Yu Aoi
Acting
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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tvHuman Vapor
2026
Kyoko Kono
movieTokyo Taxi
2025
Young Sumire
movieHow Dare You?
2025
Keiko Ueda
movieGo! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
2025
Chapon (voice)
tvAsura
2025
Takiko
tvFRONTIERS
2023
Narrator
movieSylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
Teri Chocolate (voice)
tvBoogie Woogie
2023
Reiko Yamato
movieDr. Coto's Clinic
2022
Mina Nakai
movieShikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021
Fusako Torii
movieRurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
Megumi Takani
movieWife of a Spy
2020
Satoko Fukuhara
movieRomance Doll
2020
Sonoko Kitamura
movieFrom Miyamoto to You
2019
Yasuko Nakano
movieChildren of the Sea
2019
Kanako Azumi (voice)
movieA Long Goodbye
2019
Fumi Higashi
tvこのマンガがすごい！
2018
navigator
moviePenguin Highway
2018
Onē-san (voice)
movieWhat a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
Noriko Mamiya
movieBirds Without Names
2017
Towako Kitahara
tvMy High School Business
2017
Chihiro Mashiba
movieTokyo Ghoul
2017
Rize Kamishiro
tvHello, Detective Hedgehog
2017
Setsuko Kawai
movieWhat a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
Noriko Mamiya
movieJapanese Girls Never Die
2016
Haruko Azumi
movieOver the Fence
2016
Satoshi Tamura
movieWhat a Wonderful Family!
2016
Noriko Mamiya
movieThe Case of Hana & Alice
2015
Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
movieRurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
Megumi Takani
movieRurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
Megumi Takani
tvAll About My Siblings
2014
Azusa Sawabe
movieClimbing to Spring
2014
Ai Takazawa
tvMOZU
2014
Shiori Nanami
movieZipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014
Neko no me o gin
movieSpace Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
Miime (voice)
moviePenance
2013
Sae Kikuchi
tvThe Farthest Galaxy
2013
Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
movieTokyo Family
2013
Noriko Mamiya
movieRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
Megumi Takani
tvPenance
2012
Sae Kikuchi
movieFukushima Hula Girls
2011
Narrator (voice)
movieVampire
2011
Mina
moviePatisserie Coin De Rue
2011
Natsume Usuba
movieThe Lightning Tree
2010
Rai / Yu
tvDetective Lovesick
2010
Setsuko Konuma
movieNodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010
Jadwiga (voice)
movieAbout Her Brother
2010
Koharu Takano
tvRyōmaden
2010
Omoto
movieMiyori's Forest
2009
Miyori (voice)
movieRedline
2009
Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
movieHonokaa Boy
2009
Kaoru
movieTokyo!
2008
Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
movieOne Million Yen Girl
2008
Suzuko Sato
tvOsen
2008
Sen Handa
tvAoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
2008
Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
movieBest Wishes for Tomorrow
2007
Kazuko Moribe
tvGalileo
2007
Kanbara Atsuko
movieTekkonkinkreet
2006
Shiro (voice)
movieRainbow Song
2006
Kana Sato
movieSugar & Spice
2006
Girl on the Bus
movieHula Girls
2006
Kimiko Tanikawa
movieYamato
2005
Taeko
movieHenshin
2005
Kei Hamura
movieShining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Emi Murakami
movieTurtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005
Kujaku Ogitani
movieLetters from Kanai Nirai
2005
Fuki Asato
movieTetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
Mami Tachibana
movieUmineko - Inseparable
2004
Miya Noda
movieHana & Alice
2004
Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
Mask de 41
2004
Haruka Kuramochi
movie1980
2003
Rika Hashiba
movieWorst by Chance
2003
Harada's Girlfriend
tvHana & Alice
2003
Alice
tvKou Kou Kyoushi
2003
Ezawa Mami
movieHarmful Insect
2002
Natsuko Yamaoka
movieAo to Shiro de Mizuiro
2001
Shiina Kasumi
movieAll About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
Shiori Tsuda
