Yu Aoi
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007
Miyori's Forest
2009
Tokyo!
2008
Hana & Alice
2004
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005
Flowers
2010
Hula Girls
2006
Rainbow Song
2006
Worst by Chance
2003
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011
About Her Brother
2010
Yamato
2005
One Million Yen Girl
2008
Henshin
2005
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011
Redline
2009
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008
Honey and Clover
2006
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004
Harmful Insect
2002
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
Vampire
2011
Mask de 41
2004
Penance
2013
The Diary from the Past
2004
The Lightning Tree
2010
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
呪戒-JUKAI-
2005
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
2001
Climbing to Spring
2014
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
Journey to the Shore
2015
Letters from Kanai Nirai
2005
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2014
1980
2003
Tokyo Family
2013
What a Wonderful Family!
2016
Japanese Girls Never Die
2016
Sugar & Spice
2006
Over the Fence
2016
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
Honokaa Boy
2009
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
Birds Without Names
2017
Mixed Doubles
2017
By Chance
2011
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
Penguin Highway
2018
Killing
2018
A Long Goodbye
2019
Children of the Sea
2019
From Miyamoto to You
2019
Romance Doll
2020
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
Wife of a Spy
2020
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2021
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
Umineko - Inseparable
2004
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
2009
Filming H&A
2005
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021
How Dare You?
2025
Meets the World
2025
Tokyo Taxi
2025
Olfactogram
2002
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
2025
Tiger & Dragon Special
2005
無用の人
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From Miyamoto To You
2018
Tiger and Dragon
2005
Penance
2012
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
All About My Siblings
2014
MOZU
2014
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
2008
Kou Kou Kyoushi
2003
Osen
2008
My High School Business
2017
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
2017
Asura
2025
Hana & Alice
2003
FRONTIERS
2023
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
2015
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
2003
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
Detective Lovesick
2010
The Summer Promise
2002
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
Human Vapor
—
20th year reunion
2021
NHK for School
2013
Boogie Woogie
2023
Galileo
2007
このマンガがすごい！
2018