Yu Aoi
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 (114 titles)
MovieIn My Father's Room
Satomi · 2026
4.5ShowUntil the T-Shirt Dries
Sakiko · 2026
7.4ShowHuman Vapor
Kyoko Kono · 2026
7.3MovieTokyo Taxi
Young Sumire · 2025
7.0MovieMeets the World
Yuki · 2025
5.4MovieHow Dare You?
Keiko Ueda · 2025
MovieGo! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
Chapon (voice) · 2025
7.9ShowAsura
Takiko · 2025
ShowFRONTIERS
Narrator · 2023
6.0MovieSylvanian Families: The Movie
Teri Chocolate (voice) · 2023
7.0ShowBoogie Woogie
Reiko Yamato · 2023
7.6MovieDr. Coto's Clinic
Mina Nakai · 2022
20th year reunion
self · 2021
MovieShikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Fusako Torii · 2021
7.7MovieRurouni Kenshin: The Final
Megumi Takani · 2021
7.2MovieOra, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Momoko · 2020
6.7MovieWife of a Spy
Satoko Fukuhara · 2020
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020
7.1MovieRomance Doll
Sonoko Kitamura · 2020
6.1MovieFrom Miyamoto to You
Yasuko Nakano · 2019
6.8MovieThey Say Nothing Stays the Same
Geisha · 2019
7.1MovieChildren of the Sea
Kanako Azumi (voice) · 2019
7.0MovieA Long Goodbye
Fumi Higashi · 2019
7.1MovieKilling
Yu · 2018