Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Biography

Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.

Personal info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-05-12

Place of birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Images

Cast

Noise

Noise

2022

5.80

Villain

Villain

2010

6.61

Departures

Departures

2008

7.80

Gonin 2

Gonin 2

1996

7.00

The Exam

The Exam

1999

0.00

Virgin Snow

Virgin Snow

2007

6.60

Rebirth

Rebirth

2011

7.56

Crossroads

Crossroads

2011

6.50

Dearest

Dearest

2012

6.80

Dog Star

Dog Star

2002

7.50

Winter Rose

Winter Rose

2022

5.00

Dear Doctor

Dear Doctor

2009

6.40

Aiki

Aiki

2002

4.30

Hysteric

Hysteric

2000

0.00

Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower

2005

7.10

Time Leap

Time Leap

1997

0.00

Black Dawn

Black Dawn

2012

7.10

Wait and See

Wait and See

1998

6.83

Omokage

Omokage

2023

0.00

Suicide Club

Suicide Club

2001

6.50

Pacchigi!

Pacchigi!

2005

6.20

Air Doll

Air Doll

2009

7.00

Via Okinawa

Via Okinawa

1989

6.50

Omotenashi

Omotenashi

2018

4.70

The Ice Ruts

The Ice Ruts

2016

7.00

Passion

Passion

1992

6.50

Oka wo koete

Oka wo koete

2008

0.00

Amagi Pass

Amagi Pass

1998

1.00

AI Amok

AI Amok

2020

7.10

Yumeji

Yumeji

1991

6.40

Dirty Hearts

Dirty Hearts

2012

6.60

Oh My God

Oh My God

2002

0.00

Yamato

Yamato

2005

5.40

Red

Red

2020

4.70

Hotel Royal

Hotel Royal

2020

5.20

Giwaku

Giwaku

2019

7.00

Ace Attorney

Ace Attorney

2012

6.10

Sharaku

Sharaku

1995

6.10

Soup Opera

Soup Opera

2010

8.00

Step

Step

2020

7.20

Galileo XX

Galileo XX

2013

7.10

Suspicion

Suspicion

2003

0.00