Best known for her role as Momoko Ryugaski in Kamikaze Girls (2004), Kyoko Fukada started her acting career in her mid-teens doing several TV shows. In 1998, Fukada made the jump to film with a movie for Shochiku, which was followed up with the actress landing a small role in Ring 2 (1999) at age 16. That same year, Fukada followed the path of many other Japanese "idols" by branching out into a music career, releasing her first album Dear....

By 2003, at age 21, she started to appear in Toho productions, including Like Asura and Onmyoji II. In 2004, Fukada got a lead role in Kamikaze Girls, garnering a loyal following with the film's success. Since then, the actress has primarily focused on her TV career, although still appears in films but has started to move away from her status as a singer.