6.6
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Acting
Yu Aoi
- Born
- (age 41)
- Birthplace
- Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
- Credits
- 114 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.6
Movie
7.5
Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
7.6
Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
7.6
Movie
Redline
7.7
Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
7.7
Movie
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
7.4
Movie
Tekkonkinkreet
7.0
Movie
Tokyo Ghoul
7.1
Movie
Children of the Sea
7.5
Movie
All About Lily Chou-Chou
6.9
Movie
Tokyo!
7.2
Movie
Penguin Highway
7.3
Movie
The Case of Hana & Alice
7.0
Movie
Hana & Alice
6.7
Movie
Wife of a Spy
7.3
TV
Human Vapor
7.3
Movie
Tokyo Family
7.2
Movie
One Million Yen Girl
Acting credits 114
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | In My Father's Room Film | Satomi |
| 2026 | Until the T-Shirt Dries TV | Sakiko Seo (10 ep) |
| 2026 | Human Vapor TV | Kyoko Kono (8 ep) |
| 2025 | Tokyo Taxi Film | Young Sumire |
| 2025 | Meets the World Film | Yuki |
| 2025 | How Dare You? Film | Keiko Ueda |
| 2025 | Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero! Film | Chapon (voice) |
| 2025 | Asura TV | Takiko (7 ep) |
| 2023 | FRONTIERS TV | Narrator (2 ep) |
| 2023 | Sylvanian Families: The Movie Film | Teri Chocolate (voice) |
| 2023 | Boogie Woogie TV | Reiko Yamato (127 ep) |
| 2022 | Dr. Coto's Clinic Film | Mina Nakai |
| 2021 | 20th year reunion TV | self (13 ep) |
| 2021 | Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu Film | Fusako Torii |
| 2021 | Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Film | Megumi Takani |
| 2020 | Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone Film | Momoko |
| 2020 | Wife of a Spy Film | Satoko Fukuhara |
| 2020 | 戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～ Film | |
| 2020 | Romance Doll Film | Sonoko Kitamura |
| 2019 | From Miyamoto to You Film | Yasuko Nakano |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the Same Film | Geisha |
| 2019 | Children of the Sea Film | Kanako Azumi (voice) |
| 2019 | A Long Goodbye Film | Fumi Higashi |
| 2018 | Killing Film | Yu |
| 2018 | このマンガがすごい！ TV | navigator (12 ep) |
| 2018 | Penguin Highway Film | Onē-san (voice) |
| 2018 | What a Wonderful Family! 3 Film | Noriko Mamiya |
| 2018 | From Miyamoto to You TV | 中野靖子 (12 ep) |
| 2017 | Birds Without Names Film | Towako Kitahara |
| 2017 | Mixed Doubles Film | Yo |
| 2017 | My High School Business TV | Chihiro Mashiba (10 ep) |
| 2017 | Tokyo Ghoul Film | Rize Kamishiro |
| 2017 | Hello, Detective Hedgehog TV | Setsuko Kawai (10 ep) |
| 2017 | What a Wonderful Family! 2 Film | Noriko Mamiya |
| 2016 | Haruko Azumi Is Missing Film | Haruko Azumi |
| 2016 | Over the Fence Film | Satoshi Tamura |
| 2016 | What a Wonderful Family! Film | Noriko Mamiya |
| 2015 | Song FUKUYAMA TV | (4 ep) |
| 2015 | Journey to the Shore Film | Tomoko |
| 2015 | Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist TV | 梦乃 (10 ep) |
| 2015 | The Case of Hana & Alice Film | Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice) |
| 2014 | Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends Film | Megumi Takani |
| 2014 | Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno Film | Megumi Takani |
| 2014 | All About My Siblings TV | Azusa Sawabe (11 ep) |
| 2014 | Climbing to Spring Film | Ai Takazawa |
| 2014 | MOZU TV | Shiori Nanami (5 ep) |
| 2014 | Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III Film | Neko no me o gin |
| 2014 | 四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命 Film | |
| 2013 | Space Pirate Captain Harlock Film | Miime (voice) |
| 2013 | Penance Film | Sae Kikuchi |
| 2013 | NHK for School TV | (20 ep) |
| 2013 | The Farthest Galaxy TV | Misato Ebata / Akane Seike (2 ep) |
| 2013 | Tokyo Family Film | Noriko Mamiya |
| 2012 | Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen Film | |
| 2012 | Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins Film | Megumi Takani |
| 2012 | Penance TV | Sae Kikuchi (5 ep) |
| 2011 | Fukushima Hula Girls Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | By Chance Film | |
| 2011 | Vampire Film | Mina |
| 2011 | Patisserie Coin De Rue Film | Natsume Usuba |