Person

Yu Aoi

Acting · Born 1985-08-17 · 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.

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  Human Vapor

  Kyoko Kono

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  Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

  1990

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  Ryōmaden

  Omoto

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  Boogie Woogie

  Reiko Yamato

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  Kou Kou Kyoushi

  Ezawa Mami

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  Galileo

  Kanbara Atsuko

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  Dr. Coto's Clinic

  仲依ミナ

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  Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

  Megumi Takani

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  All About Lily Chou-Chou

  Shiori Tsuda

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  Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

  Megumi Takani

• 2026Until the T-Shirt DriesSakiko
• 2026Human VaporKyoko Kono
• 2025Tokyo TaxiYoung Sumire
• 2025Meets the WorldYuki
• 2025How Dare You?Keiko Ueda
• 2025Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!Chapon (voice)
• 2025AsuraTakiko
• 2024Wrapped in Poison, Healed by LoveDirector
• 2023FRONTIERSNarrator
• 2023Sylvanian Families: The MovieTeri Chocolate (voice)
• 2023Boogie WoogieReiko Yamato
• 2022Dr. Coto's ClinicMina Nakai
• 202120th year reunionself
• 2021Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan NodesuFusako Torii
• 2021Rurouni Kenshin: The FinalMegumi Takani
• 2020Ora, Ora Be Goin' AloneMomoko
• 2020Wife of a SpySatoko Fukuhara
• 2020戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
• 2020Romance DollSonoko Kitamura
• 2019From Miyamoto to YouYasuko Nakano
• 2019They Say Nothing Stays the SameGeisha
• 2019Children of the SeaKanako Azumi (voice)
• 2019A Long GoodbyeFumi Higashi
• 2018KillingYu
• 2018このマンガがすごい！navigator
• 2018Penguin HighwayOnē-san (voice)
• 2018What a Wonderful Family! 3Noriko Mamiya
• 2018From Miyamoto To You中野靖子
• 2017Birds Without NamesTowako Kitahara
• 2017Mixed DoublesYo
• 2017My High School BusinessChihiro Mashiba
• 2017Tokyo GhoulRize Kamishiro
• 2017Hello, Detective HedgehogSetsuko Kawai
• 2017What a Wonderful Family! 2Noriko Mamiya
• 2016Japanese Girls Never DieHaruko Azumi
• 2016Over the FenceSatoshi Tamura
• 2016What a Wonderful Family!Noriko Mamiya
• 2015Song FUKUYAMA
• 2015Journey to the ShoreTomoko
• 2015Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist梦乃
• 2015The Case of Hana & AliceTetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
• 2014Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend EndsMegumi Takani
• 2014Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto InfernoMegumi Takani
• 2014All About My SiblingsAzusa Sawabe
• 2014Climbing to SpringAi Takazawa
• 2014MOZUShiori Nanami
• 2014Zipang Punk Goemon Rock IIINeko no me o gin
• 2014四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
• 2013Space Pirate Captain HarlockMiime (voice)
• 2013PenanceSae Kikuchi
• 2013NHK for School
• 2013The Farthest GalaxyMisato Ebata / Akane Seike
• 2013Tokyo FamilyNoriko Mamiya
• 2012Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
• 2012Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsMegumi Takani
• 2012PenanceSae Kikuchi
• 2011Fukushima Hula GirlsNarrator (voice)
• 2011By Chance
• 2011VampireMina
• 2011Patisserie Coin De RueNatsume Usuba
• 2010The Lightning TreeRai / Yu
• 2010Detective LovesickSetsuko Konuma
• 2010FlowersRin
• 2010Nodame Cantabile: The Movie IIJadwiga (voice)
• 2010About Her BrotherKoharu Takano
• 2010RyōmadenOmoto
• 2009Miyori's ForestMiyori (voice)
• 2009RedlineSonoshee McLaren (voice)
• 2009Good Bye, My Secret FriendNarrator
• 2009Honokaa BoyKaoru
• 2008Tokyo!Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
• 2008One Million Yen GirlSuzuko Sato
• 2008OsenSen Handa
• 2008Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso CamouflageChika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
• 2008Sex Is No Laughing MatterEn
• 2007Best Wishes for TomorrowKazuko Moribe
• 2007Welcome to the Quiet RoomMiki
• 2007GalileoKanbara Atsuko
• 2007Mushi-Shi: The MovieTanyu
• 2006TekkonkinkreetShiro (voice)
• 2006Rainbow SongKana Sato
• 2006Sugar & SpiceGirl on the Bus
• 2006Hula GirlsKimiko Tanikawa
• 2006Honey and CloverHagu
• 2005YamatoTaeko
• 2005HenshinKei Hamura
• 2005Shining Boy and Little RandyEmi Murakami
• 2005Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast SwimmersKujaku Ogitani
• 2005Letters from Kanai NiraiFuki Asato
• 2005Tiger and DragonRisa
• 2005Tetsujin 28: The MovieMami Tachibana
• 2005呪戒-JUKAI-
• 2005Filming H&A
• 2005Tiger & Dragon SpecialRisa
• 2004Umineko - InseparableMiya Noda
• 2004Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and BrotherNanako
• 2004Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
• 2004Hana & AliceTetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
• 2004The Diary from the Past
• 2004Mask de 41Haruka Kuramochi
• 20031980Rika Hashiba
• 2003Worst by ChanceHarada's Girlfriend
• 200314ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
• 2003Dr. Coto's Clinic仲依ミナ
• 2003演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード
• 2003Hana & AliceAlice
• 2003Kou Kou KyoushiEzawa Mami
• 2002The Summer Promise
• 2002All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
• 2002Harmful InsectNatsuko Yamaoka
• 2002Olfactogram
• 2001Ao to Shiro de MizuiroShiina Kasumi
• 2001All About Lily Chou-ChouShiori Tsuda
• 1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
• —Muyo no Hito