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