
Yu Aoi
Born August 17, 1985 · Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

All About Lily Chou-Chou

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Worst by Chance

Redline

Yamato

Tekkonkinkreet

Children of the Sea

Tokyo Taxi

One Million Yen Girl

Penguin Highway

Umineko - Inseparable

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Tokyo!

Hana & Alice

Tokyo Ghoul

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"

Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero!

Miyori's Forest

Romance Doll
TV Shows

Boogie Woogie

Dr. Coto's Clinic

MOZU

Tiger and Dragon

Until the T-Shirt Dries

Detective Lovesick

Penance

Kou Kou Kyoushi

Asura

Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage

Hello, Detective Hedgehog

All About My Siblings

Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist

My High School Business

Osen

From Miyamoto To You

NHK for School

The Farthest Galaxy

14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜

Hana & Alice

このマンガがすごい!

FRONTIERS
More Movies

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

Rainbow Song

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

The Case of Hana & Alice

Journey to the Shore

Hula Girls

Birds Without Names

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special

Wife of a Spy

Vampire

Mixed Doubles

Sex Is No Laughing Matter

From Miyamoto to You

Tokyo Family

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Penance

Meets the World

What a Wonderful Family!

Honey and Clover

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II

By Chance

What a Wonderful Family! 2

Sylvanian Families: The Movie

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

Patisserie Coin De Rue

Killing

About Her Brother

Japanese Girls Never Die

呪戒-JUKAI-

Over the Fence

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Honokaa Boy

Shining Boy and Little Randy

What a Wonderful Family! 3

A Long Goodbye

Harmful Insect

Welcome to the Quiet Room

The Lightning Tree

Climbing to Spring

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

Flowers

Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu

Fukushima Hula Girls

Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro

Sugar & Spice

Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen

Letters from Kanai Nirai

Henshin

How Dare You?

Tiger & Dragon Special

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother

The Diary from the Past

1980

Good Bye, My Secret Friend

Olfactogram




