Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Known for
Acting
Born
May 12, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

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

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Filmography

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ごりやくさん

ごりやくさん

TV · as 語り · 1 ep

2027
Okinawa Confidential poster

Okinawa Confidential

Movie

2026
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat poster

The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

Movie

2026
The Canary's Lullaby poster

The Canary's Lullaby

Movie

2026
Sheep in the Box poster

Sheep in the Box

Movie · as Nobuyo Nishimura

2026
Sinsin and the Mouse poster

Sinsin and the Mouse

Movie

2026
The Invisibles poster

The Invisibles

Movie

2026
Two Cigarettes, Three Nights poster

Two Cigarettes, Three Nights

Movie

2026
Euthanasia Special Zone poster

Euthanasia Special Zone

Movie

2026
Straight to Hell poster

Straight to Hell

TV · as Kiyo Mita · 9 eps

2026
深夜食堂 6 poster

深夜食堂 6

TV · as Chieko Tachibana · 1 ep

2025
おもかげ poster

おもかげ

TV · as 入江静 · 3 eps

2024
52-Hertz Whales poster

52-Hertz Whales

Movie · as Noriko Okada

2024
橋ものがたり「約束」 poster

橋ものがたり「約束」

Movie

2024
The Gift of Your Heart poster

The Gift of Your Heart

TV · as Yukino Aihara · 11 eps

2024
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire poster

Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire

TV · as Tendo Ichiko · 11 eps

2024
Shinjuku Field Hospital poster

Shinjuku Field Hospital

TV · as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman · 11 eps

2024
Usotoki Rhetoric poster

Usotoki Rhetoric

TV · 1 ep

2024
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai poster

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

TV · as Fumiyo Takahashi · 1 ep

2023
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy poster

Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy

Movie

2023
Omokage poster

Omokage

Movie

2023
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero poster

Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

TV · 1 ep

2023
Sanctuary poster

Sanctuary

TV · 8 eps

2023
The Kind-Hearted Cat poster

The Kind-Hearted Cat

TV · as Matsuko · 5 eps

2023
Trillion Game poster

Trillion Game

TV · as Mitsuzono Shizuku · 10 eps

2023
My Happy Divorced Life poster

My Happy Divorced Life

TV · 6 eps

2023
Angel Flight poster

Angel Flight

TV · as Megumi Yoshizaki · 1 ep

2022
Noise poster

Noise

Movie · as Hanae Shoji

2022
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi– poster

hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–

Movie

2022
Winter Rose poster

Winter Rose

Movie · as Michiko Wataguchi

2022
To Me, the One Who Loved You poster

To Me, the One Who Loved You

Movie · as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

2022
To Every You I've Loved Before poster

To Every You I've Loved Before

Movie · as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

2022
Everything Will Be Owlright! poster

Everything Will Be Owlright!

Movie · as Minoyama

2022
The Files of Young Kindaichi poster

The Files of Young Kindaichi

TV · as Hiruko Kirigoe · 2 eps

2021
First Gentleman poster

First Gentleman

Movie

2021
Dream Team poster

Dream Team

TV · as Yoshie Andou · 8 eps

2021
Matrilineal Family poster

Matrilineal Family

TV · as Kimie Kobayashi · 2 eps

2020
AI Amok poster

AI Amok

Movie · as Eiko Tanaka

2020
Red poster

Red

Movie · as Ogata Yoko

2020
Hotel Royal poster

Hotel Royal

Movie · as Miko Noshiro

2020
Any Crybabies Around? poster

Any Crybabies Around?

