Yu Aoi
Yu Aoi (born August 17, 1985) is a Japanese actress and model. 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.
Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
- Born:
- Aug 17, 1985 In Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 106
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Human Vapor
- Latest Project:
- Series Like Asura 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Like Asura | Unknown | 2025 |
| Movie | Ashura no Gotoku | Unknown | 2025 |
| Series | The Human Vapor | 2025 | |
| Movie | Sylvanian Families the Movie: A Gift From Freya | Teri Chocolate (voice) | 2023-11-23 |
| Series | FRONTIERS | Narrator | 2023-12-06 |
| Movie | Dr. Coto's Clinic | Mina Nakai | 2022-12-16 |
| Movie | Yuni | Unknown | 2021-12-09 |
| Movie | Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone | Momoko | 2021-07-15 |
| Movie | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | Megumi Takani | 2021-06-04 |
| Movie | Rurouni Kenshin: The Final | Megumi Takani | 2021-04-23 |
| Series | 20th year reunion | self | 2021-12-16 |
| Movie | Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu | Fusako Torii | 2021-08-13 |
| Movie | Wife of a Spy | Satoko Fukuhara | 2020-10-16 |
| Movie | Romance Doll | Sonoko Kitamura | 2020-01-24 |
| Movie | A Long Goodbye | Fumi Higashi | 2019-03-26 |
| Movie | Children of the Sea | Kanako Azumi (voice) | 2019-06-07 |
| Movie | Miyamoto | Yasuko Nakano | 2019-09-27 |
| Movie | They Say Nothing Stays the Same | Geisha | 2019-09-13 |
| Movie | Killing | Yu | 2018-10-08 |
| Movie | Penguin Highway | Onē-san (voice) | 2018-08-17 |
| Movie | What a Wonderful Family! 3 | Noriko Mamiya | 2018-05-25 |
| Series | From Miyamoto To You | 中野靖子 | 2018-04-07 |
| Series | Hello, Detective Hedgehog | Setsuko Kawai | 2017-07-14 |
| Series | We're Millennials Got a Problem? SP | 笠木久美 | 2017-07-02 |
| Movie | What a Wonderful Family! 2 | Noriko Mamiya | 2017-04-20 |
| Movie | Tokyo Ghoul | Rize Kamishiro | 2017-07-16 |
| Movie | Mixed Doubles | Yo | 2017-10-21 |
| Series | My High School Business | Chihiro Mashiba | 2017-10-14 |
| Movie | Birds Without Names | Towako Kitahara | 2017-10-28 |
| Movie | What a Wonderful Family! | Noriko Mamiya | 2016-03-16 |
| Movie | Over the Fence | Satoshi Tamura | 2016-09-17 |
| Series | We're Millennials. Got a problem? | Kumi Kasagi | 2016-04-17 |
| Movie | Japanese Girls Never Die | Haruko Azumi | 2016-12-03 |
| Movie | Journey to the Shore | Tomoko | 2015-09-30 |
| Series | Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist | 梦乃 | 2015-04-22 |
| Movie | The Case of Hana & Alice | Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice) | 2015-02-20 |
| Series | Utafukuyama | Unknown | 2015-10-04 |
| Series | MOZU | Shiori Nanami | 2014-04-10 |
| Movie | 四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命 | Unknown | 2014-03-16 |
| Movie | Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III | Neko no me o gin | 2014-03-29 |
| Movie | Climbing to Spring | Ai Takazawa | 2014-06-14 |
| Movie | Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno | Megumi Takani | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends | Megumi Takani | 2014-09-13 |
| Series | All About My Siblings | Azusa Sawabe | 2014-07-09 |
| Movie | Space Pirate Captain Harlock | Miime (voice) | 2013-09-07 |
| Movie | Penance | Sae Kikuchi | 2013-05-29 |
| Series | NHK for School | Unknown | 2013-04-07 |
| Series | The Farthest Galaxy | Misato Ebata / Akane Seike | 2013-02-02 |
| Movie | Tokyo Family | Noriko Mamiya | 2013-01-18 |
| Movie | Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen | Unknown | 2012-10-27 |
