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Yu Aoi

Born 1985-08-17

📍 Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

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.

Filmography 106

as Sumire (young)

Meets the World

Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!

as Chapon (voice)

Sylvanian Families: The Movie

as Teri Chocolate (voice)

as Reiko Yamato

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu

as Fusako Torii

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

as Megumi Takani

as Satoko Fukuhara

as Sonoko Kitamura

From Miyamoto to You

as Yasuko Nakano

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

Children of the Sea

as Kanako Azumi (voice)

as Fumi Higashi

このマンガがすごい！

Penguin Highway

as Onē-san (voice)

What a Wonderful Family! 3

as Noriko Mamiya

From Miyamoto To You

as 中野靖子

Birds Without Names

as Towako Kitahara

My High School Business

as Chihiro Mashiba

as Rize Kamishiro

Hello, Detective Hedgehog

as Setsuko Kawai

What a Wonderful Family! 2

as Noriko Mamiya

Japanese Girls Never Die

as Haruko Azumi

as Satoshi Tamura

What a Wonderful Family!

as Noriko Mamiya

Journey to the Shore

Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist

The Case of Hana & Alice

as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

as Megumi Takani

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

as Megumi Takani

All About My Siblings

as Azusa Sawabe

Climbing to Spring

as Shiori Nanami

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

as Neko no me o gin

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

as Miime (voice)

The Farthest Galaxy

as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike

as Noriko Mamiya

Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

as Megumi Takani

Fukushima Hula Girls

as Narrator (voice)

Patisserie Coin De Rue

as Natsume Usuba

The Lightning Tree

Detective Lovesick

as Setsuko Konuma

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II

as Jadwiga (voice)

About Her Brother

as Koharu Takano

Miyori's Forest

as Miyori (voice)

as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

Good Bye, My Secret Friend

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

One Million Yen Girl

Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage

as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko

Sex Is No Laughing Matter

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

as Kazuko Moribe

Welcome to the Quiet Room

as Kanbara Atsuko

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

as Shiro (voice)

as Girl on the Bus

as Kimiko Tanikawa

Honey and Clover

Shining Boy and Little Randy

as Emi Murakami

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

as Kujaku Ogitani

Letters from Kanai Nirai

Tiger and Dragon

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

as Mami Tachibana

Tiger & Dragon Special

Umineko - Inseparable

Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special

as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)

The Diary from the Past

as Rika Hashiba

Worst by Chance

as Harada's Girlfriend

14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜

Dr. Coto's Clinic

as 仲依ミナ

演技者狂い咲きヴァージンロード

Kou Kou Kyoushi

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"

as Natsuko Yamaoka

Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro

as Shiina Kasumi

All About Lily Chou-Chou

as Shiori Tsuda

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen