Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi (born August 17, 1985) is a Japanese actress and model. 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

Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Redline
Homepage https://www.itoh-c.com/artist/aoi/
Birth Location Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Born 1985-08-17

Movies

2023
Dr. Coto's Clinic as Mina Nakai
2022
2021
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final as Megumi Takani
2021
Wife of a Spy as Satoko Fukuhara
2020
Romance Doll as Sonoko Kitamura
2020
Miyamoto as Yasuko Nakano
2019
Children of the Sea as Kanako Azumi (voice)
2019
A Long Goodbye as Fumi Higashi
2019
Killing as Yu
2018
Penguin Highway as Onē-san (voice)
2018
What a Wonderful Family! 3 as Noriko Mamiya
2018
Birds Without Names as Towako Kitahara
2017
2017
Tokyo Ghoul as Rize Kamishiro
2017
What a Wonderful Family! 2 as Noriko Mamiya
2017
Japanese Girls Never Die as Haruko Azumi
2016
Over the Fence as Satoshi Tamura
2016
What a Wonderful Family! as Noriko Mamiya
2016
2015
The Case of Hana & Alice as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
2015
Climbing to Spring as Ai Takazawa
2014
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III as Neko no me o gin
2014
Space Pirate Captain Harlock as Miime (voice)
2013
Penance as Sae Kikuchi
2013
Tokyo Family as Noriko Mamiya
2013
2012
Fukushima Hula Girls as Narrator (voice)
2011
2011
Vampire as Mina
2011
Patisserie Coin De Rue as Natsume Usuba
2011
The Lightning Tree as Rai / Yu
2010
Flowers as Rin
2010
Redline as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
2010
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II as Jadwiga (voice)
2010
About Her Brother as Koharu Takano
2010
Miyori's Forest as Miyori (voice)
2009
2009
Honokaa Boy as Kaoru
2009
Tokyo! as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
2008
One Million Yen Girl as Suzuko Satô
2008
Best Wishes for Tomorrow as Kazuko Moribe
2007
2007
Rainbow Song as Kana Sato
2006
Tekkonkinkreet as Shiro (voice)
2006
Sugar & Spice as Girl on the Bus
2006
Hula Girls as Kimiko Tanikawa
2006
2006
Yamato as Taeko
2005
Henshin as Kei Hamura
2005
2005
Letters from Kanai Nirai as Fuki Asato
2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie as Mami Tachibana
2005
Umineko - Inseparable as Miya Noda
2004
Hana and Alice as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
2004
Mask de 41 as Haruka Kuramochi
2004
1980 as Rika Hashiba
2003
Worst by Chance as Harada's Girlfriend
2003
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro as Shiina Kasumi
2001
All About Lily Chou-Chou as Shiori Tsuda
2001
Harmful Insect as Natsuko Yamaoka
2001
Yu Aoi hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows