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.
114 acting credits
Acting · 114
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Ryōmaden
2010
Galileo
2007
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
Tiger and Dragon
2005
Detective Lovesick
2010
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
2017
Asura
2025
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
MOZU
2014
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
Penance
2012
Redline
2009
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
Boogie Woogie
2023
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
Worst by Chance
2003
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
2008
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
2015
My High School Business
2017
All About My Siblings
2014
Human Vapor
2026
Kou Kou Kyoushi
2003
From Miyamoto To You
2018
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
Penguin Highway
2018
Children of the Sea
2019
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
2003
One Million Yen Girl
2008
Tokyo Taxi
2025
Yamato
2005
Romance Doll
2020
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
The Summer Promise
2002
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
Hana & Alice
2004
Tokyo!
2008
Journey to the Shore
2015
Birds Without Names
2017
20th year reunion
2021
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010
Osen
2008
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
Mixed Doubles
2017
Wife of a Spy
2020
Hana & Alice
2003
Rainbow Song
2006
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004
Tokyo Family
2013
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
Penance
2013
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
Honey and Clover
2006
About Her Brother
2010
A Long Goodbye
2019
Killing
2018
Vampire
2011
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
Climbing to Spring
2014
What a Wonderful Family!
2016
The Lightning Tree
2010
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2020
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007
Japanese Girls Never Die
2016
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
Hula Girls
2006
Harmful Insect
2002
Honokaa Boy
2009
Over the Fence
2016
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012
Letters from Kanai Nirai
2005
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007
From Miyamoto to You
2019
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Miyori's Forest
2009
FRONTIERS
2023
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014
Mask de 41
2004
Umineko - Inseparable
2004
How Dare You?
2025
NHK for School
2013
1980
2003
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
2001
Flowers
2010
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021
Sugar & Spice
2006
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
2009
呪戒-JUKAI-
2005
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004
Filming H&A
2005
The Diary from the Past
2004
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011
Meets the World
2025
Henshin
2005
無用の人
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このマンガがすごい！
2018
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
Olfactogram
2002
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
2025
Tシャツが乾くまで
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By Chance
2011
Tiger & Dragon Special
2005
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2014
演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード
2003
Human Vapor
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