Kanagawa-ken, Japan.
In 1997 Rinko Kikuchi (then still going by the name Yuriko) appeared on the TV show Gakkô no kaidan F.
two years later Rinko Kikuchi made her film debut in the Kaneto Shindo movie Ikitai (Will to Live)
Rinko Kikuchi didn't change her stage name until around 2004 when she appeared in the film 69.
