Yu Aoi
August 17, 1985 (40 years old) in Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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
Credits
- 2026 · Until the T-Shirt Dries as Sakiko
- 2026 · Human Vapor as Kyoko Kono
- 2025 · Tokyo Taxi as Young Sumire
- 2025 · Meets the World as Yuki
- 2025 · How Dare You? as Keiko Ueda
- 2025 · Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero! as Chapon (voice)
- 2025 · Asura as Takiko
- 2023 · FRONTIERS as Narrator
- 2023 · Boogie Woogie as Reiko Yamato
- 2021 · 20th year reunion as self
- 2021 · Rurouni Kenshin: The Final as Megumi Takani
- 2020 · Wife of a Spy as Satoko Fukuhara
- 2020 · Romance Doll as Sonoko Kitamura
- 2019 · Children of the Sea as Kanako Azumi (voice)
- 2018 · このマンガがすごい！ as navigator
- 2018 · Penguin Highway as Onē-san (voice)
- 2018 · From Miyamoto To You as 中野靖子
- 2017 · My High School Business as Chihiro Mashiba
- 2017 · Tokyo Ghoul as Rize Kamishiro
- 2017 · Hello, Detective Hedgehog as Setsuko Kawai
- 2017 · What a Wonderful Family! 2 as Noriko Mamiya
- 2016 · What a Wonderful Family! as Noriko Mamiya
- 2015 · Song FUKUYAMA as
- 2015 · Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist as 梦乃
- 2015 · The Case of Hana & Alice as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
- 2014 · Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends as Megumi Takani
- 2014 · Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno as Megumi Takani
- 2014 · All About My Siblings as Azusa Sawabe
- 2014 · MOZU as Shiori Nanami
- 2013 · Space Pirate Captain Harlock as Miime (voice)
- 2013 · Penance as Sae Kikuchi
- 2013 · NHK for School as
- 2013 · The Farthest Galaxy as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
- 2013 · Tokyo Family as Noriko Mamiya
- 2012 · Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins as Megumi Takani
- 2012 · Penance as Sae Kikuchi
- 2011 · Vampire as Mina
- 2010 · Detective Lovesick as Setsuko Konuma
- 2010 · Ryōmaden as Omoto
- 2009 · Miyori's Forest as Miyori (voice)
- 2009 · Redline as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
- 2008 · Tokyo! as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
- 2008 · One Million Yen Girl as Suzuko Sato
- 2008 · Osen as Sen Handa
- 2008 · Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
- 2008 · Sex Is No Laughing Matter as En
- 2007 · Galileo as Kanbara Atsuko
- 2006 · Tekkonkinkreet as Shiro (voice)
- 2006 · Rainbow Song as Kana Sato
- 2006 · Hula Girls as Kimiko Tanikawa
- 2005 · Yamato as Taeko
- 2005 · Tiger and Dragon as Risa
- 2005 · 呪戒-JUKAI- as
- 2004 · Umineko - Inseparable as Miya Noda
- 2004 · Hana & Alice as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
- 2003 · Worst by Chance as Harada's Girlfriend
- 2003 · Dr. Coto's Clinic as 仲依ミナ
- 2003 · Hana & Alice as Alice
- 2003 · Kou Kou Kyoushi as Ezawa Mami
- 2002 · All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" as
- 2001 · All About Lily Chou-Chou as Shiori Tsuda
- 1990 · Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen as
- Future · Muyo no Hito as
- 2023 · Sylvanian Families: The Movie as Teri Chocolate (voice)
- 2022 · Dr. Coto's Clinic as Mina Nakai
- 2021 · Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu as Fusako Torii
- 2020 · Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone as Momoko
- 2020 · 戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～ as
- 2019 · From Miyamoto to You as Yasuko Nakano
- 2019 · They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Geisha
- 2019 · A Long Goodbye as Fumi Higashi
- 2018 · Killing as Yu
- 2018 · What a Wonderful Family! 3 as Noriko Mamiya
- 2017 · Birds Without Names as Towako Kitahara
- 2017 · Mixed Doubles as Yo
- 2016 · Japanese Girls Never Die as Haruko Azumi
- 2016 · Over the Fence as Satoshi Tamura
- 2015 · Journey to the Shore as Tomoko
- 2014 · Climbing to Spring as Ai Takazawa
- 2014 · Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III as Neko no me o gin
- 2014 · 四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命 as
- 2012 · Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen as
- 2011 · Fukushima Hula Girls as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · By Chance as
- 2011 · Patisserie Coin De Rue as Natsume Usuba
- 2010 · The Lightning Tree as Rai / Yu
- 2010 · Flowers as Rin
- 2010 · Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II as Jadwiga (voice)
- 2010 · About Her Brother as Koharu Takano
- 2009 · Good Bye, My Secret Friend as Narrator
- 2009 · Honokaa Boy as Kaoru
- 2007 · Best Wishes for Tomorrow as Kazuko Moribe
- 2007 · Welcome to the Quiet Room as Miki
- 2007 · Mushi-Shi: The Movie as Tanyu
- 2006 · Sugar & Spice as Girl on the Bus
- 2006 · Honey and Clover as Hagu
- 2005 · Henshin as Kei Hamura
- 2005 · Shining Boy and Little Randy as Emi Murakami
- 2005 · Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers as Kujaku Ogitani
- 2005 · Letters from Kanai Nirai as Fuki Asato
- 2005 · Tetsujin 28: The Movie as Mami Tachibana
- 2005 · Filming H&A as
- 2005 · Tiger & Dragon Special as Risa
- 2004 · Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother as Nanako
- 2004 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special as
- 2004 · The Diary from the Past as
- 2004 · Mask de 41 as Haruka Kuramochi
- 2003 · 1980 as Rika Hashiba
- 2003 · 14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜 as
- 2003 · 演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード as
- 2002 · The Summer Promise as
- 2002 · Harmful Insect as Natsuko Yamaoka
- 2002 · Olfactogram as
- 2001 · Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro as Shiina Kasumi