Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Known for
Acting
Born
August 17, 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2027
In My Father's Room poster

In My Father's Room

Movie · as Satomi

2026
Human Vapor poster

Human Vapor

TV · as Kyoko Kono · 8 eps

2026
Until the T-Shirt Dries poster

Until the T-Shirt Dries

TV · as Sakiko Seo · 10 eps

2025
How Dare You? poster

How Dare You?

Movie · as Keiko Ueda

2025
Meets the World poster

Meets the World

Movie · as Yuki

2025
Tokyo Taxi poster

Tokyo Taxi

Movie · as Young Sumire

2025
Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero! poster

Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!

Movie · as Chapon (voice)

2025
Asura poster

Asura

TV · as Takiko · 7 eps

2023
Sylvanian Families: The Movie poster

Sylvanian Families: The Movie

Movie · as Teri Chocolate (voice)

2023
FRONTIERS poster

FRONTIERS

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2023
Boogie Woogie poster

Boogie Woogie

TV · as Reiko Yamato · 127 eps

2022
Dr. Coto's Clinic poster

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Movie · as Mina Nakai

2021
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final poster

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Movie · as Megumi Takani

2021
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu poster

Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu

Movie · as Fusako Torii

2021
20th year reunion

20th year reunion

TV · as self · 13 eps

2020
Romance Doll poster

Romance Doll

Movie · as Sonoko Kitamura

2020
Wife of a Spy poster

Wife of a Spy

Movie · as Satoko Fukuhara

2020
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone poster

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

Movie · as Momoko

2020
戦争童画集 ~75年目のショートストーリー~

戦争童画集 ~75年目のショートストーリー~

Movie

2019
A Long Goodbye poster

A Long Goodbye

Movie · as Fumi Higashi

2019
Children of the Sea poster

Children of the Sea

Movie · as Kanako Azumi (voice)

2019
From Miyamoto to You poster

From Miyamoto to You

Movie · as Yasuko Nakano

2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same poster

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

Movie · as Geisha

2018
What a Wonderful Family! 3 poster

What a Wonderful Family! 3

Movie · as Noriko Mamiya

2018
Penguin Highway poster

Penguin Highway

Movie · as Onē-san (voice)

2018
Killing poster

Killing

Movie · as Yu

2018
From Miyamoto to You poster

From Miyamoto to You

TV · as 中野靖子 · 12 eps

2018
このマンガがすごい! poster

このマンガがすごい!

TV · as navigator · 12 eps

2017
Tokyo Ghoul poster

Tokyo Ghoul

Movie · as Rize Kamishiro

2017
What a Wonderful Family! 2 poster

What a Wonderful Family! 2

Movie · as Noriko Mamiya

2017
Birds Without Names poster

Birds Without Names

Movie · as Towako Kitahara

2017
Mixed Doubles poster

Mixed Doubles

Movie · as Yo

2017
My High School Business poster

My High School Business

TV · as Chihiro Mashiba · 10 eps

2017
Hello, Detective Hedgehog poster

Hello, Detective Hedgehog

TV · as Setsuko Kawai · 10 eps

2016
What a Wonderful Family! poster

What a Wonderful Family!

Movie · as Noriko Mamiya

2016
Haruko Azumi Is Missing poster

Haruko Azumi Is Missing

Movie · as Haruko Azumi

2016
Over the Fence poster

Over the Fence

Movie · as Satoshi Tamura

2015
Journey to the Shore poster

Journey to the Shore

Movie · as Tomoko

2015
The Case of Hana & Alice poster

The Case of Hana & Alice

Movie · as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)

2015
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist poster

Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist

TV · as 梦乃 · 10 eps

2015
Song FUKUYAMA poster

Song FUKUYAMA

TV · 4 eps

2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Movie · as Megumi Takani

2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Movie · as Megumi Takani

2014
Climbing to Spring poster

Climbing to Spring

Movie · as Ai Takazawa

2014
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命

四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命

Movie

2014
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III poster

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

Movie · as Neko no me o gin

2014
All About My Siblings poster

All About My Siblings

TV · as Azusa Sawabe · 11 eps

2014
MOZU poster

MOZU

TV · as Shiori Nanami · 5 eps

2013
Penance poster

Penance

Movie · as Sae Kikuchi

2013
Space Pirate Captain Harlock poster

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Movie · as Miime (voice)

2013
Tokyo Family poster

Tokyo Family

Movie · as Noriko Mamiya

2013
The Farthest Galaxy poster

The Farthest Galaxy

TV · as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike · 2 eps

2013
NHK for School poster

NHK for School

TV · 20 eps

2012
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Movie · as Megumi Takani