Movie · as Setsuko Goto

2020
Step poster

Step

Movie · as Michiyo Muramatsu

2020
Peaceful Death poster

Peaceful Death

Movie

2020
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room poster

Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room

TV · as Shibusawa Wakako · 10 eps

2020
Sugu Shinun Dakara poster

Sugu Shinun Dakara

TV · as Mori Kaoru · 5 eps

2020
Toubousha poster

Toubousha

TV · 2 eps

2019
Show Me the Way to the Station poster

Show Me the Way to the Station

Movie

2019
BON-UTA, A Song from Home poster

BON-UTA, A Song from Home

Movie · as (voice)

2019
Aging Police / Resurrection Special poster

Aging Police / Resurrection Special

Movie

2019
Giwaku poster

Giwaku

Movie

2019
An Artist of the Floating World poster

An Artist of the Floating World

Movie · as Mrs. Saito

2019
Sleep in the Shadows poster

Sleep in the Shadows

Movie

2019
Death Office poster

Death Office

TV · as Shingu · 10 eps

2019
Welcome to National Treasures poster

Welcome to National Treasures

TV · 2 eps

2019
The Naked Director poster

The Naked Director

TV · as Kozue Muranishi · 3 eps

2019
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File poster

Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File

TV · as 南雲喜里子 · 10 eps

2019
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ poster

Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~

TV · as Junko Kijimoto · 21 eps

2018
Omotenashi poster

Omotenashi

Movie · as Mitsuko

2018
Enokida Trading Co. poster

Enokida Trading Co.

Movie · as Yoko Shima

2018
The Murder of Kuroido poster

The Murder of Kuroido

Movie

2018
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project poster

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

Movie · as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")

2018
dele poster

dele

TV · 1 ep

2018
Half Blue Sky poster

Half Blue Sky

TV · as Kimika Okada · 156 eps

2018
Innocent Days poster

Innocent Days

TV · as Michiko Tanaka · 6 eps

2017
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜 poster

ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜

Movie

2017
The Blue Hearts poster

The Blue Hearts

Movie · as (segment “Hammer”)

