Yu Aoi
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.
Born: August 17, 1985
Place of Birth: Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Known For
Filmography
as Yuki
as Takiko
as Narrator
as Teri Chocolate (voice)
as Reiko Yamato
as Mina Nakai
as Fusako Torii
as Momoko
as Megumi Takani
as Satoko Fukuhara
as Sonoko Kitamura
as Yasuko Nakano
as Geisha
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
as Fumi Higashi
as Yu
as Onē-san (voice)
as Noriko Mamiya
as 中野靖子
as Towako Kitahara
as Yo
as Chihiro Mashiba
as Rize Kamishiro
as Setsuko Kawai
as Noriko Mamiya
as Haruko Azumi
as Satoshi Tamura
as Noriko Mamiya
as Tomoko
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
as Megumi Takani
as Megumi Takani
as Azusa Sawabe
as Ai Takazawa
as Shiori Nanami
as Neko no me o gin
as Miime (voice)
as Sae Kikuchi
as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
as Noriko Mamiya
as Megumi Takani
as Sae Kikuchi
as Narrator (voice)
as Mina
as Natsume Usuba
as Rai / Yu
as Setsuko Konuma
as Rin
as Jadwiga (voice)
as Koharu Takano
as Miyori (voice)
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
as Narrator
as Kaoru
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
as Suzuko Sato
as Sen Handa
as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
as Kazuko Moribe
as Miki
as Kanbara Atsuko
as Tanyu
as Kana Sato
as Shiro (voice)
as Girl on the Bus
as Kimiko Tanikawa
as Hagu
as Taeko
as Kei Hamura
as Emi Murakami
as Kujaku Ogitani
as Fuki Asato
as Risa
as Mami Tachibana
as Miya Noda
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
as Rika Hashiba
as Harada's Girlfriend
as 仲依ミナ
as Alice
as Ezawa Mami
as Natsuko Yamaoka
as Shiina Kasumi
as Shiori Tsuda