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Yu Aoi Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1985-08-17

Birthplace:
Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

Credits:
110 Total Roles

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

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

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