Yu Aoi
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.
Filmography
In My Father's Room
2027
as Satomi
Tokyo Taxi
2025
as Young Sumire
Meets the World
2025
as Yuki
How Dare You?
2025
as Keiko Ueda
Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
2025
as Chapon (voice)
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
as Teri Chocolate (voice)
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
as Mina Nakai
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021
as Fusako Torii
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
as Megumi Takani
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2020
as Momoko
Wife of a Spy
2020
as Satoko Fukuhara
- No poster
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020
Romance Doll
2020
as Sonoko Kitamura
From Miyamoto to You
2019
as Yasuko Nakano
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
as Geisha
Children of the Sea
2019
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
A Long Goodbye
2019
as Fumi Higashi
Killing
2018
as Yu
Penguin Highway
2018
as Onē-san (voice)
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
as Noriko Mamiya
Birds Without Names
2017
as Towako Kitahara
Mixed Doubles
2017
as Yo
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
as Rize Kamishiro
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
as Noriko Mamiya