Line #33 Creator/ChiakiKuriyama


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4	Chiaki Kuriyama (born October 10, 1984 in Tsuchiura, Japan) is a Japanese actress best known in the west for her roles as Gogo Yubari in ''Film/KillBill'' and Takako Chigusa in ''Film/BattleRoyale''.
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6	Born in Tsuchiura, Japan, she was a child model during the boom in the mid-'90s. She got her start as an actress with the films ''{{Film/Shikoku}}'' and ''{{Film/Juon}}'' [[note]]the original Japanese movie adapted as ''Film/TheGrudge'' in the US[[/note]]. Her role in ''Battle Royale'' caught the eye of Creator/QuentinTarantino who cast her in her iconic role in ''Kill Bill''.
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8	She has also studied ballet and gymnastics and released a few albums.
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10	!!Short Filmography:
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12	* ''Film/{{Oyayubihime}}''
13	* ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar''
14	* ''Film/{{Juon}}''
15	* ''Film/KillBill''
16	* ''Film/BattleRoyale''
17	* ''Film/{{Azumi}} 2: Death or Love''
18	* ''Film/LibraryWars''
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20	!!Voicework:
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22	* ''Film/StarTrek2009'': Uhura
23	* ''Anime/DawnOfTheSeeker'': Cassandra
24	* ''VideoGame/YakuzaDeadSouls'': Misuzu Asagi
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26	!!Music:
27	* "Cold Finger Girl": Opening song for ''Manga/LevelE''
28	* "Ryusei no Namida": Opening song for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''
29	* ''{{Music/Circus}}'': Her first album.
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32	!!Tropes relevant to this actress:
33	* ChronicallyKilledActor: She has a habit of being killed in her movies (and in some TV shows).
34	** ''Shikoku'': Her death is what drives the story as her mad mother attempts to resurrect her.
35	** ''Battle Royale'': Shot in the back and dies in the arms of her friend Hiroki.
36	** ''Kill Bill'': A showstopper duel against the Bride pits KatanasAreJustBetter against EpicFlail. The Bride wins, by virtue of [[CombatPragmatist a board (with a nail in it) to the head.]] ''Ow''.
37	** ''Azumi 2: Death or Love'': Repeatedly slashed by Azumi [[spoiler:after being revealed as TheMole]].
38	** ''Ju-On: The Curse'': Killed by Toshio (off-screen).
39	** ''The Great Yokai War'': ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by the BigBad in order to further a magical ritual.
40	** ''24 Japan'': She's shot and killed by Genba Shido [[spoiler:after she's revealed to be TheMole for terrorists in CTU.]]
41	* CuteAndPsycho: She pulls off psychotic extremely well. Such as:
42	** ''Battle Royale'', being cut in the face sends her into a berserk rage.
43	** ''Oyayubihime'', Sayako shrinks the boy she likes and is trying to force him to love her back. When her friend Aya discovers the truth Sayako shrinks Aya as well and proceeds to torment her for amusement. Eventually, Aya makes an attempt to escape and a cold-blooded Sayako steps on her, collects her body in tissue, and tosses her in the garbage.
44	** ''Kill Bill'', Gogo is a teenage bodyguard, wearing a school uniform, that the Bride introduces by calling her young and insane.
45	* InkSuitActor: Misuzu Akagi, from ''VideoGame/YakuzaDeadSouls'', is modeled after her.
46	* PromotedFanboy: After she made an interview with ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' mangaka, Creator/OkuHiroya, and telling him she was a huge fan, she ended in the manga as a character named "Kill Bill".
47	* TypeCast: In her own words, she is always seen as "the scary one".

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