Yu Aoi
Actor
Born August 17, 1985 in 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.
Filmography
Until the T-Shirt Dries
Sakiko
Human Vapor
Kyoko Kono
Tokyo Taxi
Young Sumire
Meets the World
Yuki
How Dare You?
Keiko Ueda
Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
Chapon (voice)
Asura
Takiko
FRONTIERS
Narrator
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
Teri Chocolate (voice)
Boogie Woogie
Reiko Yamato
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Mina Nakai
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Fusako Torii
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Megumi Takani
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Momoko
Wife of a Spy
Satoko Fukuhara
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
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
このマンガがすごい！
navigator
Penguin Highway
Onē-san (voice)
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Noriko Mamiya
From Miyamoto To You
中野靖子
Birds Without Names
Towako Kitahara
Mixed Doubles
Yo
My High School Business
Chihiro Mashiba
Tokyo Ghoul
Rize Kamishiro
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
Setsuko Kawai
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
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
梦乃
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
All About My Siblings
Azusa Sawabe
Climbing to Spring
Ai Takazawa
MOZU
Shiori Nanami
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
Neko no me o gin
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Miime (voice)
Penance
Sae Kikuchi
NHK for School
The Farthest Galaxy
Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
Tokyo Family
Noriko Mamiya
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Megumi Takani
Penance
Sae Kikuchi
Fukushima Hula Girls
Narrator (voice)
By Chance
Vampire
Mina
Patisserie Coin De Rue
Natsume Usuba
The Lightning Tree
Rai / Yu
Detective Lovesick
Setsuko Konuma
Flowers
Rin
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
Jadwiga (voice)
About Her Brother
Koharu Takano
Ryōmaden
Omoto
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
Osen
Sen Handa
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
En
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Kazuko Moribe
Welcome to the Quiet Room
Miki
Galileo
Kanbara Atsuko
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Tanyu
Tekkonkinkreet
Shiro (voice)
Rainbow Song
Kana Sato
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
Tiger and Dragon
Risa
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Mami Tachibana
呪戒-JUKAI-
Filming H&A
Tiger & Dragon Special
Risa
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
1980
Rika Hashiba
Worst by Chance
Harada's Girlfriend
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
Dr. Coto's Clinic
仲依ミナ
演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード
Hana & Alice
Alice
Kou Kou Kyoushi
Ezawa Mami
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
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen