Royale	Mitsuko Souma
2001	Kakashi	Izumi Miyamori
2001	Go	Tsubaki Sakurai
2002	Soundtrack	Misa
2003	Yomigaeri	Rui
2004	Chakushin Ari	Yumi Nakamura
2004	Socrates in Love	Ritsuko Fujimura
2005	Chakushin Ari 2	Yumi Nakamura (Cameo)
2005	Maison de Himiko	Saori
2006	Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raō Den Jun'ai no Shō	Reina
2006	Kenchō no Hoshi	Aki Ninomiya
2006	Nihon Chinbotsu	Reiko Abe
2007	Dororo	Dororo
2007	Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raō Den Gekitō no Shō	Reina
2007	Maiko Haaaan!!!	Fujiko Osawa
2008	Shaolin Girl	Rin
2008	Suspect X	Kaoru Utsumi
2010	Shokudo Katatsumuri	Rinko
2010	Ōoku	Tokugawa Yoshimune
2013	Su-chan Mai-chan Sawako-san	Morimoto Yoshiko
2013	Galileo XX	Kaoru Utsumi
2013	47 Ronin	Mika

Television

Year	Program Name	Character Name
2000	Face: Mishiranu Koibito	Mako Okuno
2001	Let's Go - Nagata-cho
2002	Yume no California	Kotomi Oba
2002	Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi	Yuki Mizashita
2003	Good Luck!!	Ayumi Ogawa
2003	Dr. Koto Shinryoujo	Ayaka Hoshino
2004	Orange Days	Sae Hagio
2006	Dr. Koto Shinryoujo (second season)	Ayaka Hoshino
2007	Galileo	Detective Kaoru Utsumi
2010	Wagaya no Rekishi	Yame Masako
2011	Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda	Oogaki Rikako
2013	American Horror Story: Coven	Megumi Nagasaki
2013	Andou Lloyd	Andou Asahi

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/