Yu Aoi
Acting
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.
Born: August 17, 1985 · Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Filmography (63)
Tokyo Taxi
2025
Asura
2025
Boogie Woogie
2023
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
Wife of a Spy
2020
Romance Doll
2020
From Miyamoto to You
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
Children of the Sea
2019
A Long Goodbye
2019
Killing
2018
Penguin Highway
2018
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
Birds Without Names
2017
Mixed Doubles
2017
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
2017
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
Japanese Girls Never Die
2016
Over the Fence
2016
What a Wonderful Family!
2016
Journey to the Shore
2015
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
2015
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
Climbing to Spring
2014
MOZU
2014
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
Penance
2013
Tokyo Family
2013
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
Penance
2012
Vampire
2011
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011
The Lightning Tree
2010
Detective Lovesick
2010
Flowers
2010
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010
About Her Brother
2010
Miyori's Forest
2009
Redline
2009
Honokaa Boy
2009
Tokyo!
2008
One Million Yen Girl
2008
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007
Galileo
2007
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007
Rainbow Song
2006
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
Sugar & Spice
2006
Hula Girls
2006
Honey and Clover
2006
Yamato
2005
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005
Tiger and Dragon
2005
Hana & Alice
2004
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
Harmful Insect
2002
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990