2017
Perfect Revolution poster

Perfect Revolution

Movie · as Akiko

2017
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter poster

Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter

Movie · as Koto

2017
And Then There Were None poster

And Then There Were None

TV · as Erika Konami · 2 eps

2017
Izakaya Fuji poster

Izakaya Fuji

TV · 12 eps

2017
The Public Enemy poster

The Public Enemy

TV · as Akiko Kawarada · 10 eps

2016
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan poster

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan

Movie

2016
Shin Godzilla poster

Shin Godzilla

Movie · as Reiko Hanamori

2016
Black Widow Business poster

Black Widow Business

Movie · as Eiko Segawa

2016
Midnight Diner 2 poster

Midnight Diner 2

Movie · as Chieko

2016
Zen and Bones poster

Zen and Bones

Movie · as Kô Mittwer

2016
The Ice Ruts poster

The Ice Ruts

Movie · as 요네자와 사유리

2016
Hello, I Love You poster

Hello, I Love You

TV · as Machi Domoto · 9 eps

2016
Night Hero NAOTO poster

Night Hero NAOTO

TV · as 権田薫子 · 11 eps

2016
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono poster

Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono

TV · as Yoriko Musubi · 60 eps

2016
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories poster

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

TV · as Chieko Tachibana · 3 eps

2015
Parasyte: Part 2 poster

Parasyte: Part 2

Movie · as Izumi Nobuko

2015
Going against the Grain in Fukushima poster

Going against the Grain in Fukushima

Movie · as Speaker

2015
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion poster

Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion

Movie · as Motoko Ueno

2015
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment poster

Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment

Movie · as Motoko Ueno

2015
A Stitch of Life poster

A Stitch of Life

Movie · as Hiroe Minami

2015
REPLAY&DESTROY poster

REPLAY&DESTROY

TV · as fortune-teller woman · 8 eps

2015
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk poster

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

TV · 1 ep

2014
Midnight Diner poster

Midnight Diner

Movie · as Chieko Hanawa

2014
Parasyte: Part 1 poster

Parasyte: Part 1

Movie · as Izumi Nobuko

2014
300 Million Yen Robbery poster

300 Million Yen Robbery

Movie · as Ryoko Nakaoka

2014
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma poster

Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma

TV · as Nonaka Tomiko · 6 eps

2014
お葬式で会いましょう poster

お葬式で会いましょう

TV · 1 ep

2014
Back of Father poster

Back of Father

TV · as Togawa Yasuko · 1 ep

2013
My Little Sweet Pea poster

My Little Sweet Pea

Movie · as Ayako Akaike

2013
A Tale of Samurai Cooking poster

A Tale of Samurai Cooking

Movie · as Mitsuru Funaki

2013
Nobody's Perfect poster

Nobody's Perfect

Movie · as Chieko Kuroki

2013
A Story of Yonosuke poster

A Story of Yonosuke

Movie · as Taeko Yokomichi

2013
Shield of Straw poster

Shield of Straw

Movie

2013
Galileo XX poster

Galileo XX

Movie · as Yoriko Takasaki

2013
The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File poster

The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File

Movie

2013
Houkago Groove poster

Houkago Groove

TV · 10 eps

2012
For Love's Sake poster

For Love's Sake

Movie · as Toyo Taiga

2012
Dearest poster

Dearest

Movie · as Tamiko Hamasaki

2012
Bread of Happiness poster

Bread of Happiness

Movie · as Yoko

2012
悪女について poster

悪女について

Movie · as Suzuki Tane

2012
The Housekeeper poster

The Housekeeper

Movie · as Haruko Inamura

2012
Dirty Hearts poster

Dirty Hearts

Movie · as Naomi

2012
Ace Attorney poster

Ace Attorney

Movie · as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)

2012
Father of the Bride poster

Father of the Bride

Movie

2012
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai poster

Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai

Movie

2012
Black Dawn poster

Black Dawn

Movie

2012
Cleopatra na Onnatachi poster

Cleopatra na Onnatachi

TV · 8 eps

2012
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara poster

Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara

TV · 8 eps

2011
Rebirth poster

Rebirth

Movie · as Angel

2011
Star Watching Dog poster

Star Watching Dog

Movie · as Innkeeper

2011
Crossroads poster

Crossroads

Movie

2011
My SO Has Got Depression poster

My SO Has Got Depression

Movie · as Satoko Kurita

2011
Karyuu No Utage poster

Karyuu No Utage

TV · as Miyagi Yoko · 8 eps

2011
Taro no Tō poster

Taro no Tō

TV · 4 eps

2010
Villain poster

Villain

Movie · as Yoriko Shimizu

2010
Rinco's Restaurant poster

Rinco's Restaurant

Movie · as Ruriko

2010
A Lone Scalpel poster

A Lone Scalpel

Movie · as Shizuka Takei

2010
Soup Opera poster

Soup Opera

Movie · as Yasuko Tanaka

2010
警視庁継続捜査班 poster

警視庁継続捜査班

TV · 8 eps

2009
Dear Doctor poster

Dear Doctor

Movie · as Akemi Ohtake

2009
Air Doll poster

Air Doll

Movie · as Receptionist Yoshiko

2009
ママは昔パパだった poster

ママは昔パパだった

TV · 6 eps

2009
Gaiji Keisatsu poster

Gaiji Keisatsu

TV · as Kumi Muramatsu · 6 eps

2008
Departures poster

Departures

Movie · as Yuriko Kamimura

2008
The Ramen Girl poster

The Ramen Girl

Movie · as Reiko

2008
Where The Legend Lives poster

Where The Legend Lives

Movie

2008
Oka wo koete poster

Oka wo koete

Movie

2008
Daisuki!! poster

Daisuki!!

TV · as Setsuko Kachigawa · 10 eps

2008
Atsuhime poster

Atsuhime

TV · as Hisa-hime · 50 eps

2007
Virgin Snow poster

Virgin Snow

Movie · as Mayumi Sasaki

2007
Invisible War poster

Invisible War

Movie · as Kinu Murozono

2007
Tokyo Rhapsody poster

Tokyo Rhapsody

Movie

2007
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here poster

Memories of the Womb: You Are Here

Movie

2007
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven poster

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

Movie · as Kita no mandokoro

2007
The Yakuza Principal poster

The Yakuza Principal

Movie

2007
Evil People poster

Evil People

TV · as Chise Fujishima · 8 eps

2007
Dear Father poster

Dear Father

TV · as Fortune Teller · 1 ep

2007
夜の終る時

夜の終る時

TV · 1 ep

2007
Bambino! poster

Bambino!

