Yu Aoi
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Aug 17, 1985 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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
| 2025 | How Dare You?Keiko Ueda | |
| 2025 | Meets the WorldYuki | |
| 2025 | Tokyo Taxi | |
| 2025 | Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!Chapon (voice) | |
| 2025 | AsuraTakiko | |
| 2023 | Sylvanian Families: The MovieTeri Chocolate (voice) | |
| 2023 | FRONTIERSNarrator | |
| 2023 | Boogie WoogieReiko Yamato | |
| 2022 | Dr. Coto's ClinicMina Nakai | |
| 2021 | Rurouni Kenshin: The FinalMegumi Takani | |
| 2021 | Ora, Ora Be Goin' AloneMomoko | |
| 2021 | Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan NodesuFusako Torii | |
| 2021 | 20th year reunionself | |
| 2020 | Romance DollSonoko Kitamura | |
| 2020 | Wife of a SpySatoko Fukuhara | |
| 2019 | A Long GoodbyeFumi Higashi | |
| 2019 | Children of the SeaKanako Azumi (voice) | |
| 2019 | From Miyamoto to YouYasuko Nakano | |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the SameGeisha | |
| 2018 | What a Wonderful Family! 3Noriko Mamiya | |
| 2018 | Penguin HighwayOnē-san (voice) | |
| 2018 | KillingYu | |
| 2018 | From Miyamoto To You中野靖子 | |
| 2018 | このマンガがすごい！navigator | |
| 2017 | Tokyo GhoulRize Kamishiro | |
| 2017 | What a Wonderful Family! 2Noriko Mamiya | |
| 2017 | Birds Without NamesTowako Kitahara | |
| 2017 | Mixed DoublesYo | |
| 2017 | My High School BusinessChihiro Mashiba | |
| 2017 | Hello, Detective HedgehogSetsuko Kawai | |
| 2016 | What a Wonderful Family!Noriko Mamiya | |
| 2016 | Japanese Girls Never DieHaruko Azumi | |
| 2016 | Over the FenceSatoshi Tamura | |
| 2015 | Journey to the ShoreTomoko | |
| 2015 | The Case of Hana & AliceTetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice) | |
| 2015 | Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist梦乃 | |
| 2015 | Song FUKUYAMA | |
| 2014 | Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto InfernoMegumi Takani | |
| 2014 | Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend EndsMegumi Takani | |
| 2014 | Climbing to SpringAi Takazawa | |
| 2014 | 四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命 | |
| 2014 | Zipang Punk Goemon Rock IIINeko no me o gin | |
| 2014 | All About My SiblingsAzusa Sawabe | |
| 2014 | MOZUShiori Nanami | |
| 2013 | PenanceSae Kikuchi | |
| 2013 | Space Pirate Captain HarlockMiime (voice) | |
| 2013 | Tokyo FamilyNoriko Mamiya | |
| 2013 | The Farthest GalaxyMisato Ebata / Akane Seike | |
| 2013 | NHK for School | |
| 2012 | Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsMegumi Takani | |
| 2012 | Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen | |
| 2012 | PenanceSae Kikuchi | |
| 2011 | Patisserie Coin De RueNatsume Usuba | |
| 2011 | Fukushima Hula GirlsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | VampireMina | |
| 2011 | By Chance | |
| 2010 | FlowersRin | |
| 2010 | About Her BrotherKoharu Takano | |
| 2010 | Nodame Cantabile: The Movie IIJadwiga (voice) | |
| 2010 | The Lightning TreeRai / Yu | |
| 2010 | Detective LovesickSetsuko Konuma | |
| 2009 | Miyori's ForestMiyori (voice) | |
| 2009 | RedlineSonoshee McLaren (voice) | |
| 2009 | Honokaa BoyKaoru | |
| 2009 | Good Bye, My Secret FriendNarrator | |
| 2008 | Tokyo!Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo") | |
| 2008 | One Million Yen GirlSuzuko Sato | |
| 2008 | Sex Is No Laughing MatterEn | |
| 2008 | Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso CamouflageChika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko | |
| 2008 | OsenSen Handa | |
| 2007 | Mushi-Shi: The MovieTanyu | |
| 2007 | Welcome to the Quiet RoomMiki | |
| 2007 | Best Wishes for TomorrowKazuko Moribe | |
| 2007 | GalileoKanbara Atsuko | |
| 2006 | TekkonkinkreetShiro (voice) | |
| 2006 | Hula GirlsKimiko Tanikawa | |
| 2006 | Rainbow SongKana Sato | |
| 2006 | Honey and CloverHagu | |
| 2006 | Sugar & SpiceGirl on the Bus | |
| 2005 | Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast SwimmersKujaku Ogitani | |
| 2005 | YamatoTaeko | |
| 2005 | HenshinKei Hamura | |
| 2005 | 呪戒-JUKAI- | |
| 2005 | Letters from Kanai NiraiFuki Asato | |
| 2005 | Shining Boy and Little RandyEmi Murakami | |
| 2005 | Tetsujin 28: The MovieMami Tachibana | |
| 2005 | Filming H&A | |
| 2005 | Tiger & Dragon SpecialRisa | |
| 2005 | Tiger and DragonRisa | |
| 2004 | Hana & AliceTetsuko Arisugawa (Alice) | |
| 2004 | Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special | |
| 2004 | Mask de 41Haruka Kuramochi | |
| 2004 | The Diary from the Past | |
| 2004 | Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and BrotherNanako | |
| 2004 | Umineko - InseparableMiya Noda | |
| 2003 | Worst by ChanceHarada's Girlfriend | |
| 2003 | 1980Rika Hashiba | |
| 2003 | Kou Kou KyoushiEzawa Mami | |
| 2003 | Hana & AliceAlice | |
| 2003 | 14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜 | |
| 2003 | Dr. Coto's Clinic仲依ミナ | |
| 2002 | Harmful InsectNatsuko Yamaoka | |
| 2002 | All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" | |
| 2002 | Olfactogram | |
| 2002 | The Summer Promise | |
| 2001 | All About Lily Chou-ChouShiori Tsuda | |
| 2001 | Ao to Shiro de MizuiroShiina Kasumi | |
| 1990 | Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen | |
| - | 無用の人 | |
| - | Human Vapor |