Yu Aoi
ActingYu 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
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Megumi Takani
Redline
Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Megumi Takani
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Shiori Tsuda
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Megumi Takani
Tokyo!
Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Megumi Takani
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Miime (voice)
Children of the Sea
Kanako Azumi (voice)
Tekkonkinkreet
Shiro (voice)
Filmography — Acting
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Megumi Takani
Redline
Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Megumi Takani
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Shiori Tsuda
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Megumi Takani
Tokyo!
Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Megumi Takani
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Miime (voice)
Children of the Sea
Kanako Azumi (voice)
Tekkonkinkreet
Shiro (voice)
Penguin Highway
Onē-san (voice)
Hana & Alice
Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
One Million Yen Girl
Suzuko Sato
Tokyo Ghoul
Rize Kamishiro
The Lightning Tree
Rai / Yu
Mixed Doubles
Yo
Penance
Sae Kikuchi
Tokyo Taxi
What a Wonderful Family!
Noriko Mamiya
Romance Doll
Sonoko Kitamura
Yamato
Taeko
Honey and Clover
Hagu
The Case of Hana & Alice
Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Kujaku Ogitani
Journey to the Shore
Tomoko
Worst by Chance
Harada's Girlfriend
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
En
Wife of a Spy
Satoko Fukuhara
Harmful Insect
Natsuko Yamaoka
About Her Brother
Koharu Takano
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Tanyu
Tokyo Family
Noriko Mamiya
Rainbow Song
Kana Sato
Over the Fence
Satoshi Tamura
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
Jadwiga (voice)
Miyori's Forest
Miyori (voice)
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
A Long Goodbye
Fumi Higashi
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
Momoko
Climbing to Spring
Ai Takazawa
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Mina Nakai
Killing
Yu
Patisserie Coin De Rue
Natsume Usuba
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Noriko Mamiya
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
Geisha
Hula Girls
Kimiko Tanikawa
From Miyamoto to You
Yasuko Nakano
Welcome to the Quiet Room
Miki
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
Teri Chocolate (voice)
Sugar & Spice
Girl on the Bus
Birds Without Names
Towako Kitahara
Honokaa Boy
Kaoru
Vampire
Mina
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Kazuko Moribe
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Mami Tachibana
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
Narrator
How Dare You?
Keiko Ueda
Japanese Girls Never Die
Haruko Azumi
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Noriko Mamiya
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
Nanako
Umineko - Inseparable
Miya Noda
Henshin
Kei Hamura
Letters from Kanai Nirai
Fuki Asato
Shining Boy and Little Randy
Emi Murakami
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
Neko no me o gin
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
Shiina Kasumi
Flowers
Rin
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
Mask de 41
Haruka Kuramochi
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Fusako Torii
Olfactogram
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
Meets the World
Yuki
The Diary from the Past
Tiger & Dragon Special
Risa
呪戒-JUKAI-
By Chance
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
Chapon (voice)
1980
Rika Hashiba
Fukushima Hula Girls
Narrator (voice)
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