In the film, Aki, played by Akiko Wakabayashi, is a female ninja agent with the fictional Japanese Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).

Taking the man's place, he is driven to the Osato Chemical Works HQ, where he is discovered by the villains.

The gunmen chase Aki's car and she leads them out into the countryside, where a SIS helicopter lifts the gunmen's car off the road with a giant magnet and drops it into the sea (in 2012, Complex ranked it as the sixth best James Bond chase scene[7]).

When Bond returns to the base in Kyoto, Aki meets him there to discuss the plan to disrupt SPECTRE's plot.

She had hoped to play the part of Bond's "wife" in the cover operation, however this was vetoed as she was not a native of the Ama island.

Various lists frequently ranked Aki among the best Bond girls ever, including as tenth by Zimbio in 2008 ("So beautiful you almost forget that Sean Connery has been ridiculously made up to look Japanese.

Almost"),[8] ninth by Postmedia News the same year ("Kissy Suzuki is considered the 'main' Bond girl in this film, but Aki has a bigger role and is more memorable"),[9] and eight by WagerWeb in 2009 ("Hot Japanese agent, she kicks ass and looks damn fine doing it.

[4] Den of Geek included her in their 2008 list of ten James Bond characters who deserve their own spin-off.