Hitomi Kuroki

{{short description|Japanese actress and film director (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Hitomi Kuroki | image = 金馬紅毯／62歲黑木瞳超閃桃紅.jpg | image_size = | caption = Hitomi Kuroki at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in November 2022 | birth_name = {{nihongo|Shōko Ichiji|伊知地昭子}} (née {{nihongo|Egami|江上}}) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|5}} | birth_place = Former Kurogi, Yame District (now Yame, Fukuoka), Japan<ref name="prf">{{cite journal|title=Nihon no joyū 100-nin |script-title=ja:日本の女優 100人| journal=Bessatsu Takarajima |script-journal=ja:別冊宝島』 |publisher=Takarajima-sha |issue=2551 |page=104}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress, film director | years_active = 1981–present | spouse = | website = | awards = }} '''Hitomi Kuroki''' (Japanese: {{lang|ja|黒木瞳}}; Katakana: {{lang|ja|クロキヒトミ}} ''Kuroki Hitomi''; born October 5, 1960) is a Japanese actress and film director.

She was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in what was formerly called Kurogi in Yame District (now incorporated into Yame City).<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 ">{{cite journal|title=Watashi no chizu dai 557-kai Kuroki Hitomi |script-title=ja:私の地図第557回・黒木瞳 |journal=Shūkan Gendai |date=June 17, 2023 |pages=70–72}}</ref> Her stage name derives from her hometown of Kuroki,<ref name="fh0515" /> and writer Hiroyuki Itsuki who was an alumnus of her Middle School<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/> came up with this full stage name.<ref>Kuroki (autobiography) ''Haha no īwake'' 母の言い訳 p. 208.</ref>。

Kuroki was a member of the Takarazuka Revue, belonging to the {{illm|Moon Troupe|ja|月組 (宝塚歌劇)}} (Tsuki-gumi). Kuroki was the voice of Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible in the Japanese dub of ''The Incredibles''. She won the award for best actress at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for ''Lost Paradise'' (1997).<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1997/|script-title= ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー|access-date= January 27, 2010|language= ja|publisher= Cinema Hochi|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111005192909/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1997/|archive-date= October 5, 2011}}</ref>

== Curriculum vitae == === Childhood === She was born 1960 (Showa 35) the youngest of 4 siblings (1 brother).<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/><ref name="fh0515">{{Cite web|url=http://datazoo.jp/tv/ファミリーヒストリー/856847 |title=Family History |script-title=ja:ファミリーヒストリー |date=May 15, 2015 |work=TV deta zō |script-work=ja:TVでた蔵 |publisher=Wire Action |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095421/http://datazoo.jp/tv/ファミリーヒストリ/856847 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |accessdate=May 17, 2015}}</ref> Her father engaged in livestock husbandry, while her mother ran a diner. They were both strict disciplinarians, but Hitomi grew up carefreely without troubling her parent.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>

Her father was ranked 7-dan in ''kendō'',<ref name="ten">{{Cite web|url=https://tvtopic.goo.ne.jp/kansai/program/ytv/25424/499315/ |title=Kansai jōhō net ten. 2016-06-24 hōsō-kai |script-title=ja:かんさい情報ネットten. 2016年6月24日放送回 |publisher=goo TV |date=June 24, 2016|accessdate=May 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/> and partly due to that influence, she took up practicing ''kendō'' at a dōjō from the 4th grade.<ref name="asahi170110">{{Cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/and_M/interest/SDI2017010663701.html|title=Haha to kawa de sentaku wo shita kokyō no omoide: Kuroki Hitomi-san |script-title=ja:母と川で洗濯をした故郷の思い出黒木瞳さん|publisher=Asahi Shimbun |date=January 10, 2017|accessdate=May 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kuroki Hitomi ga kataru shigoto-1: Shigotoryoku |script-title=ja:黒木瞳が語る仕事--1 仕事力 |url=https://info.asahi.com/shukatsu/asakyu/kuroki-1.html |website=Asahi Shimbun hiroba |access-date=February 9, 2023 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/> She loved music from childhood and took piano lessons. And an avid reader as well.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>

