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