Yu Aoi
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.
Movies
Tokyo Taxi
Meets the World
Yuki
How Dare You?
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
Chapon (voice)
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
Teri Chocolate (voice)
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Mina Nakai
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Fusako Torii
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Momoko
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Megumi Takani
Wife of a Spy
Satoko Fukuhara
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
Penguin Highway
Onē-san (voice)
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Noriko Mamiya
Birds Without Names
Towako Kitahara
Mixed Doubles
Yo
Tokyo Ghoul
Rize Kamishiro
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Noriko Mamiya
Japanese Girls Never Die
Haruko Azumi
Over the Fence
Satoshi Tamura
What a Wonderful Family!
Noriko Mamiya
Journey to the Shore
Tomoko
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
Climbing to Spring
Ai Takazawa
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
Tokyo Family
Noriko Mamiya
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Megumi Takani
Fukushima Hula Girls
Narrator (voice)
By Chance
Vampire
Mina
Patisserie Coin De Rue
Natsume Usuba
The Lightning Tree
Rai / Yu
Flowers
Rin
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
Jadwiga (voice)
About Her Brother
Koharu Takano
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
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
En
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Kazuko Moribe
Welcome to the Quiet Room
Miki
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Tanyu
Rainbow Song
Kana Sato
Tekkonkinkreet
Shiro (voice)
Sugar & Spice
Girl on the Bus
Hula Girls
Kimiko Tanikawa
Honey and Clover
Hagu
Yamato
Taeko
Henshin
Kei Hamura
Shining Boy and Little Randy
Emi Murakami
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Kujaku Ogitani
Letters from Kanai Nirai
Fuki Asato
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Mami Tachibana
呪戒-JUKAI-
Filming H&A
Umineko - Inseparable
Miya Noda
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
Nanako
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
Hana & Alice
Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
The Diary from the Past
Mask de 41
Haruka Kuramochi
1980
Rika Hashiba
Worst by Chance
Harada's Girlfriend
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
Harmful Insect
Natsuko Yamaoka
Olfactogram
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
Shiina Kasumi
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Shiori Tsuda
TV Series
Asura
Takiko
7 Episodes
FRONTIERS
Narrator
2 Episodes
Boogie Woogie
Reiko Yamato
127 Episodes
From Miyamoto To You
中野靖子
12 Episodes
My High School Business
Chihiro Mashiba
10 Episodes
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
Setsuko Kawai
10 Episodes
Song FUKUYAMA
4 Episodes
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
梦乃
10 Episodes
All About My Siblings
Azusa Sawabe
11 Episodes
MOZU
Shiori Nanami
5 Episodes
NHK for School
20 Episodes
The Farthest Galaxy
Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
2 Episodes
Penance
Sae Kikuchi
5 Episodes
Detective Lovesick
Setsuko Konuma
1 Episode
Osen
Sen Handa
10 Episodes
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
12 Episodes
Galileo
Kanbara Atsuko
1 Episode
Tiger and Dragon
Risa
11 Episodes
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
1 Episode
Dr. Coto's Clinic
仲依ミナ
11 Episodes
Hana & Alice
Alice
3 Episodes
Kou Kou Kyoushi
Ezawa Mami
11 Episodes
The Summer Promise
1 Episode
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
5 Episodes
Human Vapor
8 Episodes