As a 2nd year student in middle school, she was inspired to become an actress after watching a schoolmate in the daughter's role in Kan Kikuchi's play ''Chichi kaeru'' ("the father returns") put on by the students at the school culture festival. Having watched many films, she dreamed of being in the movies as well.{{efn|She recalls asking her father if she can become an actress. But the embittered feeling at the time drove her all the more towards making her dream of becoming an actress come true.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>}} She drew out a life-plan after middle school, that she would join the theater club in high school, study acting in university, join bungakuza, and become an actress.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>。

=== Takarazuka Music School === She enrolled at {{illm|Fukuoka Prefectural Yame High School|ja|福岡県立八女高等学校}} and joined the theater club; as club president she led her team in the all-Kyūshū competition.<ref name="shukanasahi971128">"{{translit|ja|Mariko no iwasete gomen!}} マリコの言わせてゴメン! , ''Shūjan Asahi'', 28 November 1997/pp. 48–53.</ref><ref name="MoneyGendai230111">{{Cite web|title=Rea na shashin mansai.. yume wo otta10-dai no Kuroki Hitomi [etc.] |script-title=ja:レアな写真満載‥‥夢を追った10代の黒木瞳、デビュー前の斉藤慶子、女子高時代の藤原紀香（週刊現代） @moneygendai |url=https://gendai.media/articles/-/104310 |website=Money Gendai |date=2023-01-11 |access-date=2023-02-09 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="Nichigai1998"/> As a 1 year high schooler, she had seen the Takarazuka musical adaptation of ''The Rose of Versailles'' at the Fukuoka civic hall.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/><ref name="Nichigai1998"/> and seeing Takarazuko on stage for the first time was tremendous impact.{{efn|Quote Kuroki: "''The Rose of Versailles'' was a mega-hit at the time, even a social phenom, and the first time I saw this stage production, it was stunning (impactful). The male role was performed by a woman, and I was wondering, what sort of world is this. But I was instantly captivated, and excited, and held it in adoration [as something to aspire to become].. Looking back now, I think that moment was the turning-point in my life.".}} She went to see the show the year after and the next during the show's once a year tour to Fukuoka.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/><ref name="Nichigai1998"/>

Although she was captivated by the theater, and dreamed of turning actress in Tokyo,<ref name="MoneyGendai230111" /> she watched the Takarazuka performance strictly as a hobbyist's appreciation.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/> Therefore she did not even try out to become a student at the Takarazuka Music School during the first two years of high school,<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>、高校3年生の頃には音楽教師になろうと考えていた<ref name="MoneyGendai230111" /> and was intending to enroll in a music university in Kumamoto Prefecture where she did get accepted.<ref name="asagei212332">{{Cite web|url=https://www.asagei.com/excerpt/212332 |title=Kuroki Hitomi ga kōsai aite ni '1-man yen kashite!' Ima dkara akasu 'Takarazuka juken' mirakuru hiwa |script-title=ja:黒木瞳が交際相手に「1万円貸して！」今だから明かす「宝塚受験」ミラクル秘話 |website=Asagei Plus |publisher=Tokuma shoten |date=May 13, 2022|accessdate=May 13, 2022}}</ref> but because of her aforementioned fandom of ''Versailles'' ({{translit|ja|Beru Bara}}),<ref name="Nichigai1998"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/jinmyakuki/TKY200901290176.html|title=Osutaka ni sumire saku koro |script-title=ja:御巣鷹にすみれ咲く頃 |publisher=asahi.com!|date=January 29, 2009|accessdate=May 31, 2021}}</ref><ref name="asagei212332"/> she sent for application forms and pamphlets for Takarazuka.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/> Noticing that the school only accepted applications before graduating high school, so she decided to fill out a form thinking of it as a commemorative thing to do.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>

