Yu Aoi
Acting
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.
Filmography 115
Movies (85)
Tokyo Taxi2025Young Sumire
Meets the World2025Yuki
How Dare You?2025Keiko Ueda
Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!2025Chapon (voice)
Wrapped in Poison, Healed by Love2024Directing
Sylvanian Families: The Movie2023Teri Chocolate (voice)
Dr. Coto's Clinic2022Mina Nakai
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu2021Fusako Torii
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final2021Megumi Takani
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone2020Momoko
Wife of a Spy2020Satoko Fukuhara- 戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～2020
Romance Doll2020Sonoko Kitamura
From Miyamoto to You2019Yasuko Nakano
They Say Nothing Stays the Same2019Geisha
Children of the Sea2019Kanako Azumi (voice)
A Long Goodbye2019Fumi Higashi
Killing2018Yu
Penguin Highway2018Onē-san (voice)
What a Wonderful Family! 32018Noriko Mamiya
Birds Without Names2017Towako Kitahara
Mixed Doubles2017Yo
Tokyo Ghoul2017Rize Kamishiro
What a Wonderful Family! 22017Noriko Mamiya
Japanese Girls Never Die2016Haruko Azumi
Over the Fence2016Satoshi Tamura
What a Wonderful Family!2016Noriko Mamiya
Journey to the Shore2015Tomoko
The Case of Hana & Alice2015Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends2014Megumi Takani
Shows (30)
Until the T-Shirt Dries2026Sakiko
Human Vapor2026Kyoko Kono
Asura2025Takiko
FRONTIERS2023Narrator
Boogie Woogie2023Reiko Yamato- 20th year reunion2021self
このマンガがすごい！2018navigator
From Miyamoto To You2018中野靖子
My High School Business2017Chihiro Mashiba
Hello, Detective Hedgehog2017Setsuko Kawai- Song FUKUYAMA2015
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist2015梦乃
All About My Siblings2014Azusa Sawabe
MOZU2014Shiori Nanami
NHK for School2013
The Farthest Galaxy2013Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
Penance2012Sae Kikuchi
Detective Lovesick2010Setsuko Konuma
Ryōmaden2010Omoto
Osen2008Sen Handa
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage2008Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
Galileo2007Kanbara Atsuko
Tiger and Dragon2005Risa
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜2003
Dr. Coto's Clinic2003仲依ミナ- 演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード2003
Hana & Alice2003Alice
Kou Kou Kyoushi2003Ezawa Mami- The Summer Promise2002
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen1990