Yu Aoi
Biography
Yu Aoi (蒼井優) is a Japanese actress and model born on August 17, 1985. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in the hula dancing film Hula Girls and Hagumi Hanamoto in the 2006 live-action adaptation of the popular Honey and Clover manga series.
She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize and Kinema Junpo Awards for best supporting actress in 2007 for Hula Girls and Rookie of the Year for continued performances in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in 2009.
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Acting History
2025
Tokyo Taxi
2025Meets the World as Yuki
2025How Dare You?
2025Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero! as Chapon (voice)
2025Asura as Takiko
2023FRONTIERS as Narrator
2023Sylvanian Families: The Movie as Teri Chocolate (voice)
2023Boogie Woogie as Reiko Yamato
2022Dr. Coto's Clinic as Mina Nakai
202120th year reunion as self
2021Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu as Fusako Torii
2021Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone as Momoko
2021Rurouni Kenshin: The Final as Megumi Takani
2020Wife of a Spy as Satoko Fukuhara
2020Romance Doll as Sonoko Kitamura
2019From Miyamoto to You as Yasuko Nakano
2019They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Geisha
2019Children of the Sea as Kanako Azumi (voice)
2019A Long Goodbye as Fumi Higashi
2018Killing as Yu
2018Penguin Highway as Onē-san (voice)
2018What a Wonderful Family! 3 as Noriko Mamiya
2018From Miyamoto To You as 中野靖子
2017Birds Without Names as Towako Kitahara
2017Mixed Doubles as Yo
2017My High School Business as Chihiro Mashiba
2017Tokyo Ghoul as Rize Kamishiro
2017Hello, Detective Hedgehog as Setsuko Kawai
2017What a Wonderful Family! 2 as Noriko Mamiya
2016Japanese Girls Never Die as Haruko Azumi
2016Over the Fence as Satoshi Tamura
2016What a Wonderful Family! as Noriko Mamiya
2015Song FUKUYAMA
2015Journey to the Shore as Tomoko
2015Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist as 梦乃
2015The Case of Hana & Alice as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
2014Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends as Megumi Takani
2014Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno as Megumi Takani
2014All About My Siblings as Azusa Sawabe
2014Climbing to Spring as Ai Takazawa
2014MOZU as Shiori Nanami
2014Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III as Neko no me o gin
2014四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2013Space Pirate Captain Harlock as Miime (voice)
2013Penance as Sae Kikuchi
2013NHK for School
2013The Farthest Galaxy as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
2013Tokyo Family as Noriko Mamiya
2012Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins as Megumi Takani
2012Penance as Sae Kikuchi
2011Fukushima Hula Girls as Narrator (voice)
2011By Chance
2011Vampire as Mina
2011Patisserie Coin De Rue as Natsume Usuba
2010The Lightning Tree as Rai / Yu
2010Detective Lovesick as Setsuko Konuma
2010Flowers as Rin
2010Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II as Jadwiga (voice)
2010About Her Brother as Koharu Takano
2009Miyori's Forest as Miyori (voice)
2009Redline as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
2009Good Bye, My Secret Friend as Narrator
2009Honokaa Boy as Kaoru
2008Tokyo! as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
2008One Million Yen Girl as Suzuko Sato
2008Osen as Sen Handa
2008Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
2008Sex Is No Laughing Matter as En
2007Best Wishes for Tomorrow as Kazuko Moribe
2007Welcome to the Quiet Room as Miki
2007Galileo as Kanbara Atsuko
2007Mushi-Shi: The Movie as Tanyu
2006Rainbow Song as Kana Sato
2006Tekkonkinkreet as Shiro (voice)
2006Sugar & Spice as Girl on the Bus
2006Hula Girls as Kimiko Tanikawa
2006Honey and Clover as Hagu
2005Yamato as Taeko
2005Henshin as Kei Hamura
2005Shining Boy and Little Randy as Emi Murakami
2005Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers as Kujaku Ogitani
2005Letters from Kanai Nirai as Fuki Asato
2005Tiger and Dragon as Risa
2005Tetsujin 28: The Movie as Mami Tachibana
2005呪戒-JUKAI-
2005Filming H&A
2004Umineko - Inseparable as Miya Noda
2004Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother as Nanako
2004Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004Hana & Alice as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
2004The Diary from the Past
2004Mask de 41 as Haruka Kuramochi
20031980 as Rika Hashiba
2003Worst by Chance as Harada's Girlfriend
200314ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
2003Dr. Coto's Clinic as 仲依ミナ
2003Hana & Alice as Alice
2003Kou Kou Kyoushi as Ezawa Mami
2002The Summer Promise
2002All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002Harmful Insect as Natsuko Yamaoka
2002Olfactogram
2001Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro as Shiina Kasumi
2001All About Lily Chou-Chou as Shiori Tsuda
1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
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