Kimiko Yo
Actor
Born May 12, 1956 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Filmography
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Otoko Tomodachi
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The Invisibles
Haru and Tae
Sinsin and the Mouse
Sheep in the Box
Nobuyo Nishimura
Straight to Hell
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Usotoki Rhetoric
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
高橋文世
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
Tendo Ichiko
52-Hertz Whales
Noriko Okada
橋ものがたり「約束」
The Gift of Your Heart
Yukino Aihara
Trillion Game
Mitsuzono Shizuku
The Kind-Hearted Cat
Matsuko
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
Sanctuary
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
Omokage
My Happy Divorced Life
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
The Files of Young Kindaichi
Hiruko Kirigoe
Noise
Hanae Shoji
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
Matrilineal Family
小林君枝
First Gentleman
Dream Team
Yoshie Andou
Toubousha
Any Crybabies Around?
Setsuko Goto
Hotel Royal
Miko Noshiro
Sugu Shinun Dakara
Mori Kaoru
Peaceful Death
Step
Michiyo Muramatsu
Red
Ogata Yoko
AI Amok
Eiko Tanaka
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
Shibusawa Wakako
Show Me the Way to the Station
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
南雲喜里子
Death Office
Shingu
Welcome to National Treasures
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
Sleep in the Shadows
The Naked Director
Kozue Muranishi
An Artist of the Floating World
Mrs. Saito
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
Giwaku
dele
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Enokida Trading Co.
Yoko Shima
The Murder of Kuroido
Half Blue Sky
Kimika Okada
Innocent Days
Michiko Tanaka
Omotenashi
Mitsuko
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
The Public Enemy
Akiko Kawarada
Perfect Revolution
Akiko
Izakaya Fuji
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Koto
The Blue Hearts
(segment “Hammer”)
And Then There Were None
Erika Konami
Midnight Diner 2
Chieko
The Ice Ruts
요네자와 사유리
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
Yoriko Musubi
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Chieko Tachibana
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
Hello, I Love You
Machi Domoto
Night Hero NAOTO
権田薫子
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
Speaker
REPLAY＆DESTROY
fortune-teller woman
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
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Parasyte: Part 1
Izumi Nobuko
Midnight Diner
Chieko Hanawa
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
Nonaka Tomiko
Back of Father
Togawa Yasuko
お葬式で会いましょう
300 Million Yen Robbery
Ryoko Nakaoka
My Little Sweet Pea
Ayako Akaike
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Mitsuru Funaki
The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File
Galileo XX
Yoriko Takasaki
Shield of Straw
Houkago Groove
Nobody's Perfect
A Story of Yonosuke
Taeko Yokomichi
The Housekeeper
Haruko Inamura
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
Dearest
Tamiko Hamasaki
Dirty Hearts
Naomi
For Love's Sake
Toyo Taiga
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
悪女について
Suzuki Tane
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
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
Karyuu No Utage
Miyagi Yoko
Rebirth
Angel
Taro no Tō
Soup Opera
Yasuko Tanaka
Villain
Yoriko Shimizu
警視庁継続捜査班
A Lone Scalpel
Shizuka Takei
Rinco's Restaurant
Ruriko
外事警察
村松久美
Air Doll
Receptionist Yoshiko
ママは昔パパだった
우에노 마키코
Dear Doctor
Akemi Ohtake
Where The Legend Lives
Departures
Yuriko Kamimura
Oka wo koete
The Ramen Girl
Reiko
Daisuki!!
Setsuko Kachigawa
Atsuhime
Hisa-hime
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Kita no mandokoro
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
엔죠지 치에코
The Yakuza Principal
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
Virgin Snow
Mayumi Sasaki
Tokyo Rhapsody
Bambino!
Invisible War
Kinu Murozono
Evil People
Chise Fujishima
Dear Father
Fortune Teller
Just One Love
Akiko Kanzaki
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
Into the White Night
Taniguchi Mafumi
Yamato
Be with You
Hongo Naomi
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Tezuka Yukino
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
We Shall Overcome Someday
Tokyo Tower
Affectionate Time
Kujo Tomoko
Chicken Is Barefoot
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Café Lumière
Yoko's Stepmother
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Fireflies: River of Light
Drugstore Girl
Hideko Mukai
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Yukiko Ando
Worst by Chance
Hatsuko Kim
Farewell, Kuro
Eri Yuki
Kao
Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）
Suspicion
An Autumn Afternoon
Akiko Hirayama
Aiki
Hotel Hibiscus
Mieko's Mother
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
Oh My God
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Rume
Dog Star
California Dreamin'
Kyoko Yamazaki
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
Suicide Club
Goodbye Mr Ozu
Love Story
Churasan
Shibata Yoko
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Aya's Mother
Another Battle
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Hysteric
Timeless Melody
Chikako's Mother
Free and Easy 11
Dangerous Relationship
Ayako Tsuzuki
The Exam
Midori Chiaki
Live
Wait and See
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Kuramoto
A Dangerous Woman
Amagi Pass
Immoral Affairs
20th Century Nostalgia
Anzu's Mother
Middle-aged Bachelors
Time Leap
An Angel with Many Scars
Happy-Go-Lucky
Man's Lover in TV Drama
Moonlight Serenade
Virgin Road
Michi
The President's Christmas Tree
Concerto
Gonin 2
Ran
Hakusen Nagashi
Masako Ozawa
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Hiruko Kirigoe
Haunted School
Yukawa
Say You Love Me
Kaoru Kanzaki
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
Suzuki
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Nami Muraki
Gorotsuki 2
Passion
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
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
Dangerous Detective
Yuko