Yu Aoi

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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

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Miime (voice)

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Megumi Takani

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Megumi Takani

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Megumi Takani

Redline

Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Megumi Takani

Tekkonkinkreet

Shiro (voice)

Tokyo Ghoul

Rize Kamishiro

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Tokyo Taxi MOVIE	Self
2025	Meets the World MOVIE	Yuki
2025	How Dare You? MOVIE	Keiko Ueda
2025	Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero! MOVIE	Chapon (voice)
2025	Asura TV	Takiko
2023	FRONTIERS TV	Narrator
2023	Sylvanian Families: The Movie MOVIE	Teri Chocolate (voice)
2023	Boogie Woogie TV	Reiko Yamato
2022	Dr. Coto's Clinic MOVIE	Mina Nakai
2021	20th year reunion TV	self
2021	Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu MOVIE	Fusako Torii
2021	Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone MOVIE	Momoko
2021	Rurouni Kenshin: The Final MOVIE	Megumi Takani
2020	Wife of a Spy MOVIE	Satoko Fukuhara
2020	Romance Doll MOVIE	Sonoko Kitamura
2019	From Miyamoto to You MOVIE	Yasuko Nakano
2019	They Say Nothing Stays the Same MOVIE	Geisha
2019	Children of the Sea MOVIE	Kanako Azumi (voice)
2019	A Long Goodbye MOVIE	Fumi Higashi
2018	Killing MOVIE	Yu
2018	このマンガがすごい！ TV	navigator
2018	Penguin Highway MOVIE	Onē-san (voice)
2018	What a Wonderful Family! 3 MOVIE	Noriko Mamiya
2018	From Miyamoto To You TV	中野靖子
2017	Birds Without Names MOVIE	Towako Kitahara
2017	Mixed Doubles MOVIE	Yo
2017	My High School Business TV	Chihiro Mashiba
2017	Tokyo Ghoul MOVIE	Rize Kamishiro
2017	Hello, Detective Hedgehog TV	Setsuko Kawai
2017	What a Wonderful Family! 2 MOVIE	Noriko Mamiya
2016	Japanese Girls Never Die MOVIE	Haruko Azumi
2016	Over the Fence MOVIE	Satoshi Tamura
2016	What a Wonderful Family! MOVIE	Noriko Mamiya
2015	Song FUKUYAMA TV	Self
2015	Journey to the Shore MOVIE	Tomoko
2015	Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist TV	梦乃
2015	The Case of Hana & Alice MOVIE	Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
2014	Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends MOVIE	Megumi Takani
2014	Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno MOVIE	Megumi Takani
2014	All About My Siblings TV	Azusa Sawabe
2014	Climbing to Spring MOVIE	Ai Takazawa
2014	MOZU TV	Shiori Nanami
2014	Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III MOVIE	Neko no me o gin
2014	四代目市川猿之助斬新という宿命 MOVIE	Self
2013	Space Pirate Captain Harlock MOVIE	Miime (voice)
2013	Penance MOVIE	Sae Kikuchi
2013	NHK for School TV	Self
2013	The Farthest Galaxy TV	Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
2013	Tokyo Family MOVIE	Noriko Mamiya
2012	Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen MOVIE	Self
2012	Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins MOVIE	Megumi Takani
2012	Penance TV	Sae Kikuchi
2011	Fukushima Hula Girls MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2011	By Chance MOVIE	Self
2011	Vampire MOVIE	Mina
2011	Patisserie Coin De Rue MOVIE	Natsume Usuba
2010	The Lightning Tree MOVIE	Rai / Yu
2010	Detective Lovesick TV	Setsuko Konuma
2010	Flowers MOVIE	Rin
2010	Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II MOVIE	Jadwiga (voice)
2010	About Her Brother MOVIE	Koharu Takano
2009	Miyori's Forest MOVIE	Miyori (voice)
2009	Redline MOVIE	Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
2009	Good Bye, My Secret Friend MOVIE	Narrator
2009	Honokaa Boy MOVIE	Kaoru
2008	Tokyo! MOVIE	Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
2008	One Million Yen Girl MOVIE	Suzuko Sato
2008	Osen TV	Sen Handa
2008	Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage TV	Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
2008	Sex Is No Laughing Matter MOVIE	En
2007	Best Wishes for Tomorrow MOVIE	Kazuko Moribe
2007	Welcome to the Quiet Room MOVIE	Miki
2007	Galileo TV	Kanbara Atsuko
2007	Mushi-Shi: The Movie MOVIE	Tanyu
2006	Rainbow Song MOVIE	Kana Sato
2006	Tekkonkinkreet MOVIE	Shiro (voice)
2006	Sugar & Spice MOVIE	Girl on the Bus
2006	Hula Girls MOVIE	Kimiko Tanikawa
2006	Honey and Clover MOVIE	Hagu
2005	Yamato MOVIE	Taeko
2005	Henshin MOVIE	Kei Hamura
2005	Shining Boy and Little Randy MOVIE	Emi Murakami
2005	Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers MOVIE	Kujaku Ogitani
2005	Letters from Kanai Nirai MOVIE	Fuki Asato
2005	Tiger and Dragon TV	Risa
2005	Tetsujin 28: The Movie MOVIE	Mami Tachibana
2005	呪戒-JUKAI- MOVIE	Self
2005	Filming H&A MOVIE	Self
2005	Tiger & Dragon Special MOVIE	Risa
2004	Umineko - Inseparable MOVIE	Miya Noda
2004	Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother MOVIE	Nanako
2004	Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special MOVIE	Self
2004	Hana & Alice MOVIE	Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
2004	The Diary from the Past MOVIE	Self
2004	Mask de 41 MOVIE	Haruka Kuramochi
2003	1980 MOVIE	Rika Hashiba
2003	Worst by Chance MOVIE	Harada's Girlfriend
2003	14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜 TV	Self
2003	Dr. Coto's Clinic TV	仲依ミナ
2003	Hana & Alice TV	Alice
2003	Kou Kou Kyoushi TV	Ezawa Mami
2002	The Summer Promise TV	Self
2002	All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" MOVIE	Self
2002	Harmful Insect MOVIE	Natsuko Yamaoka
2002	Olfactogram MOVIE	Self
2001	Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro MOVIE	Shiina Kasumi
2001	All About Lily Chou-Chou MOVIE	Shiori Tsuda
1990	Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen TV	Self
	無用の人 MOVIE	Self
	Human Vapor TV	Self

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