
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.
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Filmography

In My Father's Room
Movie · as Satomi

Human Vapor
TV · as Kyoko Kono · 8 eps

Until the T-Shirt Dries
TV · as Sakiko Seo · 10 eps

How Dare You?
Movie · as Keiko Ueda

Meets the World
Movie · as Yuki

Tokyo Taxi
Movie · as Young Sumire

Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
Movie · as Chapon (voice)

Asura
TV · as Takiko · 7 eps

Sylvanian Families: The Movie
Movie · as Teri Chocolate (voice)

FRONTIERS
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

Boogie Woogie
TV · as Reiko Yamato · 127 eps

Dr. Coto's Clinic
Movie · as Mina Nakai

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Movie · as Megumi Takani

Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Movie · as Fusako Torii
20th year reunion
TV · as self · 13 eps

Romance Doll
Movie · as Sonoko Kitamura

Wife of a Spy
Movie · as Satoko Fukuhara

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Movie · as Momoko
戦争童画集 ~75年目のショートストーリー~
Movie

A Long Goodbye
Movie · as Fumi Higashi

Children of the Sea
Movie · as Kanako Azumi (voice)

From Miyamoto to You
Movie · as Yasuko Nakano

They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Movie · as Geisha

What a Wonderful Family! 3
Movie · as Noriko Mamiya

Penguin Highway
Movie · as Onē-san (voice)

Killing
Movie · as Yu

From Miyamoto to You
TV · as 中野靖子 · 12 eps

このマンガがすごい!
TV · as navigator · 12 eps

Tokyo Ghoul
Movie · as Rize Kamishiro

What a Wonderful Family! 2
Movie · as Noriko Mamiya

Birds Without Names
Movie · as Towako Kitahara

Mixed Doubles
Movie · as Yo

My High School Business
TV · as Chihiro Mashiba · 10 eps

Hello, Detective Hedgehog
TV · as Setsuko Kawai · 10 eps

What a Wonderful Family!
Movie · as Noriko Mamiya

Haruko Azumi Is Missing
Movie · as Haruko Azumi

Over the Fence
Movie · as Satoshi Tamura

Journey to the Shore
Movie · as Tomoko

The Case of Hana & Alice
Movie · as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)

Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
TV · as 梦乃 · 10 eps

Song FUKUYAMA
TV · 4 eps

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Movie · as Megumi Takani

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Movie · as Megumi Takani

Climbing to Spring
Movie · as Ai Takazawa
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
Movie

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
Movie · as Neko no me o gin

All About My Siblings
TV · as Azusa Sawabe · 11 eps

MOZU
TV · as Shiori Nanami · 5 eps

Penance
Movie · as Sae Kikuchi

Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Movie · as Miime (voice)

Tokyo Family
Movie · as Noriko Mamiya

The Farthest Galaxy
TV · as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike · 2 eps

NHK for School
TV · 20 eps

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Movie · as Megumi Takani

Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
Movie

Penance
TV · as Sae Kikuchi · 5 eps

Patisserie Coin De Rue
Movie · as Natsume Usuba

Fukushima Hula Girls
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Vampire
Movie · as Mina

By Chance
Movie

Flowers
Movie · as Rin

About Her Brother
Movie · as Koharu Takano

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
Movie · as Jadwiga (voice)

The Lightning Tree
Movie · as Rai / Yu

Detective Lovesick
TV · as Setsuko Konuma · 1 ep

Ryōmaden
TV · as Omoto · 48 eps

Miyori's Forest
Movie · as Miyori (voice)

Redline
Movie · as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

Honokaa Boy
Movie · as Kaoru

Good Bye, My Secret Friend
Movie · as Narrator

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

One Million Yen Girl
Movie · as Suzuko Sato

Sex Is No Laughing Matter
Movie · as En

Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
TV · as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko · 12 eps

Osen
TV · as Sen Handa · 10 eps

Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Movie · as Tanyu

Welcome to the Quiet Room
Movie · as Miki

Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Movie · as Kazuko Moribe

Galileo
TV · as Kanbara Atsuko · 1 ep

Tekkonkinkreet
Movie · as Shiro (voice)

Hula Girls
Movie · as Kimiko Tanikawa

Rainbow Song
Movie · as Kana Sato

Honey and Clover
Movie · as Hagu

Sugar & Spice
Movie · as Girl on the Bus

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Movie · as Kujaku Ogitani

Yamato
Movie · as Taeko

Henshin
Movie · as Kei Hamura

Jukai
Movie

Letters from Nirai Kanai
Movie · as Fuki Asato

Shining Boy & Little Randy
Movie · as Emi Murakami

Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Movie · as Mami Tachibana

Filming H&A
Movie

Tiger & Dragon Special
Movie · as Risa

Tiger and Dragon
TV · as Risa · 11 eps

Hana & Alice
Movie · as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
Movie
Mask de 41
Movie · as Haruka Kuramochi

The Diary from the Past
Movie

Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
Movie · as Nanako

Umineko - Inseparable
Movie · as Miya Noda

Worst by Chance
Movie · as Harada's Girlfriend

1980
Movie · as Rika Hashiba

Kou Kou Kyoushi
TV · as Ezawa Mami · 11 eps

Hana & Alice
TV · as Alice · 3 eps

14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
TV · 1 ep

Dr. Coto's Clinic
TV · as 仲依ミナ · 11 eps
演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード
TV · 4 eps

Harmful Insect
Movie · as Natsuko Yamaoka

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
Movie

Olfactogram
Movie
The Summer Promise
TV · 1 ep

All About Lily Chou-Chou
Movie · as Shiori Tsuda

Blue and White Make Light Blue
Movie · as Shiina Kasumi

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
TV · 5 eps







