Emerging from Tsuchiura in Ibaraki, Kuriyama entered the public eye as a child model during Japan's mid-1990s fashion surge, appearing in magazines such as Nicola and Pichi Lemon and posing for photobooks photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. Transitioning to acting, she secured starring roles in the horror pictures Shikoku (1999) and Ju-on (2000) before portraying Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's B…