TV · 1 ep

2007
現ナマ弁護士

現ナマ弁護士

TV · 1 ep

2007
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop poster

Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop

TV · as 엔죠지 치에코 · 8 eps

2006
Just One Love poster

Just One Love

TV · as Akiko Kanzaki · 10 eps

2006
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame poster

Tokumei! Keiji Dongame

TV · 15 eps

2006
Into the White Night poster

Into the White Night

TV · as Taniguchi Mafumi · 11 eps

2005
Tokyo Tower poster

Tokyo Tower

Movie

2005
We Shall Overcome Someday poster

We Shall Overcome Someday

Movie

2005
Yamato poster

Yamato

Movie

2005
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP poster

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP

Movie · as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]

2005
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke poster

Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke

Movie · as Tezuka Yukino

2005
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke poster

Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke

TV · 1 ep

2005
Be with You poster

Be with You

TV · as Hongo Naomi · 10 eps

2005
Affectionate Time poster

Affectionate Time

TV · as Kujo Tomoko · 11 eps

2005
松本清張特別企画・黒い画集~紐

松本清張特別企画・黒い画集~紐

TV · 1 ep

2004
Café Lumière poster

Café Lumière

Movie · as Yoko's Stepmother

2004
Fireflies: River of Light poster

Fireflies: River of Light

Movie

2004
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao poster

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

Movie

2004
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari poster

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

Movie

2004
Chicken Is Barefoot poster

Chicken Is Barefoot

Movie

2004
Drugstore Girl poster

Drugstore Girl

Movie · as Hideko Mukai

2004
女の中の二つの顔

女の中の二つの顔

TV · 1 ep

2003
Farewell, Kuro poster

Farewell, Kuro

Movie · as Eri Yuki

2003
Worst by Chance poster

Worst by Chance

Movie · as Hatsuko Kim

2003
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

Movie

2003
An Autumn Afternoon poster

An Autumn Afternoon

Movie · as Akiko Hirayama

2003
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School poster

Drop-out Teacher Returns to School

TV · as Yukiko Ando · 10 eps

2003
Kao poster

Kao

TV · as Kyoko Higuchi(樋口 京子) · 11 eps

2003
女タクシードライバーの事件日誌

女タクシードライバーの事件日誌

TV · 1 ep

2002
Music of Remembrance -Gb- poster

Music of Remembrance -Gb-

Movie · as Rume

2002
Dog Star poster

Dog Star

Movie

2002
Aiki poster

Aiki

Movie

2002
Hotel Hibiscus poster

Hotel Hibiscus

Movie · as Mieko's Mother

2002
Oh My God poster

Oh My God

Movie

2002
The Lonely Affair of the Heart poster

The Lonely Affair of the Heart

Movie

2002
California Dreamin' poster

California Dreamin'

