Kimiko Yo
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
Movies
52-Hertz Whales
Noriko Okada
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
Omokage
To Every You I've Loved Before
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
To Me, the One Who Loved You
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Everything Will Be Owlright!
Minoyama
Winter Rose
Michiko Wataguchi
Noise
Hanae Shoji
First Gentleman
Any Crybabies Around?
Setsuko Goto
Hotel Royal
Miko Noshiro
Peaceful Death
Step
Michiyo Muramatsu
Red
Ogata Yoko
AI Amok
Eiko Tanaka
Show Me the Way to the Station
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
Sleep in the Shadows
An Artist of the Floating World
Mrs. Saito
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
Giwaku
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Enokida Trading Co.
Yoko Shima
The Murder of Kuroido
Omotenashi
Mitsuko
ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
Perfect Revolution
Akiko
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Koto
The Blue Hearts
(segment “Hammer”)
Midnight Diner 2
Chieko
The Ice Ruts
요네자와 사유리
Black Widow Business
Eiko Segawa
Zen and Bones
Kô Mittwer
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
Shin Godzilla
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
Speaker
Parasyte: Part 2
Izumi Nobuko
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Motoko Ueno
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Motoko Ueno
A Stitch of Life
Hiroe Minami
Parasyte: Part 1
Izumi Nobuko
Midnight Diner
Chieko Hanawa
300 Million Yen Robbery
Ryoko Nakaoka
My Little Sweet Pea
Ayako Akaike
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Mitsuru Funaki
謎解きはディナーのあとで スペシャル～風祭警部の事件簿～
Galileo XX
Yoriko Takasaki
Shield of Straw
Nobody's Perfect
A Story of Yonosuke
Taeko Yokomichi
The Housekeeper
Haruko Inamura
Dearest
Tamiko Hamasaki
Dirty Hearts
Naomi
For Love's Sake
Toyo Taiga
Black Dawn
Kumi Muramatsu
悪女について
Suzuki Tane
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
Ace Attorney
Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
Bread of Happiness
Yoko
Father of the Bride
Crossroads
My SO Has Got Depression
Satoko Kurita
Star Watching Dog
Innkeeper
Rebirth
Angel
Soup Opera
Yasuko Tanaka
Villain
Yoriko Shimizu
A Lone Scalpel
Shizuka Takei
Rinco's Restaurant
Ruriko
Air Doll
Receptionist Yoshiko
Dear Doctor
Akemi Ohtake
Where The Legend Lives
Departures
Yuriko Kamimura
Oka wo koete
The Ramen Girl
Reiko
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Kita no mandokoro
The Yakuza Principal
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
Virgin Snow
Mayumi Sasaki
Tokyo Rhapsody
Invisible War
Kinu Murozono
Yamato
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Tezuka Yukino
We Shall Overcome Someday
Tokyo Tower
Chicken Is Barefoot
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Café Lumière
Yoko's Stepmother
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Fireflies: River of Light
Worst by Chance
Hatsuko Kim
Farewell, Kuro
Eri Yuki
Suspicion
An Autumn Afternoon
Akiko Hirayama
Aiki
Hotel Hibiscus
Mieko's Mother
Oh My God
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Rume
Dog Star
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
Suicide Club
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Aya's Mother
Another Battle
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Hysteric
Timeless Melody
Chikako's Mother
Free and Easy 11
The Exam
Midori Chiaki
Wait and See
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Kuramoto
Amagi Pass
Immoral Affairs
20th Century Nostalgia
Anzu's Mother
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
Time Leap
An Angel with Many Scars
Happy-Go-Lucky
Man's Lover in TV Drama
Moonlight Serenade
The President's Christmas Tree
Gonin 2
Ran
Haunted School
Yukawa
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
Sharaku
Sumomo mo momo
Alone in the Night
Can you collect it? Complete
