Yu Aoi
- Acting
- August 17, 1985 · 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
Filmography
- In My Father's Room · Satomi
- Until the T-Shirt Dries · Sakiko Seo
- Human Vapor · Kyoko Kono
- Tokyo Taxi · Young Sumire
- Meets the World · Yuki
- How Dare You? · Keiko Ueda
- Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero! · Chapon (Voice)
- Asura · Takiko
- FRONTIERS · Narrator
- Sylvanian Families: The Movie · Teri Chocolate (Voice)
- Boogie Woogie · Reiko Yamato
- Dr. Coto's Clinic · Mina Nakai
- 20th year reunion · Self
- Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu · Fusako Torii
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Final · Megumi Takani
- Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone · Momoko
- Wife of a Spy · Satoko Fukuhara
- 戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
- Romance Doll · Sonoko Kitamura
- From Miyamoto to You · Yasuko Nakano
- They Say Nothing Stays the Same · Geisha
- Children of the Sea · Kanako Azumi (Voice)
- A Long Goodbye · Fumi Higashi
- Killing · Yu
- このマンガがすごい！ · navigator
- Penguin Highway · Onē-san (Voice)
- What a Wonderful Family! 3 · Noriko Mamiya
- From Miyamoto to You · 中野靖子
- Birds Without Names · Towako Kitahara
- Mixed Doubles · Yo
- My High School Business · Chihiro Mashiba
- Tokyo Ghoul · Rize Kamishiro
- Hello, Detective Hedgehog · Setsuko Kawai
- What a Wonderful Family! 2 · Noriko Mamiya
- Haruko Azumi Is Missing · Haruko Azumi
- Over the Fence · Satoshi Tamura
- What a Wonderful Family! · Noriko Mamiya
- Song FUKUYAMA
- Journey to the Shore · Tomoko
- Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist · 梦乃
- The Case of Hana & Alice · Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (Voice)
- Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends · Megumi Takani
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno · Megumi Takani
- All About My Siblings · Azusa Sawabe
- Climbing to Spring · Ai Takazawa
- MOZU · Shiori Nanami
- Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III · Neko no me o gin
- 四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock · Miime (Voice)
- Penance · Sae Kikuchi
- NHK for School
- The Farthest Galaxy · Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
- Tokyo Family · Noriko Mamiya
- Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
- Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins · Megumi Takani
- Penance · Sae Kikuchi
- Fukushima Hula Girls · Narrator (Voice)
- By Chance
- Vampire · Mina
- Patisserie Coin De Rue · Natsume Usuba
- The Lightning Tree · Rai / Yu
- Detective Lovesick · Setsuko Konuma
- Flowers · Rin
- Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II · Jadwiga (Voice)
- About Her Brother · Koharu Takano
- Ryōmaden · Omoto
- Miyori's Forest · Miyori (Voice)
- Redline · Sonoshee McLaren (Voice)
- Good Bye, My Secret Friend · Narrator
- Honokaa Boy · Kaoru
- Tokyo! · Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
- One Million Yen Girl · Suzuko Sato
- Osen · Sen Handa
- Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage · Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
- Sex Is No Laughing Matter · En
- Best Wishes for Tomorrow · Kazuko Moribe
- Welcome to the Quiet Room · Miki
- Galileo · Kanbara Atsuko
- Mushi-Shi: The Movie · Tanyu
- Tekkonkinkreet · Shiro (Voice)