Yu Aoi
Known for: Acting
Born: August 17, 1985
Place of birth: Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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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Filmography
85 movies · 30 TV shows, newest first
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In My Father's Room
2027
4.5
Until the T-Shirt Dries
2026
7.4
Human Vapor
2026
7.3
Tokyo Taxi
2025
7.0
Meets the World
2025
5.4
How Dare You?
2025
NR
Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
2025
7.9
Asura
2025
NR
Wrapped in Poison, Healed by Love
2024
NR
FRONTIERS
2023
6.0
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
7.0
Boogie Woogie
2023
7.6
Dr. Coto's Clinic
20228.8
20th year reunion
2021
NR
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021
7.7
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
7.2
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2020
6.7
Wife of a Spy
2020NR
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020
7.1
Romance Doll
2020
6.1
From Miyamoto to You
2019
6.8
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
7.1
Children of the Sea
2019
7.0
A Long Goodbye
2019
7.1
Killing
2018
NR
このマンガがすごい！
2018
7.2
Penguin Highway
2018
7.6
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
7.3
From Miyamoto to You
2018
6.2
Birds Without Names
2017
6.5
Mixed Doubles
2017
8.0
My High School Business
2017
7.1
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
6.6
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
2017
7.0
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
6.6
Haruko Azumi Is Missing
2016
6.5
Over the Fence
2016
7.3
What a Wonderful Family!
20167.0
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
6.5
Journey to the Shore
2015
6.8
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
2015
7.3
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015
7.7
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
7.6
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
8.0
All About My Siblings
2014
8.4
Climbing to Spring
2014
8.6
MOZU
2014
5.0
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014NR
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2014
6.6
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
7.1
Penance
2013
8.0
NHK for School
2013
NR
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
7.3
Tokyo Family
2013
7.2
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012
7.5
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
7.6
Penance
2012
7.0
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011
NR
By Chance
2011
6.0
Vampire
2011
6.8
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011
7.0
The Lightning Tree
2010
7.2
Detective Lovesick
2010
7.0
Flowers
2010
7.3
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010
6.4
About Her Brother
2010
9.1
Ryōmaden
2010
6.9
Miyori's Forest
2009
7.5
Redline
2009
NR
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
2009
6.3
Honokaa Boy
2009
6.9
Tokyo!
2008
7.2
One Million Yen Girl
2008
8.2
Osen
2008
5.0
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
2008
5.9
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008
8.0
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007
6.8
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007
8.2
Galileo
2007
6.0
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007
7.4
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
7.5
Rainbow Song
2006
5.1
Sugar & Spice
2006
6.8
Hula Girls
2006
6.4
Honey and Clover
2006
5.4
Yamato
2005
6.5
Henshin
2005
5.3
Shining Boy & Little Randy
2005
6.6
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005
6.8
Letters from Nirai Kanai
2005
7.1
Tiger and Dragon
2005
6.0
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
NR
呪戒-JUKAI-
2005
NR
Filming H&A
2005
10.0
Tiger & Dragon Special
2005
3.3
Umineko - Inseparable
2004
NR
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004
NR
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004
7.0
Hana & Alice
2004
NR
The Diary from the Past
20047.0
Mask de 41
2004
6.5
1980
2003
9.0
Worst by Chance
2003
NR
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
2003
8.7
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003NR
演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード
2003
NR
Hana & Alice
2003
10.0
Kou Kou Kyoushi
2003NR
The Summer Promise
2002
4.7
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
6.9
Harmful Insect
2002
NR
Olfactogram
2002
6.0
Blue and White Make Light Blue
2001
7.5
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990