About

Known credits:
210
Birthday:
1956-05-12
Place of birth:
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Website:
N/A

Kimiko Yo

Overview

Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.

Known for

Acting

2024 Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai Actor 高橋文世 69
Fair
2024 Shinjuku Field Hospital Actor Ritsuko Nishi Freeman 69
Fair
2024 Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire Actor Tendo Ichiko 69
Fair
2024 52-Hertz Whales Actor Noriko Okada 58
Average
2024 The Gift of Your Heart Actor Yukino Aihara 70
Good
2023 Trillion Game Actor Mitsuzono Shizuku 71
Good
2023 The Kind-Hearted Cat Actor Matsuko 70
Good
2023 Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy Actor N/A
N/A
2023 Sanctuary Actor 72
Good
2023 Omokage Actor N/A
N/A
2023 My Happy Divorced Life Actor 68
Fair
2022 To Every You I've Loved Before Actor Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice) 59
Average
2022 To Me, the One Who Loved You Actor Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice) 58
Average
2022 The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs Actor Minoyama 58
Average
2022 Winter Rose Actor Michiko Wataguchi 58
Average
2022 Noise Actor Hanae Shoji 58
Average
2021 First Gentleman Actor 58
Average
2021 Dream Team Actor Yoshie Andou N/A
N/A
2020 Toubousha Actor 69
Fair
2020 Any Crybabies Around? Actor Setsuko Goto 58
Average
2020 Hotel Royal Actor Miko Noshiro 58
Average
2020 Sugu Shinun Dakara Actor Mori Kaoru N/A
N/A
2020 Peaceful Death Actor 58
Average
2020 Step Actor Michiyo Muramatsu 59
Average
2020 Red Actor Ogata Yoko 56
Average
2020 AI Amok Actor Eiko Tanaka 59
Average
2020 Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room Actor Shibusawa Wakako 68
Fair
2019 Show Me the Way to the Station Actor 59
Average
2019 Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File Actor 南雲喜里子 N/A
N/A
2019 Death Office Actor Shingu 68
Fair
2019 Welcome to National Treasures Actor N/A
N/A
2019 Aging Police / Resurrection Special Actor 59
Average
2019 Sleep in the Shadows Actor N/A
N/A
2019 An Artist of the Floating World Actor Mrs. Saito N/A
N/A
2019 Two Homelands Actor Amo Taka 59
Average
2019 BON-UTA, A Song from Home Actor (voice) 59
Average
2019 Giwaku Actor 59
Average
2018 Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project Actor Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday") 59
Average
2018 Enokida Trading Co. Actor Yoko Shima 58
Average
2018 Kuroido Goroshi Actor N/A
N/A
2018 Half Blue Sky Actor Kimika Okada 70
Good
2018 Innocent Days Actor Michiko Tanaka 69
Fair
2018 Omotenashi Actor Mitsuko 58
Average
2017 ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」 Actor N/A
N/A
2017 The Public Enemy Actor Akiko Kawarada 69
Fair
2017 Perfect Revolution Actor Akiko 59
Average
2017 Izakaya Fuji Actor 69
Fair
2017 Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter Actor Koto 59
Average
2017 The Blue Hearts Actor (segment “Hammer”) 58
Average
2017 And Then There Were None Actor Erika Konami 70
Good
2016 Midnight Diner 2 Actor Chieko 59
Average
2016 The Ice Ruts Actor 요네자와 사유리 59
Average
2016 Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono Actor Yoriko Musubi 69
Fair
2016 Black Widow Business Actor Eiko Segawa 58
Average
2016 Zen and Bones Actor Kô Mittwer N/A
N/A
2016 Beef tongue set meal with seafood bowl of Onagawa in Sendai Actor 58
Average
2016 Shin Godzilla Actor Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense 68
Fair
2016 Hello, I Love You Actor Machi Domoto N/A
N/A
2016 Night Hero NAOTO Actor 権田薫子 N/A
N/A
2015 Going against the Grain in Fukushima Actor Speaker N/A
N/A
2015 Replay & Destroy Actor fortune-teller woman 69