She secretly took 1 week of ballet lessons without telling her parents, then went to the entrance examination.<ref name="shukanasahi971128"/><ref name="asagei212332"/> The exam date came a week after she got accepted by the music college.<ref name="MoneyGendai230111" /> In the interview, she wound out speaking completely in her native {{illm|Chikugo dialect|ja|筑後方言}}, and in reply to her reasons for applying, she blurted the gaffe that "SKD ({{illm|Shōchiku Kageki Dan|ja|松竹歌劇団}}) would have suited her just as well, naming the rival all-girls musical troupe. Nevertheless she got accepted, overcoming the odds of 22.4 to 1.<ref name="shukanasahi971128"/> Although she was initially intending to go through the try-out process purely as a commemorative experience, as she passed the primary and secondary examinations, the desire grew within her to actually become part of Takarazuka, and decided to change the course of her future plans.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/> The parents were flat against it,<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/> but after her grandmother gave a nudge,{{efn|The grandmother told the parents "she's the number 4 child, so why not let her lead her own path?".}} they relented and gave their consent.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>

After enrolling in April 1979,<ref name="prf"/> the strictness of school codes and hierarchical relationship were "fine, as long as one got used to it", in her words, but she could not keep up with the lessons, which she worried over.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/> To overcome this, she would leave the dormitory at 6:40 am to do training exercises on her own, and after school, she would go to private lessons, returning to the dorm just in time for the 22:30 curfew.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>

=== Takarazuka Revue === In 1981, Kuroki graduated 3rd place and joined the Takarazuka Revue as the {{illm|Takarazuka 67th class|ja|宝塚歌劇団67期生|lt=67th class}}.<ref name="Nichigai1998"/><ref name="100nen">{{Cite book |last=Kobayashi |first=Kōichi |author-mask=Kobayashi, Kōichi, superv. ed. |title=Takarazuka kageki 100-nen shi: Niji no hashi watari tsuzukete (jinbutsu-hen) |script-title=ja:宝塚歌劇100年史虹の橋渡り続けて（人物編） |publisher=Hankyu Communications |date=April 1, 2014 |url=|page=93 |isbn=978-4-484-14601-0}}</ref>{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|The Moon troupe's top star and sub-leader at the time was {{illm|Yuri Haruna|ja|榛名由梨}} and she supposedly took notice of Kuroki during the 67th class performance, expressing her desire to have Kuroki assigned to the Moon team.<ref>Autobiography. ''Watashi ga naku toki'' わたしが泣く時 po. 22–25.</ref>}}

Among notables in the same class are actresses {{illm|Yōko Kitahara|ja|北原遥子}}, Mayo Suzukaze, Miki Maya,{{SfnRef|Kobayashi|2014|pp=144–147}} {{illm|Irene Iida|ja|イレネ飯田}} of mixed Mexican descent who became Japanese dance instructor, and {{illm|Masumi Rika|ja|梨花ますみ}} who has stayed on with the troupe as leader.<ref name="Kageki1981-04">{{cite journal|author-mask=Takarazuka Revue, superv. ed. |author-link= |title=Takarazuka kagekidan shin-seito Shōwa-56 nendo hatsu butaisei goshōkai |script-title=ja:宝塚歌劇団新生徒昭和56年度初舞台生ご紹介 |journal=Kageki |script-journal=ja:歌劇 |number=667 |date=April 1981 |url= |pages=124–127 |id={{NDLDC|6024591/1/66|format=NDLJP}}}}</ref> Kuroki was assigned to the Moon troupe as a girl-part actrees on May 18.<ref name="100nen"/>

The 67th class had their first show on stage in the {{illm|Takarazuk haru no odori: Hana no kodomo fudoki |ja|宝塚春の踊り -花の子供風土記-|lt=''Haru no odori''}} that ran from March to May 1981.<ref name="100nen"/> In May Kuroki was assigned to the Moon troupe as a girl-role actress.

