Yu Aoi
Born: 1985-08-17 in Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Tokyo Taxi
- How Dare You?
- Meets the World as Yuki
- Asura as Takiko
- Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero! as Chapon (voice)
2023
- Sylvanian Families: The Movie as Teri Chocolate (voice)
- Boogie Woogie as Reiko Yamato
- FRONTIERS as Narrator
2022
- Dr. Coto's Clinic as Mina Nakai
2021
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Final as Megumi Takani
- Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone as Momoko
- Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu as Fusako Torii
- 20th year reunion as self
2020
- Romance Doll as Sonoko Kitamura
- Wife of a Spy as Satoko Fukuhara
2019
- Children of the Sea as Kanako Azumi (voice)
- They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Geisha
- From Miyamoto to You as Yasuko Nakano
- A Long Goodbye as Fumi Higashi
2018
- Penguin Highway as Onē-san (voice)
- What a Wonderful Family! 3 as Noriko Mamiya
- Killing as Yu
- From Miyamoto To You as 中野靖子
2017
- Tokyo Ghoul as Rize Kamishiro
- Birds Without Names as Towako Kitahara
- Mixed Doubles as Yo
- What a Wonderful Family! 2 as Noriko Mamiya
- Hello, Detective Hedgehog as Setsuko Kawai
- My High School Business as Chihiro Mashiba
2016
- Over the Fence as Satoshi Tamura
- Japanese Girls Never Die as Haruko Azumi
- What a Wonderful Family! as Noriko Mamiya
2015
- Journey to the Shore as Tomoko
- The Case of Hana & Alice as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
- Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist as 梦乃
- Song FUKUYAMA
2014
- Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends as Megumi Takani
- Climbing to Spring as Ai Takazawa
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno as Megumi Takani
- MOZU as Shiori Nanami
- All About My Siblings as Azusa Sawabe
- 四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
- Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III as Neko no me o gin
2013
- Penance as Sae Kikuchi
- Tokyo Family as Noriko Mamiya
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock as Miime (voice)
- The Farthest Galaxy as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
- NHK for School
2012
- Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins as Megumi Takani
- Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
- Penance as Sae Kikuchi
2011
- Vampire as Mina
- Patisserie Coin De Rue as Natsume Usuba
- Fukushima Hula Girls as Narrator (voice)
- By Chance
2010
- The Lightning Tree as Rai / Yu
- Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II as Jadwiga (voice)
- About Her Brother as Koharu Takano
- Flowers as Rin
- Detective Lovesick as Setsuko Konuma
2009
- Redline as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
- Miyori's Forest as Miyori (voice)
- Honokaa Boy as Kaoru
- Good Bye, My Secret Friend as Narrator
2008
- Sex Is No Laughing Matter as En
- One Million Yen Girl as Suzuko Sato
- Tokyo! as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
- Osen as Sen Handa
- Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
2007
- Galileo as Kanbara Atsuko
- Best Wishes for Tomorrow as Kazuko Moribe
- Welcome to the Quiet Room as Miki
- Mushi-Shi: The Movie as Tanyu
2006
- Rainbow Song as Kana Sato
- Hula Girls as Kimiko Tanikawa
- Honey and Clover as Hagu
- Sugar & Spice as Girl on the Bus
- Tekkonkinkreet as Shiro (voice)
2005
- Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers as Kujaku Ogitani
- Shining Boy and Little Randy as Emi Murakami
- Henshin as Kei Hamura
- Letters from Kanai Nirai as Fuki Asato
- Tetsujin 28: The Movie as Mami Tachibana
- Yamato as Taeko
- 呪戒-JUKAI-
- Filming H&A
- Tiger and Dragon as Risa
2004
- Hana & Alice as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
- Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother as Nanako
- Mask de 41 as Haruka Kuramochi
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
- Umineko - Inseparable as Miya Noda
- The Diary from the Past
2003
- Dr. Coto's Clinic as 仲依ミナ
- 1980 as Rika Hashiba
- Worst by Chance as Harada's Girlfriend
- Kou Kou Kyoushi as Ezawa Mami
- 14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
- Hana & Alice as Alice
2002
- Harmful Insect as Natsuko Yamaoka
- All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
- Olfactogram
- The Summer Promise
2001
- All About Lily Chou-Chou as Shiori Tsuda
- Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro as Shiina Kasumi