2012
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen poster

Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen

Movie

2012
Penance poster

Penance

TV · as Sae Kikuchi · 5 eps

2011
Patisserie Coin De Rue poster

Patisserie Coin De Rue

Movie · as Natsume Usuba

2011
Fukushima Hula Girls poster

Fukushima Hula Girls

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Vampire poster

Vampire

Movie · as Mina

2011
By Chance poster

By Chance

Movie

2010
Flowers poster

Flowers

Movie · as Rin

2010
About Her Brother poster

About Her Brother

Movie · as Koharu Takano

2010
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II poster

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II

Movie · as Jadwiga (voice)

2010
The Lightning Tree poster

The Lightning Tree

Movie · as Rai / Yu

2010
Detective Lovesick poster

Detective Lovesick

TV · as Setsuko Konuma · 1 ep

2010
Ryōmaden poster

Ryōmaden

TV · as Omoto · 48 eps

2009
Miyori's Forest poster

Miyori's Forest

Movie · as Miyori (voice)

2009
Redline poster

Redline

Movie · as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

2009
Honokaa Boy poster

Honokaa Boy

Movie · as Kaoru

2009
Good Bye, My Secret Friend poster

Good Bye, My Secret Friend

Movie · as Narrator

2008
Tokyo! poster

Tokyo!

Movie · as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")

2008
One Million Yen Girl poster

One Million Yen Girl

Movie · as Suzuko Sato

2008
Sex Is No Laughing Matter poster

Sex Is No Laughing Matter

Movie · as En

2008
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage poster

Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage

TV · as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko · 12 eps

2008
Osen poster

Osen

TV · as Sen Handa · 10 eps

2007
Mushi-Shi: The Movie poster

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Movie · as Tanyu

2007
Welcome to the Quiet Room poster

Welcome to the Quiet Room

Movie · as Miki

2007
Best Wishes for Tomorrow poster

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

Movie · as Kazuko Moribe

2007
Galileo poster

Galileo

TV · as Kanbara Atsuko · 1 ep

2006
Tekkonkinkreet poster

Tekkonkinkreet

Movie · as Shiro (voice)

2006
Hula Girls poster

Hula Girls

Movie · as Kimiko Tanikawa

2006
Rainbow Song poster

Rainbow Song

Movie · as Kana Sato

2006
Honey and Clover poster

Honey and Clover

Movie · as Hagu

2006
Sugar & Spice poster

Sugar & Spice

Movie · as Girl on the Bus

2005
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers poster

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

Movie · as Kujaku Ogitani

2005
Yamato poster

Yamato

Movie · as Taeko

2005
Henshin poster

Henshin

Movie · as Kei Hamura

2005
Jukai poster

Jukai

Movie

2005
Letters from Nirai Kanai poster

Letters from Nirai Kanai

Movie · as Fuki Asato

2005
Shining Boy & Little Randy poster

Shining Boy & Little Randy

Movie · as Emi Murakami

2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie poster

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

Movie · as Mami Tachibana

2005
Filming H&A poster

Filming H&A

Movie

2005
Tiger & Dragon Special poster

Tiger & Dragon Special

Movie · as Risa

2005
Tiger and Dragon poster

Tiger and Dragon

TV · as Risa · 11 eps

2004
Hana & Alice poster

Hana & Alice

Movie · as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)

2004
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special poster

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special

Movie

2004
Mask de 41

Mask de 41

Movie · as Haruka Kuramochi

2004
The Diary from the Past poster

The Diary from the Past

Movie

2004
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother poster

Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother

Movie · as Nanako

2004
Umineko - Inseparable poster

Umineko - Inseparable

Movie · as Miya Noda

2003
Worst by Chance poster

Worst by Chance

Movie · as Harada's Girlfriend

2003
1980 poster

1980

Movie · as Rika Hashiba

2003
Kou Kou Kyoushi poster

Kou Kou Kyoushi

TV · as Ezawa Mami · 11 eps

2003
Hana & Alice poster

Hana & Alice

TV · as Alice · 3 eps

2003
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜 poster

14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜

TV · 1 ep

2003
Dr. Coto's Clinic poster

Dr. Coto's Clinic

TV · as 仲依ミナ · 11 eps

2003
演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード

演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード

TV · 4 eps

2002
Harmful Insect poster

Harmful Insect

Movie · as Natsuko Yamaoka

2002
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" poster

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"

Movie

2002
Olfactogram poster

Olfactogram

Movie

2002
The Summer Promise

The Summer Promise

TV · 1 ep

2001
All About Lily Chou-Chou poster

All About Lily Chou-Chou

Movie · as Shiori Tsuda

2001
Blue and White Make Light Blue poster

Blue and White Make Light Blue

Movie · as Shiina Kasumi

1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen poster

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

TV · 5 eps