Yu Aoi
84 movies · 28 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 17, 1985 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
- Also known as
- Yû Aoi · Yū Aoi · 夏井 優 · Yū Natsui
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 6.6 Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013 · Film
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★ 7.5 Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 · Film
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★ 7.6 Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014 · Film
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★ 7.6 Redline
2009 · Film
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★ 7.7 Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014 · Film
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★ 7.7 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021 · Film
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★ 7.4 Tekkonkinkreet
2006 · Film
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★ 7.0 Tokyo Ghoul
2017 · Film
Yu Aoi: movies and TV shows
Acting (112)
- Upcoming In My Father's Room
as Satomi
- 2026
- 2026
- 2025 Tokyo Taxi
as Young Sumire
- 2025 Meets the World
as Yuki
- 2025 How Dare You?
as Keiko Ueda
- 2025 Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
as Chapon (voice)
- 2025
- 2023
- 2023 Sylvanian Families: The Movie
as Teri Chocolate (voice)
- 2023
- 2022 Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Mina Nakai
- 2021 Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
as Fusako Torii
- 2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi Takani
- 2020 Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as Momoko
- 2020 Wife of a Spy
as Satoko Fukuhara
- 2020
- 2020 Romance Doll
as Sonoko Kitamura
- 2019 From Miyamoto to You
as Yasuko Nakano
- 2019 They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Geisha
- 2019 Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
- 2019 A Long Goodbye
as Fumi Higashi
- 2018 Killing
as Yu
- 2018
- 2018 Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice)
- 2018 What a Wonderful Family! 3
as Noriko Mamiya
- 2018
- 2017 Birds Without Names
as Towako Kitahara
- 2017 Mixed Doubles
as Yo
- 2017
- 2017 Tokyo Ghoul
as Rize Kamishiro
- 2017
- 2017 What a Wonderful Family! 2
as Noriko Mamiya
- 2016 Haruko Azumi Is Missing
as Haruko Azumi
- 2016 Over the Fence
as Satoshi Tamura
- 2016 What a Wonderful Family!
as Noriko Mamiya
- 2015 Journey to the Shore
as Tomoko
- 2015
- 2015 The Case of Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
- 2014 Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
as Megumi Takani
- 2014 Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
as Megumi Takani
- 2014
- 2014 Climbing to Spring
as Ai Takazawa
- 2014
- 2014 Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
as Neko no me o gin
- 2014
- 2013 Space Pirate Captain Harlock
as Miime (voice)
- 2013 Penance
as Sae Kikuchi
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 Tokyo Family
as Noriko Mamiya
- 2012
- 2012 Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
as Megumi Takani
- 2012
- 2011 Fukushima Hula Girls
as Narrator (voice)
- 2011
- 2011 Vampire
as Mina
- 2011 Patisserie Coin De Rue
as Natsume Usuba
- 2010 The Lightning Tree
as Rai / Yu
- 2010
- 2010 Flowers
as Rin
- 2010 Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
as Jadwiga (voice)
- 2010 About Her Brother
as Koharu Takano
- 2010
- 2009 Miyori's Forest
as Miyori (voice)
- 2009 Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
- 2009 Good Bye, My Secret Friend
as Narrator
- 2009 Honokaa Boy
as Kaoru
- 2008 Tokyo!
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
- 2008 One Million Yen Girl
as Suzuko Sato
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007 Best Wishes for Tomorrow
as Kazuko Moribe
- 2007 Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Miki
- 2007
- 2007 Mushi-Shi: The Movie
as Tanyu
- 2006 Tekkonkinkreet
as Shiro (voice)
- 2006 Rainbow Song
as Kana Sato
- 2006 Sugar & Spice
as Girl on the Bus
- 2006 Hula Girls
as Kimiko Tanikawa
- 2006 Honey and Clover
as Hagu
- 2005 Yamato
as Taeko
- 2005 Henshin
as Kei Hamura
- 2005 Shining Boy & Little Randy
as Emi Murakami
- 2005 Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
as Kujaku Ogitani
- 2005 Letters from Nirai Kanai
as Fuki Asato
- 2005
- 2005 Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Mami Tachibana
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Tiger & Dragon Special
as Risa
- 2004 Umineko - Inseparable
as Miya Noda
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
- 2004
- 2004 Mask de 41
as Haruka Kuramochi
- 2003 1980
as Rika Hashiba
- 2003 Worst by Chance
as Harada's Girlfriend
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 Harmful Insect
as Natsuko Yamaoka
- 2002
- 2001 Blue and White Make Light Blue
as Shiina Kasumi
- 2001 All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Shiori Tsuda
- 1990
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2021 20th year reunion
13 episodes
- 2015 Song FUKUYAMA
4 episodes