Personal Info
Birth date
1970-11-22 (54 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
おくぬき かおる
오쿠누키 카오루
Kaoru Okunuki
Biography
Kaoru Okunuki (奥貫 薫, Okunuki Kaoru, born November 22, 1970) is a Japanese actress and narrator born in Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with the agency Quarter Tone. She was previously affiliated with Amuse, Oz Entertainment, Ten Carat, and Humanité.
Filmography
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
7.9
Overview:
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
7.4
Overview:
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.Gochisousan
8
Overview:
Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka.Code Blue
7.5
Overview:
Four young physicians are assigned to the “Doctor Helicopter” system, the latest medical system where a medical team is dispatched to the patients via helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, and witness the fragility of life, all while growing personally and professionally.Emergency Room 24 Hours
7.5
Overview:
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.Yuukai
NYR
Overview:
The Prime Minister's granddaughter is kidnapped. The police are at the mercy of the perpetrator, who leaves no trace. ...... is in turmoil. This is a suspense film about a battle between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and a criminal with brains. The brainy kidnapper is played by Mikami Hiroshi, and the detective pursuing the case is played by Nishijima Hidetoshi.Miss King
9
Overview:
The daughter of a genius shogi player channels the pain of her father's abandonment and her mother's death to become an elite competitor.The Honest Realtor
6
Overview:
Hotshot Nagase Saichi is Tosaka Real Estate’s top realtor. He lies through his teeth and will stop at nothing to seal a deal. One day, he disturbs a monument located at a construction site. Cursed with the inability to tell a lie, he is forced to run his mouth off with things that are better left unsaid. With so many angry clients, he's got no hope of surviving as an honest realtor.Ryōmaden
9.1
Overview:
Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.Stepmom and Daughter Blues
7.2
Overview:
Eight-year-old Miyuki lost her mother several years ago and has since lived with just her father, Ryoichi. One day, she is suddenly introduced to Akiko, who is to be her new mother. Akiko uses her stellar business skills to try to win the little girl over, only to fail miserably. Ryoichi tries to reason with Miyuki, but to no avail. Akiko changes tactics and tries to get Shimoyama, a woman in the neighborhood who knows Miyuki well, on her side.Always - Sunset on Third Street
7.6
Overview:
Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer Junnosuke strive alongside them in postwar Tokyo's evolution.United Red Army
6.5
Overview:
Two of the most radical student groups form the United Red Army (URA) and head into the mountains to conduct a training camp. Ideology devolves into despotism, and the URA's leaders begin to arbitrarily persecute their followers, a harrowing ordeal that culminates in violence and murder.Gamera the Brave
7.032
Overview:
A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle that grows into a new version of Gamera. But will it become powerful enough in time to defeat the rampaging monster Zedus?Love Song
NYR
Overview:
In 1985 Hokkaido, Akiko gets close to a record store clerk after he lends her his copy of a Yutaka Ozaki album.Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill
6
Overview:
Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why does he always go to the criminal sites? What explains his strange behavior? Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds with Ataru and a woman named Madoka, who is a killer. The woman possesses the same extraordinary memory and deductive reasoning abilities as Ataru. Who is she?How to Become Myself
4.7
Overview:
Juri, an elementary school girl, loses sight of her true self while acting out a false self to play along with her friends. Kanako, a classmate who used to be the popular girl but has been bullied lately, tells Juri that the girl she is now is not her true self, and Juri sympathizes.The Black Swindler
5.5
Overview:
There are three kinds of swindler. One, called the "WHITE SWINDLER", finds a mark and steals money. The "RED SWINDLER" preys on the other sex and steals a mark's body and soul. Then there is the "BLACK SWINDLER". Ignoring ordinary marks, targeting only the white and red swindlers, and preying on their flesh grown fat and corrupt with the money they have stolen, he is the worst of them all. There is a boy who once became a victim of a swindler and lost his family. Later, he turns into the most hideous "black swindler" to deceive only other swindlers. His name is Kurosaki. This time, he is requested by Reiko, whose daughter is sick, to hunt down a swindler named Ishigaki, who has defrauded her of money. But, behind Ishigaki, there is actually a bigger swindle which has even destabilized the Japanese economy…Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
7.6
Overview:
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.SPEC ~ First Blood
8.4
Overview:
An eccentric genius and a demoted special forces officer team up in Tokyo's Unidentified Crimes Unit to tackle criminals with supernatural abilities.Peanuts
5
Overview:
A hero called the legendary third baseman in the former prestigious grass baseball team "Peanuts", will start to rebuild the peanuts that have now turned into weak teams from the outset. Peanuts are going to fight against the team of strong teams, taking advantage of the redevelopment of the city where Captain Sagara lives.Retribution
6.5
Overview:
A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins to question his identity. His realization of what seems to have really happened results in something much more sinister and larger in scope, and it leaves his psyche scarred.Into the White Night
7.3
Overview:
What happens with two children commit two different muders in order to protect each other? Does salvation exist for them? In order to walk beneath the sun once more, Ryouji and Yukiho find themselves in a twisted web from which neither can escape without abandoning the other. Having no one but each other, this drama follows the events the follow that fateful day… 14 years ago.Kanikôsen