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
A Night in Nude
Nami Tsuchiya
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Nami Muraki
Passion
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Orchids Under the Moon
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Yumeji
Jiro
Hiruko the Goblin
Reiko's Mother
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Baian the Assassin
Maria's Stomach
Via Okinawa
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Managing Director's Daughter
Love Bites Back
Sanae Ebino
The Heartbreak Yakuza
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
TV Series
Usotoki Rhetoric
1 Episode
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
高橋文世
3 Episodes
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
11 Episodes
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
Tendo Ichiko
11 Episodes
The Gift of Your Heart
Yukino Aihara
11 Episodes
Trillion Game
Mitsuzono Shizuku
10 Episodes
The Kind-Hearted Cat
Matsuko
5 Episodes
Sanctuary
8 Episodes
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
1 Episode
My Happy Divorced Life
6 Episodes
The Files of Young Kindaichi
Hiruko Kirigoe
2 Episodes
Dream Team
Yoshie Andou
8 Episodes
Toubousha
2 Episodes
Sugu Shinun Dakara
Mori Kaoru
5 Episodes
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
Shibusawa Wakako
10 Episodes
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
南雲喜里子
10 Episodes
Death Office
Shingu
10 Episodes
Welcome to National Treasures
2 Episodes
The Naked Director
Kozue Muranishi
3 Episodes
dele
1 Episode
Half Blue Sky
Kimika Okada
156 Episodes
Innocent Days
Michiko Tanaka
6 Episodes
The Public Enemy
Akiko Kawarada
10 Episodes
Izakaya Fuji
12 Episodes
And Then There Were None
Erika Konami
2 Episodes
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
Yoriko Musubi
59 Episodes
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Chieko Tachibana
2 Episodes
Hello, I Love You
Machi Domoto
9 Episodes
Night Hero NAOTO
権田薫子
11 Episodes
REPLAY＆DESTROY
fortune-teller woman
8 Episodes
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
Nonaka Tomiko
6 Episodes
Back of Father
Togawa Yasuko
1 Episode
お葬式で会いましょう
1 Episode
Houkago Groove
10 Episodes
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
8 Episodes
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
8 Episodes
Karyuu No Utage
Miyagi Yoko
8 Episodes
Taro no Tō
4 Episodes
警視庁継続捜査班
8 Episodes
ママは昔パパだった
우에노 마키코
6 Episodes
Daisuki!!
Setsuko Kachigawa
10 Episodes
Atsuhime
Hisa-hime
50 Episodes
夜の終る時
1 Episode
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
엔죠지 치에코
8 Episodes
Bambino!
1 Episode
現ナマ弁護士
1 Episode
Evil People
Chise Fujishima
8 Episodes
Dear Father
Fortune Teller
1 Episode
Just One Love
Akiko Kanzaki
10 Episodes
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
15 Episodes
Into the White Night
Taniguchi Mafumi
11 Episodes
Be with You
Hongo Naomi
10 Episodes
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
1 Episode
Affectionate Time
Kujo Tomoko
11 Episodes
松本清張特別企画・黒い画集～紐
1 Episode
女の中の二つの顔
1 Episode
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Yukiko Ando
10 Episodes
女タクシードライバーの事件日誌
1 Episode
Kao
Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）
11 Episodes
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
6 Episodes
California Dreamin'
Kyoko Yamazaki
Goodbye Mr Ozu
11 Episodes
Love Story
11 Episodes
Churasan
Shibata Yoko
169 Episodes
Dangerous Relationship
Ayako Tsuzuki
11 Episodes
Live
12 Episodes
Kurenai
11 Episodes
A Dangerous Woman
11 Episodes
Middle-aged Bachelors
13 Episodes
The Most Important Person
11 Episodes
Virgin Road
Michi
11 Episodes
Concerto
10 Episodes
Hakusen Nagashi
Masako Ozawa
11 Episodes
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu
11 Episodes
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Hiruko Kirigoe
2 Episodes
Say You Love Me
Kaoru Kanzaki
12 Episodes
Dangerous Detective
Yuko
1 Episode