Yu Aoi
Acting
114 titles
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.
Filmography
Human Vapor
2026
Tokyo Taxi
2025
Meets the World
2025
How Dare You?
2025
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
2025
Asura
2025
FRONTIERS
2023
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
Boogie Woogie
2023
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
20th year reunion
2021
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2020
Wife of a Spy
2020
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
2020
Romance Doll
2020
From Miyamoto to You
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
Children of the Sea
2019
A Long Goodbye
2019
Killing
2018
このマンガがすごい！
2018
Penguin Highway
2018
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
From Miyamoto To You
2018
Birds Without Names
2017
Mixed Doubles
2017
My High School Business
2017
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
2017
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
Japanese Girls Never Die
2016
Over the Fence
2016
What a Wonderful Family!
2016
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
Journey to the Shore
2015
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
2015
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
All About My Siblings
2014
Climbing to Spring
2014
MOZU
2014
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2014
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
Penance
2013
NHK for School
2013
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
Tokyo Family
2013
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
Penance
2012
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011
By Chance
2011
Vampire
2011
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011
The Lightning Tree
2010
Detective Lovesick
2010
Flowers
2010
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010
About Her Brother
2010
Ryōmaden
2010
Miyori's Forest
2009
Redline
2009
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
2009
Honokaa Boy
2009
Tokyo!
2008
One Million Yen Girl
2008
Osen
2008
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
2008
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007
Galileo
2007
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
Rainbow Song
2006
Sugar & Spice
2006
Hula Girls
2006
Honey and Clover
2006
Yamato
2005
Henshin
2005
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005
Letters from Kanai Nirai
2005
Tiger and Dragon
2005
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
呪戒-JUKAI-
2005
Filming H&A
2005
Tiger & Dragon Special
2005
Umineko - Inseparable
2004
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004
Hana & Alice
2004
The Diary from the Past
2004
Mask de 41
2004
1980
2003
Worst by Chance
2003
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
2003
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード
2003
Hana & Alice
2003
Kou Kou Kyoushi
2003
The Summer Promise
2002
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
Harmful Insect
2002
Olfactogram
2002
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
2001
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
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