Yu Aoi
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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1985-08-17
Place of birth
Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Images
Cast
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007
6.00
Miyori's Forest
2009
7.10
Tokyo!
2008
6.93
Hana & Alice
2004
7.00
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
7.40
Flowers
2010
7.00
Hula Girls
2006
6.80
Rainbow Song
2006
7.50
Worst by Chance
2003
0.00
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
7.40
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007
6.70
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011
6.80
About Her Brother
2010
6.30
Yamato
2005
5.40
One Million Yen Girl
2008
7.10
Henshin
2005
6.00
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010
7.30
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011
0.00
Redline
2009
7.53
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008
6.20
Honey and Clover
2006
6.40
Harmful Insect
2002
6.80
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
7.53
Vampire
2011
6.00
Mask de 41
2004
0.00
Penance
2013
7.30
The Diary from the Past
2004
0.00
The Lightning Tree
2010
6.40
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
6.62
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
6.00
呪戒-JUKAI-
2005
0.00
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
2001
6.00
Climbing to Spring
2014
8.30
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
7.30
Journey to the Shore
2015
6.50
Letters from Kanai Nirai
2005
6.70
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015
7.30
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2014
0.00
1980
2003
0.00
Tokyo Family
2013
7.30
What a Wonderful Family!
2016
7.22
Japanese Girls Never Die
2016
6.47
Sugar & Spice
2006
5.60
Over the Fence
2016
6.70
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005
4.80
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014
5.00
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
7.10
Honokaa Boy
2009
5.70
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017
6.98
Birds Without Names
2017
6.40
Mixed Doubles
2017
6.56
By Chance
2011
0.00
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018
7.60
Penguin Highway
2018
7.15
Killing
2018
7.35
A Long Goodbye
2019
6.90
Children of the Sea
2019
7.09
From Miyamoto to You
2019
6.27
Romance Doll
2020
7.20
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
7.74
Wife of a Spy
2020
6.77
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007
0.00
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2021
7.00
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
6.80
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005
6.00
Umineko - Inseparable
2004
1.00
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012
7.00
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
2009
0.00
Filming H&A
2005
0.00
