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Yu Aoi

Known for acting · Born 17 August 1985 · 41 · Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

114 credits

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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Known for

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

2013

Redline

2009

Tekkonkinkreet

2006

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001

Boogie Woogie

2023

Penguin Highway

2018

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012

The Case of Hana & Alice

2015

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

2014

Ryōmaden

2010

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

2014

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021

Acting (114)

2027In My Father's RoomSatomiFilm
2026Human VaporKyoko Kono · 8 episodesSeries
2026Until the T-Shirt DriesSakiko Seo · 10 episodesSeries
2025AsuraTakiko · 7 episodesSeries
2025Tokyo TaxiYoung SumireFilm
2025How Dare You?Keiko UedaFilm
2025Meets the WorldYukiFilm
2025Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!Chapon (voice)Film
2023Sylvanian Families: The MovieTeri Chocolate (voice)Film
2023Boogie WoogieReiko Yamato · 127 episodesSeries
2023FRONTIERSNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2022Dr. Coto's ClinicMina NakaiFilm
2021Rurouni Kenshin: The FinalMegumi TakaniFilm
202120th year reunionself · 13 episodesSeries
2021Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan NodesuFusako ToriiFilm
2020Wife of a SpySatoko FukuharaFilm
2020Romance DollSonoko KitamuraFilm
2020Ora, Ora Be Goin' AloneMomokoFilm
2020戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～Film
2019Children of the SeaKanako Azumi (voice)Film
2019From Miyamoto to YouYasuko NakanoFilm
2019A Long GoodbyeFumi HigashiFilm
2019They Say Nothing Stays the SameGeishaFilm
2018Penguin HighwayOnē-san (voice)Film
2018KillingYuFilm
2018What a Wonderful Family! 3Noriko MamiyaFilm
2018From Miyamoto to You中野靖子 · 12 episodesSeries
2018このマンガがすごい！navigator · 12 episodesSeries
2017Tokyo GhoulRize KamishiroFilm
2017Mixed DoublesYoFilm
2017Birds Without NamesTowako KitaharaFilm
2017What a Wonderful Family! 2Noriko MamiyaFilm
2017Hello, Detective HedgehogSetsuko Kawai · 10 episodesSeries
2017My High School BusinessChihiro Mashiba · 10 episodesSeries
2016What a Wonderful Family!Noriko MamiyaFilm
2016Haruko Azumi Is MissingHaruko AzumiFilm
2016Over the FenceSatoshi TamuraFilm
2015The Case of Hana & AliceTetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)Film
2015Journey to the ShoreTomokoFilm
2015Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist梦乃 · 10 episodesSeries
2015Song FUKUYAMA · 4 episodesSeries
2014Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto InfernoMegumi TakaniFilm
2014Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend EndsMegumi TakaniFilm
2014Climbing to SpringAi TakazawaFilm
2014MOZUShiori Nanami · 5 episodesSeries
2014All About My SiblingsAzusa Sawabe · 11 episodesSeries
2014Zipang Punk Goemon Rock IIINeko no me o ginFilm
2014四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命Film
2013Space Pirate Captain HarlockMiime (voice)Film
2013Tokyo FamilyNoriko MamiyaFilm
2013PenanceSae KikuchiFilm
2013NHK for School · 20 episodesSeries
2013The Farthest GalaxyMisato Ebata / Akane Seike · 2 episodesSeries
2012Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsMegumi TakaniFilm
2012PenanceSae Kikuchi · 5 episodesSeries
2012Double Face: gisō keisatsu-henFilm
2011VampireMinaFilm
2011Patisserie Coin De RueNatsume UsubaFilm
2011Fukushima Hula GirlsNarrator (voice)Film
2011By ChanceFilm
2010Nodame Cantabile: The Movie IIJadwiga (voice)Film
2010About Her BrotherKoharu TakanoFilm
2010RyōmadenOmoto · 48 episodesSeries
2010FlowersRinFilm
2010Detective LovesickSetsuko KonumaSeries
2010The Lightning TreeRai / YuFilm
2009RedlineSonoshee McLaren (voice)Film
2009Miyori's ForestMiyori (voice)Film
2009Honokaa BoyKaoruFilm
2009Good Bye, My Secret FriendNarratorFilm
2008Tokyo!Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")Film
2008One Million Yen GirlSuzuko SatoFilm
2008Sex Is No Laughing MatterEnFilm
2008OsenSen Handa · 10 episodesSeries
2008Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso CamouflageChika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko · 12 episodesSeries
2007Mushi-Shi: The MovieTanyuFilm
2007GalileoKanbara AtsukoSeries
2007Welcome to the Quiet RoomMikiFilm
2007Best Wishes for TomorrowKazuko MoribeFilm
2006TekkonkinkreetShiro (voice)Film
2006Hula GirlsKimiko TanikawaFilm
2006Honey and CloverHaguFilm
2006Rainbow SongKana SatoFilm
2006Sugar & SpiceGirl on the BusFilm
2005YamatoTaekoFilm
2005Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast SwimmersKujaku OgitaniFilm
2005Tiger and DragonRisa · 11 episodesSeries
2005Shining Boy & Little RandyEmi MurakamiFilm
2005Tetsujin 28: The MovieMami TachibanaFilm
2005Letters from Nirai KanaiFuki AsatoFilm
2005HenshinKei HamuraFilm
2005Tiger & Dragon SpecialRisaFilm
2005呪戒-JUKAI-Film
2005Filming H&AFilm
2004Hana & AliceTetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)Film
2004Umineko - InseparableMiya NodaFilm
2004Mask de 41Haruka KuramochiFilm
2004Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall SpecialFilm
2004The Diary from the PastFilm
2004Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and BrotherNanakoFilm
2003Dr. Coto's Clinic仲依ミナ · 11 episodesSeries
20031980Rika HashibaFilm
2003Kou Kou KyoushiEzawa Mami · 11 episodesSeries
2003Worst by ChanceHarada's GirlfriendFilm
2003Hana & AliceAlice · 3 episodesSeries
200314ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜Series
2003演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード · 4 episodesSeries
2002Harmful InsectNatsuko YamaokaFilm
2002All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"Film
2002OlfactogramFilm
2002The Summer PromiseSeries
2001All About Lily Chou-ChouShiori TsudaFilm
2001Blue and White Make Light BlueShiina KasumiFilm
1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen · 5 episodesSeries