Yu Aoi
Acting
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.
Movies
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
Tokyo!
2008
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
Penguin Highway
2018
Redline
2009
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
Wife of a Spy
2020
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
Romance Doll
2020
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015
Flowers
2010
Children of the Sea
2019
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
TV Shows
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Galileo
2007
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
Asura
2025
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
2017
Osen
2008
Detective Lovesick
2010
Penance
2012
MOZU
2014
Tiger and Dragon
2005
Boogie Woogie
2023
All About My Siblings
2014
My High School Business
2017
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
2015
From Miyamoto To You
2018
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
2008
Kou Kou Kyoushi
2003
Hana & Alice
2003
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
NHK for School
2013