Yu Aoi
Acting • Born 1985-08-17
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
108 credits
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Movie • 2007
Tanyu
Miyori's Forest
Movie • 2009
Miyori (voice)
Tokyo!
Movie • 2008
Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Hana & Alice
Movie • 2004
Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
Tekkonkinkreet
Movie • 2006
Shiro (voice)
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Movie • 2005
Kujaku Ogitani
Flowers
Movie • 2010
Rin
Hula Girls
Movie • 2006
Kimiko Tanikawa
Rainbow Song
Movie • 2006
Kana Sato
Worst by Chance
Movie • 2003
Harada's Girlfriend
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Movie • 2001
Shiori Tsuda
Welcome to the Quiet Room
Movie • 2007
Miki
Patisserie Coin De Rue
Movie • 2011
Natsume Usuba
About Her Brother
Movie • 2010
Koharu Takano
Yamato
Movie • 2005
Taeko
One Million Yen Girl
Movie • 2008
Suzuko Sato
Henshin
Movie • 2005
Kei Hamura
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
Movie • 2010
Jadwiga (voice)
Fukushima Hula Girls
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
Redline
Movie • 2009
Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
Movie • 2008
En
Honey and Clover
Movie • 2006
Hagu
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
Movie • 2004
Harmful Insect
Movie • 2002
Natsuko Yamaoka
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Movie • 2012
Megumi Takani
Vampire
Movie • 2011
Mina
Mask de 41
Movie • 2004
Haruka Kuramochi
Penance
Movie • 2013
Sae Kikuchi
The Diary from the Past
Movie • 2004
The Lightning Tree
Movie • 2010
Rai / Yu
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Movie • 2013
Miime (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Movie • 2014
Megumi Takani
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Movie • 2014
Megumi Takani
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
Movie • 2023
Teri Chocolate (voice)
呪戒-JUKAI-
Movie • 2005
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
Movie • 2001
Shiina Kasumi
Climbing to Spring
Movie • 2014
Ai Takazawa
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Movie • 2022
Mina Nakai
Journey to the Shore
Movie • 2015
Tomoko
Letters from Kanai Nirai
Movie • 2005
Fuki Asato
The Case of Hana & Alice
Movie • 2015
Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
Movie • 2014
1980
Movie • 2003
Rika Hashiba
Tokyo Family
Movie • 2013
Noriko Mamiya
What a Wonderful Family!
Movie • 2016
Noriko Mamiya
Japanese Girls Never Die
Movie • 2016
Haruko Azumi
Sugar & Spice
Movie • 2006
Girl on the Bus
Over the Fence
Movie • 2016
Satoshi Tamura
Shining Boy and Little Randy
Movie • 2005
Emi Murakami
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
Movie • 2014
Neko no me o gin
Tokyo Ghoul
Movie • 2017
Rize Kamishiro
Honokaa Boy
Movie • 2009
Kaoru
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Movie • 2017
Noriko Mamiya
Birds Without Names
Movie • 2017
Towako Kitahara
Mixed Doubles
Movie • 2017
Yo
By Chance
Movie • 2011
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Movie • 2018
Noriko Mamiya
Penguin Highway
Movie • 2018
Onē-san (voice)
Killing
Movie • 2018
Yu
A Long Goodbye
Movie • 2019
Fumi Higashi
Children of the Sea
Movie • 2019
Kanako Azumi (voice)
From Miyamoto to You
Movie • 2019
Yasuko Nakano
Romance Doll
Movie • 2020
Sonoko Kitamura
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Movie • 2021
Megumi Takani
Wife of a Spy
Movie • 2020
Satoko Fukuhara
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Movie • 2007
Kazuko Moribe
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Movie • 2021
Momoko
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Movie • 2019
Geisha
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
Movie • 2004
Nanako
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Movie • 2005
Mami Tachibana
Umineko - Inseparable
Movie • 2004
Miya Noda
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
Movie • 2012
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Filming H&A
Movie • 2005
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
Movie • 2002
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Movie • 2021
Fusako Torii
How Dare You?
Movie • 2025
Keiko Ueda
Meets the World
Movie • 2025
Yuki
Tokyo Taxi
Movie • 2025
Olfactogram
Movie • 2002
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
Movie • 2025
Chapon (voice)
From Miyamoto To You
TV • 2018
中野靖子
Tiger and Dragon
TV • 2005
Risa
Penance
TV • 2012
Sae Kikuchi
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
TV • 1990
All About My Siblings
TV • 2014
Azusa Sawabe
MOZU
TV • 2014
Shiori Nanami
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
TV • 2008
Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
Kou Kou Kyoushi
TV • 2003
Ezawa Mami
Osen
TV • 2008
Sen Handa
My High School Business
TV • 2017
Chihiro Mashiba
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
TV • 2017
Setsuko Kawai
Asura
TV • 2025
Takiko
Hana & Alice
TV • 2003
Alice
FRONTIERS
TV • 2023
Narrator
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
TV • 2015
梦乃
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
TV • 2003
The Farthest Galaxy
TV • 2013
Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
Dr. Coto's Clinic
TV • 2003
仲依ミナ
Detective Lovesick
TV • 2010
Setsuko Konuma
The Summer Promise
TV • 2002
Song FUKUYAMA
TV • 2015
Human Vapor
TV
20th year reunion
TV • 2021
self
NHK for School
TV • 2013
Boogie Woogie
TV • 2023
Reiko Yamato
Galileo
TV • 2007
Kanbara Atsuko
このマンガがすごい！
TV • 2018
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