
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
ごりやくさん
TV · as 語り · 1 ep

Okinawa Confidential
Movie

The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Movie

The Canary's Lullaby
Movie

Sheep in the Box
Movie · as Nobuyo Nishimura

Sinsin and the Mouse
Movie

The Invisibles
Movie

Two Cigarettes, Three Nights
Movie

Euthanasia Special Zone
Movie

Straight to Hell
TV · as Kiyo Mita · 9 eps

深夜食堂 6
TV · as Chieko Tachibana · 1 ep

おもかげ
TV · as 入江静 · 3 eps

52-Hertz Whales
Movie · as Noriko Okada

橋ものがたり「約束」
Movie

The Gift of Your Heart
TV · as Yukino Aihara · 11 eps

Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
TV · as Tendo Ichiko · 11 eps

Shinjuku Field Hospital
TV · as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman · 11 eps

Usotoki Rhetoric
TV · 1 ep

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
TV · as Fumiyo Takahashi · 1 ep

Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
Movie

Omokage
Movie

Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
TV · 1 ep

Sanctuary
TV · 8 eps

The Kind-Hearted Cat
TV · as Matsuko · 5 eps

Trillion Game
TV · as Mitsuzono Shizuku · 10 eps

My Happy Divorced Life
TV · 6 eps

Angel Flight
TV · as Megumi Yoshizaki · 1 ep

Noise
Movie · as Hanae Shoji

hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
Movie

Winter Rose
Movie · as Michiko Wataguchi

To Me, the One Who Loved You
Movie · as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

To Every You I've Loved Before
Movie · as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

Everything Will Be Owlright!
Movie · as Minoyama

The Files of Young Kindaichi
TV · as Hiruko Kirigoe · 2 eps

First Gentleman
Movie

Dream Team
TV · as Yoshie Andou · 8 eps

Matrilineal Family
TV · as Kimie Kobayashi · 2 eps

AI Amok
Movie · as Eiko Tanaka

Red
Movie · as Ogata Yoko

Hotel Royal
Movie · as Miko Noshiro

Any Crybabies Around?
Movie · as Setsuko Goto

Step
Movie · as Michiyo Muramatsu

Peaceful Death
Movie

Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
TV · as Shibusawa Wakako · 10 eps

Sugu Shinun Dakara
TV · as Mori Kaoru · 5 eps

Toubousha
TV · 2 eps

Show Me the Way to the Station
Movie

BON-UTA, A Song from Home
Movie · as (voice)

Aging Police / Resurrection Special
Movie

Giwaku
Movie

An Artist of the Floating World
Movie · as Mrs. Saito

Sleep in the Shadows
Movie

Death Office
TV · as Shingu · 10 eps

Welcome to National Treasures
TV · 2 eps

The Naked Director
TV · as Kozue Muranishi · 3 eps

Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
TV · as 南雲喜里子 · 10 eps

Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~
TV · as Junko Kijimoto · 21 eps

Omotenashi
Movie · as Mitsuko

Enokida Trading Co.
Movie · as Yoko Shima

The Murder of Kuroido
Movie

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Movie · as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")

dele
TV · 1 ep

Half Blue Sky
TV · as Kimika Okada · 156 eps

Innocent Days
TV · as Michiko Tanaka · 6 eps

ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
Movie

The Blue Hearts
Movie · as (segment “Hammer”)

Perfect Revolution
Movie · as Akiko

Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Movie · as Koto

And Then There Were None
TV · as Erika Konami · 2 eps

Izakaya Fuji
TV · 12 eps

The Public Enemy
TV · as Akiko Kawarada · 10 eps

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
Movie

Shin Godzilla
Movie · as Reiko Hanamori

Black Widow Business
Movie · as Eiko Segawa

Midnight Diner 2
Movie · as Chieko

Zen and Bones
Movie · as Kô Mittwer

The Ice Ruts
Movie · as 요네자와 사유리

Hello, I Love You
TV · as Machi Domoto · 9 eps

Night Hero NAOTO
TV · as 権田薫子 · 11 eps

Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
TV · as Yoriko Musubi · 60 eps

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
TV · as Chieko Tachibana · 3 eps

Parasyte: Part 2
Movie · as Izumi Nobuko

Going against the Grain in Fukushima
Movie · as Speaker

Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Movie · as Motoko Ueno

Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Movie · as Motoko Ueno

A Stitch of Life
Movie · as Hiroe Minami

REPLAY&DESTROY
TV · as fortune-teller woman · 8 eps

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
TV · 1 ep

Midnight Diner
Movie · as Chieko Hanawa

Parasyte: Part 1
Movie · as Izumi Nobuko

300 Million Yen Robbery
Movie · as Ryoko Nakaoka

Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
TV · as Nonaka Tomiko · 6 eps

お葬式で会いましょう
TV · 1 ep

Back of Father
TV · as Togawa Yasuko · 1 ep

My Little Sweet Pea
Movie · as Ayako Akaike

A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Movie · as Mitsuru Funaki

Nobody's Perfect
Movie · as Chieko Kuroki

A Story of Yonosuke
Movie · as Taeko Yokomichi

Shield of Straw
Movie

Galileo XX
Movie · as Yoriko Takasaki

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

Houkago Groove
TV · 10 eps

For Love's Sake
Movie · as Toyo Taiga

Dearest
Movie · as Tamiko Hamasaki

Bread of Happiness
Movie · as Yoko

悪女について
Movie · as Suzuki Tane

The Housekeeper
Movie · as Haruko Inamura

Dirty Hearts
Movie · as Naomi

Ace Attorney
Movie · as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)

Father of the Bride
Movie

Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
Movie

Black Dawn
Movie

Cleopatra na Onnatachi
TV · 8 eps

Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
TV · 8 eps

Rebirth
Movie · as Angel

Star Watching Dog
Movie · as Innkeeper

Crossroads
Movie

My SO Has Got Depression
Movie · as Satoko Kurita

Karyuu No Utage
TV · as Miyagi Yoko · 8 eps

Taro no Tō
TV · 4 eps

Villain
Movie · as Yoriko Shimizu

Rinco's Restaurant
Movie · as Ruriko

A Lone Scalpel
Movie · as Shizuka Takei

Soup Opera
Movie · as Yasuko Tanaka

警視庁継続捜査班
TV · 8 eps

Dear Doctor
Movie · as Akemi Ohtake

Air Doll
Movie · as Receptionist Yoshiko

ママは昔パパだった
TV · 6 eps

Gaiji Keisatsu
TV · as Kumi Muramatsu · 6 eps

Departures
Movie · as Yuriko Kamimura

The Ramen Girl
Movie · as Reiko

Where The Legend Lives
Movie

Oka wo koete
Movie

Daisuki!!
TV · as Setsuko Kachigawa · 10 eps

Atsuhime
TV · as Hisa-hime · 50 eps

Virgin Snow
Movie · as Mayumi Sasaki

Invisible War
Movie · as Kinu Murozono

Tokyo Rhapsody
Movie

Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
Movie

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Movie · as Kita no mandokoro

The Yakuza Principal
Movie

Evil People
TV · as Chise Fujishima · 8 eps

Dear Father
TV · as Fortune Teller · 1 ep
夜の終る時
TV · 1 ep

Bambino!
TV · 1 ep
現ナマ弁護士
TV · 1 ep

Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
TV · as 엔죠지 치에코 · 8 eps

Just One Love
TV · as Akiko Kanzaki · 10 eps

Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
TV · 15 eps

Into the White Night
TV · as Taniguchi Mafumi · 11 eps

Tokyo Tower
Movie

We Shall Overcome Someday
Movie

Yamato
Movie

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Movie · as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]

Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Movie · as Tezuka Yukino

Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
TV · 1 ep

Be with You
TV · as Hongo Naomi · 10 eps

Affectionate Time
TV · as Kujo Tomoko · 11 eps
松本清張特別企画・黒い画集~紐
TV · 1 ep

Café Lumière
Movie · as Yoko's Stepmother

Fireflies: River of Light
Movie

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Movie

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Movie

Chicken Is Barefoot
Movie

Drugstore Girl
Movie · as Hideko Mukai
女の中の二つの顔
TV · 1 ep

Farewell, Kuro
Movie · as Eri Yuki

Worst by Chance
Movie · as Hatsuko Kim

Suspicion
Movie

An Autumn Afternoon
Movie · as Akiko Hirayama

Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
TV · as Yukiko Ando · 10 eps

Kao
TV · as Kyoko Higuchi(樋口 京子) · 11 eps
女タクシードライバーの事件日誌
TV · 1 ep

Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Movie · as Rume

Dog Star
Movie

Aiki
Movie

Hotel Hibiscus
Movie · as Mieko's Mother

Oh My God
Movie

The Lonely Affair of the Heart
Movie

California Dreamin'
TV · as Kyoko Yamazaki

横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
TV · 6 eps

Suicide Club
Movie

Churasan
TV · as Shibata Yoko · 169 eps

Goodbye Mr Ozu
TV · 11 eps

Love Story
TV · 11 eps
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Movie

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Movie

Another Battle
Movie

Hysteric
Movie

Timeless Melody
Movie · as Chikako's Mother

Asako in Ruby Shoes
Movie · as Aya's Mother

Free and Easy 11
Movie

A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Movie

The Exam
Movie · as Midori Chiaki

Live
TV · 12 eps

Dangerous Relationship
TV · as Ayako Tsuzuki · 11 eps

Wait and See
Movie · as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother

Amagi Pass
Movie

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Movie · as Kuramoto
Kurenai
TV · 11 eps

A Dangerous Woman
TV · 11 eps
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
Movie

An Angel with Many Scars
Movie

Happy-Go-Lucky
Movie · as Man's Lover in TV Drama

Time Leap
Movie

Moonlight Serenade
Movie

20th Century Nostalgia
Movie · as Anzu's Mother

Immoral Affairs
Movie
The Most Important Person
TV · 11 eps

Middle-aged Bachelors
TV · 13 eps

Virgin Road
TV · as Michi · 11 eps

Gonin 2
Movie · as Ran

The President's Christmas Tree
Movie
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu
TV · 11 eps

Hakusen Nagashi
TV · as Masako Ozawa · 11 eps

Concerto
TV · 10 eps

Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
Movie

Sumomo mo momo
Movie

Haunted School
Movie · as Professor Yukawa

Sharaku
Movie

Say You Love Me
TV · as Kaoru Kanzaki · 12 eps

The Files of the Young Kindaichi
TV · as Hiruko Kirigoe · 2 eps

Can you collect it? Complete
Movie

Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
Movie

Alone in the Night
Movie

The Brutal Insanity of Love
Movie · as Nami Muraki

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Movie · as Suzuki

A Night in Nude
Movie · as Nami Tsuchiya

Gorotsuki 2
Movie

Passion
Movie

Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Movie

Hiruko the Goblin
Movie · as Reiko's Mother

Orchids Under the Moon
Movie · as Nami / Yoko

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Movie

Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Movie

Yumeji
Movie · as Jiro

The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
Movie
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
Movie

Maria's Stomach
Movie

Baian the Assassin
Movie

Via Okinawa
Movie

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Movie · as Managing Director's Daughter

Love Bites Back
Movie · as Sanae Ebino

The Heartbreak Yakuza
Movie

Dangerous Detective
TV · as Yuko, Hiromi Nagisa · 1 ep




