About
Yu Aoi
Overview
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
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| 2025 | Asura | Actor | Takiko | 71 Good |
| 2023 | FRONTIERS | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Sylvanian Families the Movie: A Gift from Freya | Actor | Teri Chocolate (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Boogie Woogie | Actor | Reiko Yamato | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Dr. Coto's Clinic | Actor | Mina Nakai | 58 Average |
| 2021 | 20th year reunion | Actor | self | 70 Good |
| 2021 | Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu | Actor | Fusako Torii | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone | Actor | Momoko | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Rurouni Kenshin: The Final | Actor | Megumi Takani | 67 Fair |
| 2020 | Wife of a Spy | Actor | Satoko Fukuhara | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | Romance Doll | Actor | Sonoko Kitamura | 58 Average |
| 2019 | From Miyamoto to You | Actor | Yasuko Nakano | 58 Average |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the Same | Actor | Geisha | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Children of the Sea | Actor | Kanako Azumi (voice) | 63 Fair |
| 2019 | A Long Goodbye | Actor | Fumi Higashi | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Killing | Actor | Yu | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Penguin Highway | Actor | Onē-san (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 2018 | What a Wonderful Family! 3 | Actor | Noriko Mamiya | 59 Average |
| 2018 | From Miyamoto To You | Actor | 中野靖子 | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | Birds Without Names | Actor | Towako Kitahara | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Mixed Doubles | Actor | Yo | 59 Average |
| 2017 | My High School Business | Actor | Chihiro Mashiba | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | Tokyo Ghoul | Actor | Rize Kamishiro | 63 Fair |
| 2017 | Hello, Detective Hedgehog | Actor | Setsuko Kawai | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | What a Wonderful Family! 2 | Actor | Noriko Mamiya | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Japanese Girls Never Die | Actor | Haruko Azumi | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Over the Fence | Actor | Satoshi Tamura | 59 Average |
| 2016 | What a Wonderful Family! | Actor | Noriko Mamiya | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Journey to the Shore | Actor | Tomoko | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist | Actor | 梦乃 | 69 Fair |
| 2015 | The Case of Hana & Alice | Actor | Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 2014 | Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends | Actor | Megumi Takani | 67 Fair |
| 2014 | Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno | Actor | Megumi Takani | 68 Fair |
| 2014 | All About My Siblings | Actor | Azusa Sawabe | 70 Good |
| 2014 | Climbing to Spring | Actor | Ai Takazawa | 59 Average |
| 2014 | MOZU | Actor | Shiori Nanami | 71 Good |
| 2014 | Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III | Actor | Neko no me o gin | 59 Average |
| 2014 | 四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2013 | Space Pirate Captain Harlock | Actor | Miime (voice) | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | Penance | Actor | Sae Kikuchi | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | NHK for School | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 2013 | The Farthest Galaxy | Actor | Misato Ebata / Akane Seike | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Tokyo Family | Actor | Noriko Mamiya | 60 Fair |
| 2012 | Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2012 | Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins | Actor | Megumi Takani | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | Penance | Actor | Sae Kikuchi | 71 Good |
| 2011 | Fukushima Hula Girls | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | By Chance | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2011 | Vampire | Actor | Mina | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Patisserie Coin De Rue | Actor | Natsume Usuba | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The Lightning Tree | Actor | Rai / Yu | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Flowers | Actor | Rin | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II | Actor | Jadwiga (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2010 | About Her Brother | Actor | Koharu Takano | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Miyori's Forest | Actor | Miyori (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Redline | Actor | Sonoshee McLaren (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 2009 | Good Bye, My Secret Friend | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Honokaa Boy | Actor | Kaoru | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Tokyo! | Actor | Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo") | 62 Fair |
| 2008 | One Million Yen Girl | Actor | Suzuko Satô | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Osen | Actor | Sen Handa | 70 Good |
| 2008 | Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage | Actor | Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko | 69 Fair |
| 2008 | Sex Is No Laughing Matter | Actor | En | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Best Wishes for Tomorrow | Actor | Kazuko Moribe | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Welcome to the Quiet Room | Actor | Miki | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Mushi-Shi: The Movie | Actor | Tanyu | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Rainbow Song | Actor | Kana Sato | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Tekkonkinkreet | Actor | Shiro (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2006 | Sugar & Spice | Actor | Girl on the Bus | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Hula Girls | Actor | Kimiko Tanikawa | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Honey and Clover | Actor | Hagu | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Yamato | Actor | Taeko | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Henshin | Actor | Kei Hamura | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Shining Boy and Little Randy | Actor | Emi Murakami | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers | Actor | Kujaku Ogitani | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Letters from Kanai Nirai | Actor | Fuki Asato | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Tiger and Dragon | Actor | Risa | 68 Fair |
| 2005 | Tetsujin 28: The Movie | Actor | Mami Tachibana | 58 Average |
| 2005 | 呪戒-JUKAI- | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2005 | Filming H&A | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2004 | Umineko - Inseparable | Actor | Miya Noda | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother | Actor | Nanako | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2004 | Hana & Alice | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2004 | Hana and Alice | Actor | Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice) | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | The Diary from the Past | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2004 | Mask de 41 | Actor | Haruka Kuramochi | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | 1980 | Actor | Rika Hashiba | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Worst by Chance | Actor | Harada's Girlfriend | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | 14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2003 | Dr. Coto's Clinic | Actor | 仲依ミナ | 70 Good |
| 2003 | Hana & Alice | Actor | Alice | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Kou Kou Kyoushi | Actor | Ezawa Mami | 70 Good |
| 2002 | The Summer Promise | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2002 | All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2001 | Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro | Actor | Shiina Kasumi | 59 Average |
| 2001 | All About Lily Chou-Chou | Actor | Shiori Tsuda | 63 Fair |
| 2001 | Harmful Insect | Actor | Natsuko Yamaoka | 59 Average |
| The Human Vapor | Actor | N/A N/A |
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