6.2
Overview:
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo, one of the employees, trying to convince the others that they will get good luck and fortune in his next life, and persuades them because they commit suicide to get there faster. It ends, however, in a single major failure. Rather than flee Shinjo being picked up by a Russian ship. Once there, he is overwhelmed by the social conditions that are completely different from those he has just left and decided therefore to return to Kanikosen to save their employees.Coffee White
NYR
Overview:
The old-fashioned pure cafe "Moa", which is loved by the locals, had another face called the detective agency. "More" was opened by the current owner, Michiru, the mother of Yumihiko, and Michiru has solved various problems as a detective. After Michiru's death, her brother Goro and her son Yumihiko took over the store, and the detective business was contracted by a part-timer Monaco, which was once helped by Michiru. One day, Monaco, who was consulted by the mother of the luxury club "Sun" about a malicious customer, successfully solves the case with an intelligent arrangement, but the client stops the opportunity and the situation gradually becomes complicated and serious. C) Film "Coffee in White" Production CommitteeThe Eternal Fountain
NYR
Overview:
The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes over the court-appointed attorney for Yoji Kuramoto who confesses to murdering his wife. While following Kuramoto's action in Yamanaka and being sure of his innocence, Yamauchi remembers his wife who passed away 12 years earlier.Year One in the North
4.9
Overview:
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.Star Reformer
7.3
Overview:
Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
NYR
Overview:
The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest they uncover a plot by one of the clan officials that could change the course of history.Fish on Land
6.7
Overview:
A college senior (Mirai Moriyama) takes a bicycle trip for his last summer vacation. On his trip he comes across drive-in "HOUSE475" and its manager Seii (Hidetoshi Nishijima). The college senior then helps out at the store and becomes influenced by his experience at "HOUSE475".Acting
TBAHonto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2009 10th Anniversary as {Segment 1}
2025Miss King (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2024Coffee White as Michiru Matsui
2024Occupation of the New Airport (10 Episodes) as Musashi Futaba
2023空と白と波と母 as 母
2023Police and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2022The Honest Realtor (10 Episodes) as Misaki Tsukishita（月下 美咲）
2022Shōtai (4 Episodes) as Miyoko Inamoto
2021In the Wake as Noriko Tomashino
2020Toukakushi (1 Episode) as Unknown
2020One Hundred Million Yen's Goodbye (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2019渦が森団地の眠れない子たち (1 Episode) as Unknown
2019Hotarugusa (7 Episodes) as Satsuki
2019Detective Akechi Kogoro (2 Episodes) as Yamashita Yukie
2018Stepmom and Daughter Blues (2 Episodes) as Yano Harumi
2018Shino Can't Say Her Name as Yumi Ōshima
2018娘の結婚 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2018Kiss that Kills (10 Episodes) as Mitsuyo Dojima
2017Room Leader as Yukie Kamamoto
2017CRISIS: Special Security Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
2016A Loving Husband as Nahomi Inoue
2015Journey to the Shore as Kaoru Hoshiya
2015結婚に一番近くて遠い女 as Sakura
2015Marumaru Tsuma (10 Episodes) as Kubota Miyu
2014ぼんくら (7 Episodes) as Unknown
2014A Sinner's Lie (5 Episodes) as Tomomi Kusunose
2013Gochisousan (150 Episodes) as Miyamoto-Sensei
2013Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill as Mariko Ebina
2013Until I Become A Father as Iwadate Mizue
2013Carry On! Hara-chan! (10 Episodes) as Yuki-nee
2012Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2012The Eternal Fountain as Unknown
2012ATARU (11 Episodes) as Mariko Ebina
2012Fish on Land as Unknown
2011Madame Butterfly (2 Episodes) as Ito Yae
2011Good Life: Thank You, Papa, Goodbye (11 Episodes) as Fujimoto Miki
2010Mesen as Unknown
2010Genya (8 Episodes) as Kato
2010SPEC ~ First Blood (1 Episode) as Hisako Furuto
2010Hebi no Hito as Unknown
2010Ryōmaden (48 Episodes) as Unknown
2009A Good Husband as Unknown
2009Your Story as Mitsuyo Takahara
2009Yuukai (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami as Unknown
2009Kanikôsen as Unknown
2009Time Lost, Time Found as Kiriko Yasui
2008Naoko as Kazuko Iki
2008Code Blue (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2008The Black Swindler as Makiko Hayase
2007Hero as Ryoko Shibayama
2007United Red Army as Unknown
2007Detective School Q (11 Episodes) as Yurie
2007How to Become Myself as Hinako's Mother
2007Sairen as Unknown
2007Retribution as Miyuki Yabe
2006Gamera the Brave as Harumi Nishio
2006Sugar & Spice as Matsuko Yamashita
2006Throws Out My Hometown as Yayoi
2006The Black Swindler (11 Episodes) as Hayasa
2006Star Reformer as Hiromi Sato
2006Peanuts as Unknown
2006Into the White Night (11 Episodes) as Namie Nishguchi
2005Curtain Call as Unknown
2005Always - Sunset on Third Street as Kazuko Furuyuki
2005Umizaru Evolution (11 Episodes) as Eriko Ono
2005Year One in the North as Unknown
2004Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel as Matsu
2004MAIL as Sae Katayama
2004Renai Shousetsu as Chinatsu Onuki
2004Half a Confession as Unknown
2003Get Up! as Unknown
2003Age 17 as Pretty Teacher
2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (3 Episodes) as Misaki Uchida
2001Love Song as Kaori
2000Shusaku's Odyssey (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2000Ring 0 as Aiko Hazuki
1999Kanojotachi no Jidai (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1999Emergency Room 24 Hours (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998板橋マダムス (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1997Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald as Sumiko Nagai
1997D×D (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Just One Time as Unknown
1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1989Battle Heater as Kurumi Sano