| Movie | Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins | Megumi Takani | 2012-08-25 |
| Series | Penance | Sae Kikuchi | 2012-01-08 |
| Movie | Patisserie Coin De Rue | Natsume Usuba | 2011-02-11 |
| Movie | By Chance | Unknown | 2011-10-15 |
| Movie | Fukushima Hula Girls | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-29 |
| Movie | Vampire | Mina | 2011-10-09 |
| Series | Detective Lovesick | Setsuko Konuma | 2010-07-09 |
| Movie | Redline | Sonoshee McLaren (voice) | 2010-05-27 |
| Movie | Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II | Jadwiga (voice) | 2010-04-17 |
| Movie | About Her Brother | Koharu Takano | 2010-01-30 |
| Movie | The Lightning Tree | Rai / Yu | 2010-10-22 |
| Movie | Flowers | Rin | 2010-06-12 |
| Movie | Miyori's Forest | Miyori (voice) | 2009-11-14 |
| Movie | Good Bye, My Secret Friend | Narrator | 2009-06-20 |
| Movie | Honokaa Boy | Kaoru | 2009-03-14 |
| Series | Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage | Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko | 2008-01-30 |
| Movie | Sex Is No Laughing Matter | En | 2008-01-19 |
| Series | Osen | Sen Handa | 2008-04-22 |
| Movie | One Million Yen Girl | Suzuko Satô | 2008-07-19 |
| Movie | Tokyo! | Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo") | 2008-08-16 |
| Movie | Best Wishes for Tomorrow | Kazuko Moribe | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Welcome to the Quiet Room | Miki | 2007-10-20 |
| Movie | Mushi-Shi: The Movie | Tanyu | 2007-09-20 |
| Movie | Rainbow Song | Kana Sato | 2006-10-28 |
| Movie | Tekkonkinkreet | Shiro (voice) | 2006-10-21 |
| Movie | Sugar & Spice | Girl on the Bus | 2006-09-16 |
| Movie | Hula Girls | Kimiko Tanikawa | 2006-09-09 |
| Movie | Honey and Clover | Hagu | 2006-07-22 |
| Movie | Filming H&A | Unknown | 2005-02-01 |
| Movie | 呪戒-JUKAI- | 2005-02-25 | |
| Movie | Tetsujin 28: The Movie | Mami Tachibana | 2005-03-19 |
| Movie | Letters from Kanai Nirai | Fuki Asato | 2005-05-28 |
| Series | Tiger and Dragon | Risa | 2005-04-15 |
| Movie | Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers | Kujaku Ogitani | 2005-07-02 |
| Movie | Shining Boy and Little Randy | Emi Murakami | 2005-09-23 |
| Movie | Yamato | Taeko | 2005-12-17 |
| Movie | Henshin | Kei Hamura | 2005-11-19 |
| Movie | Umineko - Inseparable | Miya Noda | 2004-11-13 |
| Movie | Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother | Nanako | 2004-10-09 |
| Movie | Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special | Unknown | 2004-09-20 |
| Movie | Hana and Alice | Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice) | 2004-03-13 |
| Movie | Diary from the past | Unknown | 2004-03-07 |
| Movie | Mask de 41 | Haruka Kuramochi | 2004-01-26 |
| Series | Kou Kou Kyoushi | Ezawa Mami | 2003-01-10 |
| Series | Hana & Alice | Alice | 2003-03-24 |
| Series | Dr. Coto's Clinic | 仲依ミナ | 2003-07-03 |
| Movie | Worst by Chance | Harada's Girlfriend | 2003-09-13 |
| Movie | 1980 | Rika Hashiba | 2003-12-06 |
| Series | 14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜 | Unknown | 2003-07-07 |
| Series | The Summer Promise | 2002-08-31 | |
| Movie | All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" | Unknown | 2002-06-28 |
| Movie | Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro | Shiina Kasumi | 2001-12-01 |
| Movie | Scoutman | AV Actress | 2001-10-27 |
| Movie | All About Lily Chou-Chou | Shiori Tsuda | 2001-10-06 |
| Movie | Harmful Insect | Natsuko Yamaoka | 2001-03-16 |
| Series | Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen | Unknown | 1990-10-04 |