Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 17, 1985
Place of Birth
Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Credits
115 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Until the T-Shirt Dries
Sakiko
Human Vapor
Kyoko Kono
Tokyo Taxi
Young Sumire
Meets the World
Yuki
How Dare You?
Keiko Ueda
Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
Chapon (voice)
Asura
Takiko
Wrapped in Poison, Healed by Love
Director
FRONTIERS
Narrator
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
Teri Chocolate (voice)
Boogie Woogie
Reiko Yamato
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Mina Nakai
20th year reunion
self
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Fusako Torii
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Megumi Takani
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Momoko
Wife of a Spy
Satoko Fukuhara
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
Romance Doll
Sonoko Kitamura
From Miyamoto to You
Yasuko Nakano
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Geisha
Children of the Sea
Kanako Azumi (voice)
A Long Goodbye
Fumi Higashi
Killing
Yu
このマンガがすごい！
navigator
Penguin Highway
Onē-san (voice)
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Noriko Mamiya
From Miyamoto To You
中野靖子
Birds Without Names
Towako Kitahara
Mixed Doubles
Yo
My High School Business
Chihiro Mashiba
Tokyo Ghoul
Rize Kamishiro
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
Setsuko Kawai
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Noriko Mamiya
Japanese Girls Never Die
Haruko Azumi
Over the Fence
Satoshi Tamura
What a Wonderful Family!
Noriko Mamiya
Song FUKUYAMA
Journey to the Shore
Tomoko
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
梦乃
The Case of Hana & Alice
Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Megumi Takani
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Megumi Takani
All About My Siblings
Azusa Sawabe
Climbing to Spring
Ai Takazawa
MOZU
Shiori Nanami
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
Neko no me o gin
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Miime (voice)
Penance
Sae Kikuchi