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.
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Movies (84)
In My Father's Room
2027 · Satomi
Tokyo Taxi
2025 · Young Sumire
Meets the World
2025 · Yuki
How Dare You?
2025 · Keiko Ueda
Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!
2025 · Chapon (voice)
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023 · Teri Chocolate (voice)
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022 · Mina Nakai
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021 · Fusako Torii
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021 · Megumi Takani
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2020 · Momoko
Wife of a Spy
2020 · Satoko Fukuhara
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020
Romance Doll
2020 · Sonoko Kitamura
From Miyamoto to You
2019 · Yasuko Nakano
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019 · Geisha
Children of the Sea
2019 · Kanako Azumi (voice)
A Long Goodbye
2019 · Fumi Higashi
Killing
2018 · Yu
Penguin Highway
2018 · Onē-san (voice)
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018 · Noriko Mamiya
Birds Without Names
2017 · Towako Kitahara
Mixed Doubles
2017 · Yo
Tokyo Ghoul
2017 · Rize Kamishiro
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017 · Noriko Mamiya
Haruko Azumi Is Missing
2016 · Haruko Azumi
Over the Fence
2016 · Satoshi Tamura
What a Wonderful Family!
2016 · Noriko Mamiya
Journey to the Shore
2015 · Tomoko
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015 · Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014 · Megumi Takani
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014 · Megumi Takani
Climbing to Spring
2014 · Ai Takazawa
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014 · Neko no me o gin
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2014
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013 · Miime (voice)
Penance
2013 · Sae Kikuchi
Tokyo Family
2013 · Noriko Mamiya
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 · Megumi Takani
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011 · Narrator (voice)
By Chance
2011
Vampire
2011 · Mina
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011 · Natsume Usuba
The Lightning Tree
2010 · Rai / Yu
Flowers
2010 · Rin
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010 · Jadwiga (voice)
About Her Brother
2010 · Koharu Takano
Miyori's Forest
2009 · Miyori (voice)
Redline
2009 · Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
2009 · Narrator
Honokaa Boy
2009 · Kaoru
Tokyo!
2008 · Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
One Million Yen Girl
2008 · Suzuko Sato
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008 · En
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007 · Kazuko Moribe
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007 · Miki
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007 · Tanyu
Tekkonkinkreet
2006 · Shiro (voice)
Rainbow Song
2006 · Kana Sato
Sugar & Spice
2006 · Girl on the Bus
Hula Girls
2006 · Kimiko Tanikawa
Honey and Clover
2006 · Hagu
Yamato
2005 · Taeko
Henshin
2005 · Kei Hamura
Shining Boy & Little Randy
2005 · Emi Murakami
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005 · Kujaku Ogitani
Letters from Nirai Kanai
2005 · Fuki Asato
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005 · Mami Tachibana
Jukai
2005
Filming H&A
2005
Tiger & Dragon Special
2005 · Risa
Umineko - Inseparable
2004 · Miya Noda
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004 · Nanako
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004
Hana & Alice
2004 · Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
The Diary from the Past
2004
Mask de 41
2004 · Haruka Kuramochi
1980
2003 · Rika Hashiba
Worst by Chance
2003 · Harada's Girlfriend
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
Harmful Insect
2002 · Natsuko Yamaoka
Olfactogram
2002
Blue and White Make Light Blue
2001 · Shiina Kasumi
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001 · Shiori Tsuda
TV shows (30)
Until the T-Shirt Dries
2026 · Sakiko Seo
Human Vapor
2026 · Kyoko Kono
Asura
2025 · Takiko
FRONTIERS
2023 · Narrator
Boogie Woogie
2023 · Reiko Yamato
20th year reunion
2021 · self
このマンガがすごい！
2018 · navigator
From Miyamoto to You
2018 · 中野靖子
My High School Business
2017 · Chihiro Mashiba
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
2017 · Setsuko Kawai
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
2015 · 梦乃
All About My Siblings
2014 · Azusa Sawabe
MOZU
2014 · Shiori Nanami
NHK for School
2013
The Farthest Galaxy
2013 · Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
Penance
2012 · Sae Kikuchi
Detective Lovesick
2010 · Setsuko Konuma
Ryōmaden
2010 · Omoto
Osen
2008 · Sen Handa
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
2008 · Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
Galileo
2007 · Kanbara Atsuko
Tiger and Dragon
2005 · Risa
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
2003
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003 · 仲依ミナ
演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード
2003
Hana & Alice
2003 · Alice
Kou Kou Kyoushi
2003 · Ezawa Mami
The Summer Promise
2002
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990