She appeared starting January 1982 on the TV show {{illm|Ohayō Asahi desu|ja|おはよう朝日です|lt=''Ohayō Asahi desu''}} as a regular and its first assistant.<ref name="Kageki1985-08-p130">{{cite journal|author-mask=Takarazuka Revue, superv. ed. |author-link= |title=Kuroki Hitome sayonara tokushū Kuroki Hitomi utsukushiki butai no omoide |script-title=ja:黒木瞳さよなら特集黒木瞳美しき舞台の思い出 |journal=Kageki |script-journal=ja:歌劇 |number=719 |date=August 1985 |url= |pages=124–127 |id={{NDLDC|6024646|format=NDLJP}}}}</ref> While still in the troupe, she appeared in the affiliated Tōhō production film ''Minami Jūjisei'' ("Southern Cross"; English title: ''The Highest Honor'') co-produced with the Australian film team. This was her first movie appearance.<ref name="Kageki1982-01">{{cite journal |author-mask=Takarazuka Revue, superv. ed. |author-link= |title=Takarazuka tomo no kai |script-title=ja:宝塚友の会 |journal=Kageki |script-journal=ja:歌劇 |number=676 |date=January 1982 |url= |pages=96–98 |id={{NDLDC|6024601/1/52|format=NDLJP}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author= |author-link= |title=Tōhō Sōritsu 50-shūnen kinen |script-title=ja:東宝〓創立50周年記念〓 |journal=Heibon |script-journal=ja:平凡 |volume=38 |number=4|date=April 1982 |url= |pages=150–151 |id={{NDLDC|1727707/1/76|format=NDLJP}}}}</ref>

She was cast in the heroine role in the July 1983 staging of the {{illm|Ashibiki no yama no shizuku ni|ja|あしびきの山の雫に|lt=''Ashibiki no yama no shizuku ni''}},<ref name="Kageki1983-08"/> then in August, was cast in the top female role opposite Mao Daichi still as a 2nd-year intern. This was the fastest promotion to the top spot for either male or females in the history of the Revue. Daichi was somewhat thin and small-faced for a male-role actress, and caught notice of Kuroki who was of similar build and was able to carry out her performance with gusto, and so made the offer, according to Kuroki.<ref>Autobiography, ''Watashi ga naku toki'' わたしが泣く時 pp.33–37</ref><ref name="Kageki1983-08">{{cite journal|author-mask=Takarazuka Revue, superv. ed. |author-link= |title=Jōnetsu no Baruserona: 8-gatsu Tōkyō Takarazuka Gekijō Tsuki-gumi kōen |script-title=ja:『情熱のバルセロナ』--八月東京宝塚劇場月組公演 |journal=Kageki |script-journal=ja:歌劇 |number=695|date=August 1983 |url= |pages=54–57|id={{NDLDC|6024621/1/29|format=NDLJP}}}}</ref>

She was cast in such Takarazuka titles as {{nihongo|''Ciboulette''|シブーレット}},<ref name="Kageki1985-08-p130"/> ''Moonlight Romance'',<ref name="Kageki1985-08-p130"/> {{illm|The Revue II|ja|ザ・レビューII -TAKARAZUKA FOREVER-}},<ref name="Kageki1985-08-p130"/> and ''Guys and Dolls'' ({{illm|Guys and Dolls (Takarazuka)|ja|ガイズ&ドールズ (宝塚歌劇)|lt=Takarazuka version}}).<ref name="Kageki1985-08-p130"/>

When Daichi announced she was leaving the organization in August 1985, Kuroki decided it was time for her to leave as well.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/><ref>{{cite journal|author=|author-link= |title=Daichi Mao Takarazuka sayonara kōen |script-title=ja:大地真央宝塚サヨナラ公演 |journal=Asahi Graph |number=3270 |date=August 9, 1985 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oesJAQAAMAAJ&q=黒木瞳 |page=46 |quote=黒木瞳も、八月東京公演で辞めて芸能界へ転進する。申し合わせたのでもなく、黒木が大地に殉じたのでもない。二人が別々に退団を考え、それがたまたま同じ公演になった。黒木は「私も二十四歳。映画界を目ざすには..}}</ref> She had her final performance in the September 1,<ref name="100nen"/> last show of ''A Tale of Two Cities''/{{illm|Heat Wave (Takarazuka)|ja|ヒート・ウエーブ|lt=''Heat Wave''}} double show in Tokyo, and resigned from Takarazuka.<ref name="WatashiNoChizu20230617 "/>。

