Yu Aoi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1985-08-17 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

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 f...

Acting

2009

Miyori's Forest

as Miyori (voice)

2008

Tokyo!

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

2004

Hana & Alice

as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)

2006

Tekkonkinkreet

as Shiro (voice)

2010

Flowers

as Rin

2006

Hula Girls

as Kimiko Tanikawa

2006

Rainbow Song

as Kana Sato

2003

Worst by Chance

as Harada's Girlfriend

2001

2011

Patisserie Coin De Rue

as Natsume Usuba

2010

About Her Brother

as Koharu Takano

2005

Yamato

as Taeko

2008

One Million Yen Girl

as Suzuko Sato

2005

Henshin

as Kei Hamura

2010

2011

Fukushima Hula Girls

as Narrator (voice)

2009

Redline

as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

2006

2002

Harmful Insect

as Natsuko Yamaoka

2011

Vampire

as Mina

2004

Mask de 41

as Haruka Kuramochi

2013

Penance

as Sae Kikuchi

2010

2013

2023

Sylvanian Families: The Movie

as Teri Chocolate (voice)

2001

Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro

as Shiina Kasumi

2014

Climbing to Spring

as Ai Takazawa

2022

Dr. Coto's Clinic

as Mina Nakai

2005

2015

The Case of Hana & Alice

as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)

2003

1980

as Rika Hashiba

2013

Tokyo Family

as Noriko Mamiya

2016

What a Wonderful Family!

as Noriko Mamiya

2016

2006

Sugar & Spice

as Girl on the Bus

2016

Over the Fence

as Satoshi Tamura

2005

2014

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

as Neko no me o gin

2017

Tokyo Ghoul

as Rize Kamishiro

2009

Honokaa Boy

as Kaoru

2017

2017

Birds Without Names

as Towako Kitahara

2017

2018

2018

Penguin Highway

as Onē-san (voice)

2018

Killing

as Yu

2019

A Long Goodbye

as Fumi Higashi

2019

Children of the Sea

as Kanako Azumi (voice)

2019

From Miyamoto to You

as Yasuko Nakano

2020

Romance Doll

as Sonoko Kitamura

2021

2020

Wife of a Spy

as Satoko Fukuhara

2007

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

as Kazuko Moribe

2005

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

as Mami Tachibana

2004

2025

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