Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

  • Birthday: 1985-08-17
  • Place of birth: Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Also know as: Yû Aoi

Biography

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.

Filmography

Letters from Kanai Nirai

2005

As Fuki Asato

Miyori's Forest

2009

As Miyori (voice)

Hula Girls

2006

As Kimiko Tanikawa

Flowers

2010

As Rin

One Million Yen Girl

2008

As Suzuko Satô

Patisserie Coin De Rue

2011

As Natsume Usuba

Henshin

2005

As Kei Hamura

The Lightning Tree

2010

As Rai / Yu

The Case of Hana & Alice

2015

As Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)

Japanese Girls Never Die

2016

As Haruko Azumi

Birds Without Names

2017

As Towako Kitahara

By Chance

2011

As

A Long Goodbye

2019

As Fumi Higashi

Romance Doll

2020

As Sonoko Kitamura

Wife of a Spy

2020

As Satoko Fukuhara

Fukushima Hula Girls

2011

As Narrator (voice)

1980

2003

As Rika Hashiba

Hana and Alice

2004

As Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)

About Her Brother

2010

As Koharu Takano

Redline

2010

As Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

Honey and Clover

2006

As Hagu

Harmful Insect

2001

As Natsuko Yamaoka

Penance

2013

As Sae Kikuchi

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

2014

As Neko no me o gin

Climbing to Spring

2014

As Ai Takazawa

Over the Fence

2016

As Satoshi Tamura

Killing

2018

As Yu

Miyamoto

2019

As Yasuko Nakano

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

2005

As Mami Tachibana

Filming H&A

2005

As

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

2007

As Tanyu

Tekkonkinkreet

2006

As Shiro (voice)

Rainbow Song

2006

As Kana Sato

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001

As Shiori Tsuda

Yamato

2005

As Taeko

Vampire

2011

As Mina

Mask de 41

2004

As Haruka Kuramochi

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

2013

As Miime (voice)

Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro

2001

As Shiina Kasumi

Penguin Highway

2018

As Onē-san (voice)

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012

As Megumi Takani

Tokyo Family

2013

As Noriko Mamiya

Shining Boy and Little Randy

2005

As Emi Murakami

What a Wonderful Family! 2

2017

As Noriko Mamiya

Tokyo Ghoul

2017

As Rize Kamishiro

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021

As Megumi Takani

Worst by Chance

2003

As Harada's girlfriend

Honokaa Boy

2009

As Kaoru

Children of the Sea

2019

As Kanako Azumi (voice)

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

2007

As Kazuko Moribe

What a Wonderful Family!

2016

As Noriko Mamiya

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022

As Mina Nakai

Mixed Doubles

2017

As Yo

What a Wonderful Family! 3

2018

As Noriko Mamiya

Umineko - Inseparable

2004

As Miya Noda

Tokyo!

2008

As Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")

Journey to the Shore

2015

As Tomoko

Sugar & Spice

2006

As Girl on the Bus

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II

2010

As Jadwiga (voice)

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