TV · as Kyoko Yamazaki

2002
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) poster

横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

TV · 6 eps

2001
Suicide Club poster

Suicide Club

Movie

2001
Churasan poster

Churasan

TV · as Shibata Yoko · 169 eps

2001
Goodbye Mr Ozu poster

Goodbye Mr Ozu

TV · 11 eps

2001
Love Story poster

Love Story

TV · 11 eps

2000
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌

巡査鉄兵の推理日誌

Movie

2000
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 poster

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5

Movie

2000
Another Battle poster

Another Battle

Movie

2000
Hysteric poster

Hysteric

Movie

2000
Timeless Melody poster

Timeless Melody

Movie · as Chikako's Mother

2000
Asako in Ruby Shoes poster

Asako in Ruby Shoes

Movie · as Aya's Mother

2000
Free and Easy 11 poster

Free and Easy 11

Movie

2000
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen poster

A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen

Movie

1999
The Exam poster

The Exam

Movie · as Midori Chiaki

1999
Live poster

Live

TV · 12 eps

1999
Dangerous Relationship poster

Dangerous Relationship

TV · as Ayako Tsuzuki · 11 eps

1998
Wait and See poster

Wait and See

Movie · as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother

1998
Amagi Pass poster

Amagi Pass

Movie

1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage poster

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

Movie · as Kuramoto

1998
Kurenai

Kurenai

TV · 11 eps

1998
A Dangerous Woman poster

A Dangerous Woman

TV · 11 eps

1997
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件

姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件

Movie

1997
An Angel with Many Scars poster

An Angel with Many Scars

Movie

1997
Happy-Go-Lucky poster

Happy-Go-Lucky

Movie · as Man's Lover in TV Drama

1997
Time Leap poster

Time Leap

Movie

1997
Moonlight Serenade poster

Moonlight Serenade

Movie

1997
20th Century Nostalgia poster

20th Century Nostalgia

Movie · as Anzu's Mother

1997
Immoral Affairs poster

Immoral Affairs

Movie

1997
The Most Important Person

The Most Important Person

TV · 11 eps

1997
Middle-aged Bachelors poster

Middle-aged Bachelors

TV · 13 eps

1997
Virgin Road poster

Virgin Road

TV · as Michi · 11 eps

1996
Gonin 2 poster

Gonin 2

Movie · as Ran

1996
The President's Christmas Tree poster

The President's Christmas Tree

Movie

1996
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu

Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu

TV · 11 eps

1996
Hakusen Nagashi poster

Hakusen Nagashi

TV · as Masako Ozawa · 11 eps

1996
Concerto poster

Concerto

TV · 10 eps

1995
Keikoku! Nozoki ari. poster

Keikoku! Nozoki ari.

Movie

1995
Sumomo mo momo poster

Sumomo mo momo

Movie

1995
Haunted School poster

Haunted School

Movie · as Professor Yukawa

1995
Sharaku poster

Sharaku

Movie

1995
Say You Love Me poster

Say You Love Me

TV · as Kaoru Kanzaki · 12 eps

1995
The Files of the Young Kindaichi poster

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

TV · as Hiruko Kirigoe · 2 eps

1994
Can you collect it? Complete poster

Can you collect it? Complete

Movie

1994
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 poster

Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2

Movie

1994
Alone in the Night poster

Alone in the Night

Movie

1993
The Brutal Insanity of Love poster

The Brutal Insanity of Love

Movie · as Nami Muraki

1993
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark poster

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

Movie · as Suzuki

1993
A Night in Nude poster

A Night in Nude

Movie · as Nami Tsuchiya

1993
Gorotsuki 2 poster

Gorotsuki 2

Movie

1992
Passion poster

Passion

Movie

1991
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo) poster

Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)

Movie

1991
Hiruko the Goblin poster

Hiruko the Goblin

Movie · as Reiko's Mother

1991
Orchids Under the Moon poster

Orchids Under the Moon

Movie · as Nami / Yoko

1991
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses poster

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses

Movie

1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki poster

Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki

Movie

1991
Yumeji poster

Yumeji

Movie · as Jiro

1991
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral poster

The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral

Movie

1991
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女

寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女

Movie

1990
Maria's Stomach poster

Maria's Stomach

Movie

1990
Baian the Assassin poster

Baian the Assassin

Movie

1989
Via Okinawa poster

Via Okinawa

Movie

1988
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You poster

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

Movie · as Managing Director's Daughter

1988
Love Bites Back poster

Love Bites Back

Movie · as Sanae Ebino

1987
The Heartbreak Yakuza poster

The Heartbreak Yakuza

Movie

1986
Dangerous Detective poster

Dangerous Detective

TV · as Yuko, Hiromi Nagisa · 1 ep