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Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Actor · Born 1985-08-17 · Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) — Miime (voice)
  2. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) — Megumi Takani
  3. Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) — Megumi Takani
  4. Redline (2009) — Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
  5. Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014) — Megumi Takani
  6. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) — Megumi Takani
  7. Tekkonkinkreet (2006) — Shiro (voice)
  8. Tokyo Ghoul (2017) — Rize Kamishiro
  9. Children of the Sea (2019) — Kanako Azumi (voice)
  10. All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) — Shiori Tsuda
  11. Tokyo! (2008) — Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
  12. Penguin Highway (2018) — Onē-san (voice)
  13. The Case of Hana & Alice (2015) — Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
  14. Hana & Alice (2004) — Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
  15. Wife of a Spy (2020) — Satoko Fukuhara
  16. Tokyo Family (2013) — Noriko Mamiya
  17. Journey to the Shore (2015) — Tomoko
  18. Killing (2018) — Yu
  19. One Million Yen Girl (2008) — Suzuko Sato
  20. Hula Girls (2006) — Kimiko Tanikawa
  21. Vampire (2011) — Mina
  22. Romance Doll (2020) — Sonoko Kitamura
  23. Human Vapor (2026) — Kyoko Kono
  24. Mixed Doubles (2017) — Yo
  25. Penance (2013) — Sae Kikuchi
  26. Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2007) — Tanyu
  27. Yamato (2005) — Taeko
  28. Galileo (2007) — Kanbara Atsuko
  29. What a Wonderful Family! (2016) — Noriko Mamiya
  30. Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (2005) — Kujaku Ogitani
  31. Asura (2025) — Takiko
  32. Birds Without Names (2017) — Towako Kitahara
  33. Miyori's Forest (2009) — Miyori (voice)
  34. Sex Is No Laughing Matter (2008) — En
  35. Honey and Clover (2006) — Hagu
  36. What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) — Noriko Mamiya
  37. Harmful Insect (2002) — Natsuko Yamaoka
  38. Rainbow Song (2006) — Kana Sato
  39. Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010) — Jadwiga (voice)
  40. Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007) — Miki

Directed

  1. Wrapped in Poison, Healed by Love (2024) — Director