=== Entertainment business === In her first leading role on film, she was cast in ''Keshin'' (released 1986) based on the original story by novelist Junichi Watanabe, directed by Yōichi Higashi. It grabbed public attention for her nude scenes, partly due to the fact she was a former Takarasienne.<ref>{{cite book|author= |author-link= |title=Shūkan year book, nichiroku 20-seiki |script-title=ja:週刊 year book, 日録二十世紀 |volume=9 |publisher=Kodansha |date=1980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrNWAAAAMAAJ&q=化身 |page=18 |isbn=9784069317590}}</ref> She won a best new actress prize for her role in the film at {{illm|10th annual Japan Academy Film Prizes|ja|第10回日本アカデミー賞|lt=The 10th}} annual Japan Academy Film Prizes.<ref name="prf"/> Appearance in NHK Asadora series {{illm|Miyako no kaze|ja|都の風|lt=''Miyako no kaze''}} (1986) builds her popularity.<ref name="Nichigai1998">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kuroki Hitomi |encyclopedia=Gendai nihon jinmei roku 98 |script-encyclopedia=ja:現代日本人名録 98 |volume=2 |publisher=Nichigai Associates<"--日外アソシエーツ--> |date=1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v0AzAQAAIAAJ&q=黒木瞳 |pages=563–564|isbn= 9784816914683}}</ref>

She continued to play suspense drama an other roles. In 1997, she starred in ''Shitsurakuen'' or ''Lost Paradise'' also an adaptation of the Watanabe Junichi novel ''A Lost Paradise'', and directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. The title became a buzzword and a social phenomenon, with Kuroki winning the Japanese Academy's best actress prize.<ref name="prf"/><ref name="Kinema1998-12">{{cite journal|author=((Editor Dept.))|author-link= |title=Nippon shin kosei-ha jidai: Kuroki Hitomi |script-title=ja:ニッポン新個性派時代：黒木瞳 |journal=Kinema junpō |script-journal=ja:キネマ旬報 |number=1272 |date=December 1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bpNAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA5-PA42 |page=42 |id={{NDLDC|6024621|format=NDLJP}}}}</ref><ref name="schilling1999">{{cite book|last=Schilling |first=Mark Gordon |author-link=Mark Schilling |chapter=Shitsurakuen. Lost Paradise (1997) |title=Contemporary Japanese Film |publisher=Shambhala Publications |year=1999 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNQ4EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA335 |pages=334–335 |isbn=9780834804159}}</ref>

In 1990, she was married, with a daughter born in 1998.<ref>Autobiography. ''Watashi ga naku toki'' わたしが泣く時 pp. 108–116, 178–184.</ref><ref>''Shūkan bunshun'' (''Bungei shunjū''), October 2, 2003, issue, pp. 175–176.</ref><ref>Autobiography. ''Haha no īwake'' 母の言い訳 Introduction, pp. 5–11 et passim.</ref>

She was the 1999 and 2000 emcee for the Japan Record Awards ceremony, aired on TBS.<ref>December 31, 2000. TV Guides of major papers.</ref>

She played the lead distressed mother in the 2002 film adaptation of the horror story ''Dark Water'' directed by Hideo Nakata of ''Ring'' fame.<ref name="singh2025">{{cite web|last=Singh |first=Jasneet |author-link= |title=This Infamous J-Horror Dives Deep Into Supernatural Terror |website=Collide|url=https://collider.com/dark-water-horror-movie/ |date=January 1, 2025 |access-date=June 26, 2025}}</ref><ref name="TaipeiTimes2002">{{cite web|last=Yu |first=Sen-lun |author-link= |title=Hitomi shocks with elegance |newspaper=Taipei Times |date=July 26, 2002 |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2002/07/26/153667 |access-date=June 26, 2025}}</ref>

