Kou Shibasaki

• Profession: Actress and Singer
• Height: 160cm
• Star sign: Leo
• Blood type: B

• Discovered at the age 14 by talent scouts

Shibasaki Kou (Real name is Yamamura Yukie (山村幸恵)) is a Japanese actress and singer. She started her career at fourteen by a star agent and worked in many TV shows and commercials. Her stage name is taken from the main character of Junko Kawakami's manga Golden Delicious Apple Sherbet.

She became famous outside Japan for her role in Battle Royale (2000), where she performed the cold-hearted Mitsuko Souma; her acting career took off with this movie, and now she is well known in East Asia.

Her performance in the movie Go earned her several awards, among which the Best Supporting Actress Award of Japanese Academy, the Hōchi Movie Award, the Kinema Junpō Award.

• Blood type is B.
• Branded as the glamorous queen of Japanese TV dramas.
• Quentin Tarantino wanted Chiaki Kuriyama and Kou Shibasaki to be Go Go and Yuki Yubari in Kill Bill: Vol 1. But because of Kou's packed schedule she couldn't appear in the film.

• 2008 Yôgisha X no kenshin
• 2008 Shôrin shôjo
• "Garireo"
• 2007 Maiko haaaan!!!
• 2007 Shin kyûseishu densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raô den - Gekitô no shô as Reina
• 2007 Dororo
• "Smap x Smap"
• 2006 Kiraware Matsuko no isshô
• 2006 Nihon chinbotsu
• 2006 Shin kyûseishu densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raô den - Jun'ai no shô as Reina
• 2006 Kenchô no hoshi
• 2005 Mezon do Himiko
• "Orenji deizu"
• 2004 Sekai no chûshin de, ai o sakebu
• 2004 Densetsu no wani Jeiku
• 2003 Chakushin ari as Yumi Nakamura
• 2003 "Good Luck!!"
• 2003 "Dr. Kotô Shinryôjo"
• 2002 Yomigaeri
• 2002 Drive
• 2002 "Sora kara furu ichioku no hoshi"
• 2002 Soundtrack
• 2001 Kewaishi
• 2001 Go
• 2001 Kakashi
• 2001 Hashire! Ichiro
• 2000 Batoru rowaiaru
• 2000 Tokyo gomi onna
• 2000 Dong jing gong lüe
• 1999 "Kowai dôwa"