Fair
2015 Parasyte: Part 2 Actor Izumi Nobuko 62
Fair
2015 Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment Actor Motoko Ueno 59
Average
2015 Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion Actor Motoko Ueno 59
Average
2015 A Stitch of Life Actor Hiroe Minami 58
Average
2014 Parasyte: Part 1 Actor Izumi Nobuko 63
Fair
2014 Midnight Diner Actor Chieko Hanawa 60
Fair
2014 Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma Actor Nonaka Tomiko N/A
N/A
2014 お葬式で会いましょう Actor N/A
N/A
2014 300 Million Yen Robbery Actor Ryoko Nakaoka 59
Average
2013 My Little Sweet Pea Actor Ayako Akaike 58
Average
2013 A Tale of Samurai Cooking Actor Mitsuru Funaki 59
Average
2013 Galileo XX Actor Yoriko Takasaki 59
Average
2013 Shield of Straw Actor 59
Average
2013 Houkago Groove Actor N/A
N/A
2013 Nobody's Perfect Actor N/A
N/A
2013 A Story of Yonosuke Actor Taeko Yokomichi 60
Fair
2012 The Housekeeper Actor Haruko Inamura N/A
N/A
2012 Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara Actor N/A
N/A
2012 Dearest Actor Tamiko Hamasaki 59
Average
2012 Dirty Hearts Actor Naomi 58
Average
2012 For Love's Sake Actor Toyo Taiga 59
Average
2012 Black Dawn Actor Kumi Muramatsu 58
Average
2012 悪女について Actor Suzuki Tane N/A
N/A
2012 Cleopatra na Onnatachi Actor 69
Fair
2012 Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai Actor N/A
N/A
2012 Ace Attorney Actor Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey) 59
Average
2012 Bread of Happiness Actor Yoko 59
Average
2012 Father of the Bride Actor 58
Average
2011 Crossroads Actor 59
Average
2011 My SO Has Got Depression Actor Satoko Kurita 59
Average
2011 Star Watching Dog Actor Innkeeper 59
Average
2011 Karyuu No Utage Actor Miyagi Yoko 69
Fair
2011 Rebirth Actor Angel 59
Average
2010 Soup Opera Actor Yasuko Tanaka 59
Average
2010 Villain Actor Yoriko Shimizu 59
Average
2010 警視庁継続捜査班 Actor N/A
N/A
2010 A Lone Scalpel Actor Shizuka Takei 59
Average
2010 Rinco's Restaurant Actor Ruriko 59
Average
2009 Air Doll Actor Receptionist Yoshiko 62
Fair
2009 ママは昔パパだった Actor 우에노 마키코 N/A
N/A
2009 Dear Doctor Actor Akemi Ohtake 58
Average
2008 Where The Legend Lives Actor 59
Average
2008 Departures Actor Yuriko Kamimura 70
Good
2008 Oka wo koete Actor N/A
N/A
2008 The Ramen Girl Actor Reiko 60
Fair
2008 Daisuki!! Actor Setsuko Kachigawa 70
Good
2008 Atsuhime Actor Hisa-hime 71
Good
2007 Chacha: The Princess of Heaven Actor Kita no mandokoro N/A
N/A
2007 夜の終る時 Actor N/A
N/A
2007 Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop Actor 엔죠지 치에코 N/A
N/A
2007 The Yakuza Principal Actor 59
Average
2007 Memories of the Womb: You Are Here Actor 59
Average
2007 Virgin Snow Actor Mayumi Sasaki 59
Average
2007 Tokyo Rhapsody Actor N/A
N/A
2007 現ナマ弁護士 Actor N/A
N/A
2007 Invisible War Actor Kinu Murozono 58
Average
2007 Evil People Actor Chise Fujishima 69
Fair
2006 Just One Love Actor Akiko Kanzaki 69
Fair
2006 Tokumei! Keiji Dongame Actor N/A
N/A
2006 Into the White Night Actor Taniguchi Mafumi 69
Fair
2005 Yamato Actor 58
Average
2005 Be with You Actor Hongo Naomi 70
Good
2005 Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke Actor Tezuka Yukino N/A
N/A
2005 Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke Actor N/A
N/A
2005 Pacchigi! Actor 59
Average
2005 Tokyo Tower Actor 58
Average
2005 Affectionate Time Actor Kujo Tomoko 70
Good
2005 松本清張特別企画・黒い画集~紐 Actor N/A
N/A
2004 Chicken Is Barefoot Actor 58
Average
2004 Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari Actor N/A
N/A
2004 Café Lumière Actor Yoko's Stepmother 59
Average
2004 女の中の二つの顔 Actor N/A
N/A
2004 Onna no naka no futatsu no kao Actor 59
Average