She made her directorial debut with the 2016 feature film adaptation of {{illm|Nozomi Katsura|ja|桂望実}}'s {{illm|Iya na onna|ja|嫌な女|lt=''Iya na onna''}}. Although Kuroki did not appear in this movie,<ref name="prf"/><ref name="cinematoday20150723">{{Cite web|url= https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0075114 |title=Kuroki Hitomi, eiga kantoku debyū! Besuto serā shōsetsu 'Iya na onna' wo eiga-ka |script-title=ja:黒木瞳、映画監督デビュー！ベストセラー小説「嫌な女」を映画化 |last=Ichikawa |first=Haruka |author-link= |publisher=Cinema Today |date= July 23, 2015 |accessdate= July 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="JapanTimes20160629">{{Cite news|last=Schilling |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Schilling |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/29/films/film-reviews/desperate-sunflowers-women-verge-friendship/ |title='Desperate Sunflowers': Women on the verge of friendship |newspaper=Japan Times |date=June 29, 2016}}</ref> she played the lead role in the TV drama version which aired the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/30000/230696.html |title=Kuroki Hitomi san shuen 'Iya na onna' seisaku kaishi! |script-title=ja:黒木瞳さん主演『嫌な女』制作開始! |date=October 30, 2015 |work=Premium Drama |publisher=Drama topics blog: NHK blog |accessdate=November 3, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103205438/http://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/30000/230696.html|archivedate=November 3, 2015}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== ===As director=== * ''Iya na Onna'' (2016)<ref name="JapanTimes20160629" /> * ''The Devil Wears Jūnihitoe'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/385493|title= 伊藤健太郎が源氏物語の世界にトリップ！「十二単衣を着た悪魔」で三吉彩花と共演|access-date= July 1, 2020|work= Natalie|language=ja}}</ref>

===As actress=== ====Film==== *''Keshin'' (1986)<ref name="Kinema1998-12"/> * ''Anego'' (1988)<ref name="Kinema1998-12"/> * ''Dōten''<ref name="prf"/> (1990 or January 26, 1991)<ref name="Kinema1998-12"/> * ''Jūtai''（1991)<ref name="Kinema1998-12"/> * ''Ryaudatsu ai''（1991)<ref name="Kinema1998-12"/> * {{nihongo|''Kowagaru hitobito''|怖がる人々||People who are frightened}} segment of {{nihongo|''Kaen tsutsuji''|火焔つつじ}} (1994)<ref name="Kinema1998-12"/> *''Lost Paradise'' (1997) – Rinko<ref name="schilling1999"/> *''Sada'' (1998) – Sada Abe *''Spellbound'' (1999) – Hiroko Satō *''Dark Water'' (2002) – Yoshimi Matsubara *''Tokyo Tower'' (2005) – Shifumi *''Hideo Nakata's Kaidan'' (2007) – Toyoshiga *''20th Century Boys'' 1st–3rd (2008–2009) – Kiriko Endo *''Utahime'' (2011) – Mieko *''CM Time'' (2011) *''When Marnie Was There'' (2014) – Hisako (voice) *''The Crossing'' (2014) *''Life in Overtime'' (2018) *''The Lies She Loved'' (2018) *''All About March'' (2020) – Maria Yamada<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/92098/|title= 弥生、三月君を愛した30年|access-date= 17 October 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''Majo no Kōsui'' (2023) – Yayoi Shiraishi<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98576/|title= 魔女の香水|access-date= December 24, 2022|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''18×2 Beyond Youthful Days'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100426/|title= 青春18×2 君へと続く道|access-date= January 25, 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''Tomorrow in the Finder'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2321007/full/|title= 平泉成、80歳で映画初主演「いつの日かこんなことも…と」 Aぇ! group佐野晶哉が弟子のカメラマンに|access-date= April 3, 2024|work= Oricon|language=ja}}</ref> *''The Rose of Versailles'' (2025) – narrator<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/97855/|title= ベルサイユのばら|access-date= November 22, 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref>

