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Yu Aoiborn 1985

usually

Actor

Popularity

4.5

Famous

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.

Credits

Futsuu no Kodomo

2025

0.4

Sylvanian Families: The Movie

2023

Animation • Family

as Teri Chocolate (voice)

6(5)

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022

Drama

as Mina Nakai

7.3(3)

1.3

Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu

2021

Drama • TV Movie

as Fusako Torii

0.3

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

2021

Comedy • Drama • Family

as Momoko

7(3)

1.5

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021

Action • Adventure • Drama • History

as Megumi Takani

7.7(501)

6.6

Wife of a Spy

2020

Drama • Thriller • War

as Satoko Fukuhara

6.8(92)

2.1

Romance Doll

2020

Drama • Romance

as Sonoko Kitamura

7.2(45)

1.7

From Miyamoto to You

2019

Drama • Romance

as Yasuko Nakano

6.3(13)

1.2

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

2019

Drama

as Geisha

6.8(6)

1.3

Children of the Sea

2019

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy • Mystery

as Kanako Azumi (voice)

7.1(313)

4.5

A Long Goodbye

2019

Drama • Family

as Fumi Higashi

6.9(10)

1.1

Killing

2018

Action • Drama

as Yu

7.4(61)

1.7

Penguin Highway

2018

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Fantasy

as Onē-san (voice)

7.1(238)

5.8

What a Wonderful Family! 3

2018

Comedy • Drama

as Noriko Mamiya

7.6(14)

0.7

Birds Without Names

2017

Drama • Mystery • Romance

as Towako Kitahara

6.4(26)

2.1

Mixed Doubles

2017

Comedy • Romance

as Yo

6.6(44)

2.1

Tokyo Ghoul

2017

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Rize Kamishiro

7.1(359)

2.2

What a Wonderful Family! 2

2017

Comedy

as Noriko Mamiya

7(29)

1.1

Japanese Girls Never Die

2016

Comedy • Drama

as Haruko Azumi

6.5(19)

1.3

Over the Fence

2016

Drama

as Satoshi Tamura

6.5(20)

1.3

What a Wonderful Family!

2016

Comedy • Family

as Noriko Mamiya

7.2(37)

1.2

Journey to the Shore

2015

Drama • Fantasy • Romance

as Tomoko

6.5(65)

1.5

The Case of Hana & Alice

2015

Animation • Comedy • Mystery

as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)

7.3(154)

1.8

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

2014

Action • Adventure • Fantasy

as Megumi Takani

7.7(516)

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

2014

Action • Adventure • Drama • Fantasy

as Megumi Takani

7.6(602)

2.6

Climbing to Spring

2014

Drama

as Ai Takazawa

8.3(7)

1.4

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

2014

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Neko no me o gin

5(1)

0.8

四代目市川猿之助斬新という宿命

2014

0.2

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

2013

Animation • Science Fiction

as Miime (voice)

6.6(1,044)

2.2

Penance

2013

Drama

as Sae Kikuchi

7.3(39)

1.6

Tokyo Family

2013

Drama

as Noriko Mamiya

7.3(68)

1.1

Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen

2012

TV Movie

7(2)

0.6

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012

Action • Adventure • Fantasy • History • War

as Megumi Takani

7.5(836)

3.2

Fukushima Hula Girls

2011

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0.5

By Chance

2011

Drama

0.4

Vampire

2011

Drama • Horror

as Mina

5.9(50)

0.6

Patisserie Coin De Rue

2011

Drama

as Natsume Usuba

6.8(9)

1.3

The Lightning Tree

2010

Drama • History • Romance

as Rai / Yu

6.4(5)

1.4

Flowers

2010

Drama

as Rin

7(11)

1.2

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II

2010

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Jadwiga (voice)

7.3(25)

1.4

About Her Brother

2010

Comedy • Drama

as Koharu Takano

6.3(16)

1.1

Miyori's Forest

2009

Animation • Drama • Fantasy

as Miyori (voice)

7.1(26)

1.7

Redline

2009

Action • Animation • Science Fiction

as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

7.5(493)

4.9

Good Bye, My Secret Friend

2009

Comedy

as Narrator

0.8

Honokaa Boy

2009

Drama

as Kaoru

5.7(7)

0.6

Tokyo!

2008

Comedy • Drama • Fantasy • Romance

as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")

6.9(241)

2.2

One Million Yen Girl

2008

Drama

as Suzuko Sato

7.1(48)

1.7

Sex Is No Laughing Matter

2008

Comedy • Drama

as En

6.2(28)

1.2

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

2007

Drama

as Kazuko Moribe

1.1

Welcome to the Quiet Room

2007

Drama

as Miki

6.7(25)

1.6

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

2007

Drama • Science Fiction

as Tanyu

6(40)

1.3

Rainbow Song

2006

Drama • Romance

as Kana Sato

7.5(24)

1.3

Tekkonkinkreet

2006

Action • Adventure • Animation

as Shiro (voice)

7.4(379)

2.2

Sugar & Spice

2006

Action • Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Girl on the Bus

5.6(8)

1.2

Hula Girls

2006

Comedy • Drama • Family

as Kimiko Tanikawa

6.8(53)

1.6

Honey and Clover

2006

Drama • Romance

as Hagu

6.4(29)

1.2

Yamato

2005

History • War

as Taeko

5.4(37)

2.6

Henshin

2005

Romance

as Kei Hamura

6(1)

0.7

Shining Boy and Little Randy

2005

Drama • Family • Romance

as Emi Murakami

4.8(4)

0.7

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

2005

Comedy

as Kujaku Ogitani

6.3(30)

1.5

Letters from Kanai Nirai

2005

Drama

as Fuki Asato

6.7(3)

0.6

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

2005

Action • Adventure • Fantasy

as Mami Tachibana

6(4)

1.3

呪戒-JUKAI-

2005

Horror

0.5

Filming H&A

2005

Documentary

0.5

Umineko - Inseparable

2004

Drama • Romance

as Miya Noda

1(1)

Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother

2004

as Nanako

0.9

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special

2004

Drama • Fantasy • Horror • Mystery • Science Fiction • TV Movie

0.7

Hana & Alice

2004

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)

7(114)

1.3

The Diary from the Past

2004

Drama

0.3

Mask de 41

2004

as Haruka Kuramochi

0.6

1980

2003

Comedy

as Rika Hashiba

0.6

Worst by Chance

2003

Drama • Romance

as Harada's Girlfriend

1.1

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"

2002

Documentary

6.3(3)

0.6

Harmful Insect

2002

Drama

as Natsuko Yamaoka

6.8(27)

Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro

2001

Drama • TV Movie

as Shiina Kasumi

6(1)

0.9

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001

Crime • Drama

as Shiori Tsuda

7.4(242)

5.3