2004 Fireflies: River of Light Actor 59
Average
2003 Drop-out Teacher Returns to School Actor Yukiko Ando 68
Fair
2003 Worst by Chance Actor Hatsuko Kim N/A
N/A
2003 女タクシードライバーの事件日誌 Actor N/A
N/A
2003 Farewell, Kuro Actor Eri Yuki 59
Average
2003 Kao Actor Kyoko Higuchi(樋口 京子) 69
Fair
2003 Suspicion Actor N/A
N/A
2002 Aiki Actor 58
Average
2002 Hotel Hibiscus Actor Mieko's Mother 59
Average
2002 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) Actor N/A
N/A
2002 Oh My God Actor N/A
N/A
2002 Music of Remembrance -Gb- Actor Rume N/A
N/A
2002 Dog Star Actor 59
Average
2002 The Lonely Affair of the Heart Actor 58
Average
2001 Suicide Club Actor 61
Fair
2001 Goodbye Mr Ozu Actor 69
Fair
2001 Love Story Actor N/A
N/A
2001 Churasan Actor Shibata Yoko 70
Good
2000 Asako in Ruby Shoes Actor Aya's Mother 59
Average
2000 Another Battle Actor 58
Average
2000 巡査鉄兵の推理日誌 Actor N/A
N/A
2000 Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 Actor N/A
N/A
2000 Hysteric Actor N/A
N/A
2000 Timeless Melody Actor Chikako's Mother N/A
N/A
2000 Free and Easy 11 Actor 59
Average
1999 Dangerous Relationship Actor Ayako Tsuzuki N/A
N/A
1999 The Exam Actor Midori Chiaki N/A
N/A
1999 Live Actor 69
Fair
1998 Wait and See Actor Wife of Hiroshi's Brother 58
Average
1998 A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage Actor Kuramoto 58
Average
1998 Kurenai Actor N/A
N/A
1998 A Dangerous Woman Actor 68
Fair
1998 Amagi Pass Actor 58
Average
1997 Immoral Affairs Actor 58
Average
1997 20th Century Nostalgia Actor Anzu's Mother 59
Average
1997 姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件 Actor N/A
N/A
1997 Middle-aged Bachelors Actor N/A
N/A
1997 Time Leap Actor N/A
N/A
1997 An Angel with Many Scars Actor N/A
N/A
1997 The Most Important Person Actor N/A
N/A
1997 Happy Go Lucky Actor Man's Lover in TV Drama 59
Average
1997 Moonlight Serenade Actor 58
Average
1997 Virgin Road Actor Michi 70
Good
1996 The President's Christmas Tree Actor N/A
N/A
1996 Concerto Actor N/A
N/A
1996 Gonin 2 Actor Ran 59
Average
1996 Hakusen Nagashi Actor Masako Ozawa 70
Good
1996 Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu Actor N/A
N/A
1995 Haunted School Actor Yukawa 59
Average
1995 Say You Love Me Actor Kaoru Kanzaki 69
Fair
1995 Keikoku! Nozoki ari. Actor N/A
N/A
1995 Sharaku Actor 58
Average
1995 Sumomo mo momo Actor N/A
N/A
1994 Alone in the Night Actor 59
Average
1994 Can you collect it? Complete Actor N/A
N/A
1994 Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 Actor N/A
N/A
1993 A Night in Nude Actor Nami Tsuchiya 58
Average
1993 The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark Actor N/A
N/A
1993 The Brutal Insanity of Love Actor Nami Muraki 58
Average
1992 Passion Actor 58
Average
1991 The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral Actor N/A
N/A
1991 寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女 Actor N/A
N/A
1991 Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki Actor N/A
N/A
1991 Orchids Under the Moon Actor N/A
N/A
1991 The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses Actor 59
Average
1991 Yumeji Actor Jiro 59
Average
1991 Hiruko the Goblin Actor 59
Average
1991 Hiruko the Goblin Actor Reiko's Mother 59
Average
1991 Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo) Actor N/A
N/A
1990 Baian the Assassin Actor N/A
N/A
1990 Maria's Stomach Actor N/A
N/A
1989 Via Okinawa Actor 59
Average
1988 Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You Actor Managing Director's Daughter 59
Average
1988 Love Bites Back Actor Sanae Ebino 58
Average
1987 The Heartbreak Yakuza Actor 58
Average
hana -1970、コザが燃えた日- Actor N/A
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