====Television series==== *''The Gate of Youth'' (1991) – Tae Ibuki * ''Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune'' (1995) – Kume *''Ring: The Final Chapter'' (1999) – Rieko Miyashita *''Majo no jouken'' (1999) – Kyoko Kurosawa *''Golden Bowl'' (2002) – Hitomi Sakura *''Good Luck!!'' (2003) – Noriko Togashi *''The Great White Tower'' (2003) – Keiko Hanamori<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000001018/cast/|title= 白い巨塔（唐沢寿明主演）の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= November 30, 2024|work= The Television|language=ja}}</ref> *''Onihei Hankachō'' (2006) voice *''Real Clothes'' SP (2008) – Jinbo Miki *''Real Clothes'' (2009) – Jinbo Miki *''GTO'' (2012) – Sakurai Ryoko *''Gunshi Kanbei'' (2014) – One<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/14-taiga.html|title= 軍師官兵衛|access-date= November 30, 2024|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> *''Rakuen'' (2017) – Harumi Takahashi *''Shukatsu Kazoku'' (2017) – Mizuki Tomikawa *''Overprotected Kahoko'' (2017) – Izumi Nemoto *''Okehazama'' (2021), Dota Gozen<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/210204/ent2102040004-n1.html|title= 市川海老蔵主演「桶狭間」緊急放送決定映像作品で親子初共演も|access-date= February 4, 2021|work= Sankei Shimbun|date= February 3, 2021}}</ref> *''Sunset'' (2023) – Rinko Ōhata<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2288737/full/|title= 湊かなえ原作ドラマ『落日』黒木瞳、竹内涼真、久保史緒里ら出演|access-date= August 4, 2023|work= Oricon|date= July 28, 2023}}</ref> *''Passing the Reins'' (2025) – Kyoko Sanno<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0001064971/cast/|title= ザ・ロイヤルファミリーの出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= September 9, 2025|website= The Television|language=ja}}</ref>

====Variety and cultural shows==== *''Waratte Iitomo'' *''Japan Record Award'' – preside *''Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ'' *''DON!'' (video)

===Stage (Takarazuka Revue)=== *Guys and Dolls – Sara *A Tale of Two Cities

===Stage=== *Hamlet (1990) *Christmas Box *mama loves MAMBO (2000) *mama lobes MAMBOII (2002) *Hitomi Kuroki 25th anniversary Show "Musemore～talking&dancing" (2003) *mama loves MAMBOIII (2004) *MAMA LOVES mamboIV (2006) *Hitomi Kuroki 30th Dreaming Dinner show (2010) *Hitomi Kuroki is the reader the stage "Toritateya Oharu" (2010–2011)

===Dubbing=== *''Ballerina'' – Odette<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/112330|title= フェリシーと夢のトウシューズ|access-date= November 6, 2020|work=Wowow}}</ref> *''The Incredibles'' – Elastigirl *''Incredibles 2'' – Elastigirl

==Explanatory notes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist|2|refs= {{void|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aramajapan.com/news/tvmovie/movies/hitomi-kurokis-directorial-debut-iya-na-onna-releases-poster-announces-additional-cast-and-theme-song/55678/ |title=Hitomi Kuroki’s directorial debut ‘Iya na Onna’ releases poster, announces additional cast and theme song|author=Anna |author-link= |publisher=Arama! Japan |date= 2016 |accessdate= June 26, 2025}}</ref>}} }}

==External links== {{commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.kurokihitomi.net}} {{in lang|ja}} *{{Instagram|hitomikofficial}} {{in lang|ja}} *{{IMDb name|0475878|Hitomi Kuroki}} *{{jmdb name|0121090|Hitomi Kuroki}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroki, Hitomi}} Category:1960 births Category:Japanese film actresses Category:Japanese stage actresses Category:Japanese television actresses Category:Japanese women television personalities Category:Japanese voice actresses Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Fukuoka Prefecture Category:Takarazuka Revue musumeyaku Category:20th-century Japanese actresses Category:21st-century Japanese actresses