Acting

Yu Aoi

Born 1985-08-17 · 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.

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In My Father's Room
as Satomi
2027
Until the T-Shirt Dries
as Sakiko Seo
2026
Human Vapor
as Kyoko Kono
2026
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
2025
FRONTIERS
as Narrator
2023
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
as Teri Chocolate (voice)
2023
Boogie Woogie
as Reiko Yamato
2023
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Mina Nakai
2022
20th year reunion
as self
2021
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
as Fusako Torii
2021
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi Takani
2021
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as Momoko
2020
Wife of a Spy
as Satoko Fukuhara
2020
戦争童画集～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020
Romance Doll
as Sonoko Kitamura
2020
From Miyamoto to You
as Yasuko Nakano
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Geisha
2019
Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
2019
A Long Goodbye
as Fumi Higashi
2019
Killing
as Yu
2018
このマンガがすごい！
as navigator
2018
Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice)
2018
What a Wonderful Family! 3
as Noriko Mamiya
2018
From Miyamoto to You
as 中野靖子
2018
Birds Without Names
as Towako Kitahara
2017
Mixed Doubles
as Yo
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
2017
Haruko Azumi Is Missing
as Haruko Azumi
2016
Over the Fence
as Satoshi Tamura
2016
What a Wonderful Family!
as Noriko Mamiya
2016
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
Journey to the Shore
as Tomoko
2015
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
as 梦乃
2015
The Case of Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
2015
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
Climbing to Spring
as Ai Takazawa
2014
MOZU
as Shiori Nanami
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
2014
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
as Miime (voice)
2013
Penance
as Sae Kikuchi
2013
NHK for School
2013
The Farthest Galaxy
as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
2013
Tokyo Family
as Noriko Mamiya
2013
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
as Megumi Takani
2012
Penance
as Sae Kikuchi
2012
Fukushima Hula Girls
as Narrator (voice)
2011
By Chance
2011
Vampire
as Mina
2011
Patisserie Coin De Rue
as Natsume Usuba
2011
The Lightning Tree
as Rai / Yu
2010
Detective Lovesick
as Setsuko Konuma
2010
Flowers
as Rin
2010
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
as Jadwiga (voice)
2010
About Her Brother
as Koharu Takano
2010
Ryōmaden
as Omoto
2010
Miyori's Forest
as Miyori (voice)
2009
Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
2009
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
as Narrator
2009
Honokaa Boy
as Kaoru
2009
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
2008
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
as Kazuko Moribe
2007
Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Miki
2007
Galileo
as Kanbara Atsuko
2007
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
as Tanyu
2007
Tekkonkinkreet
as Shiro (voice)
2006