Yu Aoi

Actor Aug 17 (age 40) Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan 1990–2025 (35 year career)

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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 Jap…

Known For

Film

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Megumi Takani

Film

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Megumi Takani

Film

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Megumi Takani

Film

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Megumi Takani

Film

Redline

Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

Film

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Miime (voice)

Film

Tekkonkinkreet

Shiro (voice)

Film

Tokyo Ghoul

Rize Kamishiro

Filmography

Acting (110)

Movies (82)

Meets the World

2025

as Yuki

Tokyo Taxi

How Dare You?

as Keiko Ueda

Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!

2025

as Chapon (voice)

Sylvanian Families: The Movie

2023

as Teri Chocolate (voice)

6.0

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022

as Mina Nakai

7.6

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

2021

as Megumi Takani

7.7

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

2021

as Momoko

7.0

Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu

2021

as Fusako Torii

Wife of a Spy

as Satoko Fukuhara

Romance Doll

as Sonoko Kitamura

Children of the Sea

as Kanako Azumi (voice)

7.1

A Long Goodbye

2019

as Fumi Higashi

7.0

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

as Geisha

From Miyamoto to You

as Yasuko Nakano

Penguin Highway

as Onē-san (voice)

What a Wonderful Family! 3

as Noriko Mamiya

Killing

as Yu

What a Wonderful Family! 2

as Noriko Mamiya

Tokyo Ghoul

as Rize Kamishiro

Mixed Doubles

as Yo

Birds Without Names

as Towako Kitahara

What a Wonderful Family!

2016

as Noriko Mamiya

7.3

Japanese Girls Never Die

as Haruko Azumi

Over the Fence

as Satoshi Tamura

The Case of Hana & Alice

2015

as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)

7.3

Journey to the Shore

2015

as Tomoko

6.5

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

2014

as Megumi Takani

7.6

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

as Megumi Takani

Climbing to Spring

as Ai Takazawa

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

as Neko no me o gin

四代目市川猿之助斬新という宿命

Tokyo Family

as Noriko Mamiya

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

as Miime (voice)

Penance

as Sae Kikuchi

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012

as Megumi Takani

7.5

Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen

2012

7.3

Fukushima Hula Girls

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Patisserie Coin De Rue

as Natsume Usuba

Vampire

as Mina

By Chance

The Lightning Tree

as Rai / Yu

About Her Brother

as Koharu Takano

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II

as Jadwiga (voice)

Flowers

as Rin

Redline

as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)

Miyori's Forest

as Miyori (voice)

Honokaa Boy

as Kaoru

Good Bye, My Secret Friend

2009

as Narrator

Tokyo!

2008

as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")

6.9

One Million Yen Girl

2008

as Suzuko Sato

7.1

Sex Is No Laughing Matter

2008

as En

5.9

Welcome to the Quiet Room

as Miki

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

as Tanyu

Best Wishes for Tomorrow

as Kazuko Moribe

Hula Girls

as Kimiko Tanikawa

Sugar & Spice

as Girl on the Bus

Tekkonkinkreet

as Shiro (voice)

Rainbow Song

as Kana Sato

Honey and Clover

as Hagu

Shining Boy and Little Randy

2005

as Emi Murakami

4.2

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

as Kujaku Ogitani

呪戒-JUKAI-

Yamato

as Taeko

Letters from Kanai Nirai

as Fuki Asato

Henshin

as Kei Hamura

Tetsujin 28: The Movie

as Mami Tachibana

Filming H&A

Mask de 41

as Haruka Kuramochi

Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother

2004

as Nanako

Hana & Alice

2004

as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)

6.9

Umineko - Inseparable

2004

as Miya Noda

1.0

The Diary from the Past

2004

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special

2004

Worst by Chance

2003

as Harada's Girlfriend

1980

as Rika Hashiba

Harmful Insect

as Natsuko Yamaoka

Olfactogram

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"

2002

4.7

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001

as Shiori Tsuda

7.4

Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro

2001

as Shiina Kasumi

6.0

無用の人

Television (28)

Asura

2025

as Takiko

8.0

Boogie Woogie

2023

as Reiko Yamato

FRONTIERS

2023

as Narrator

20th year reunion

as self

From Miyamoto To You

as 中野靖子

このマンガがすごい！

as navigator

Hello, Detective Hedgehog

2017

as Setsuko Kawai

6.6

My High School Business

2017

as Chihiro Mashiba

8.0

We're Millennials. Got a Problem?

2016

as Kumi Kasagi

8.1

Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist

as 梦乃

Song FUKUYAMA

MOZU

as Shiori Nanami

All About My Siblings

2014

as Azusa Sawabe

8.3

The Farthest Galaxy

2013

as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike

NHK for School

Penance

as Sae Kikuchi

Detective Lovesick

as Setsuko Konuma

Osen

as Sen Handa

Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage

2008

as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko

Galileo

as Kanbara Atsuko

Tiger and Dragon

as Risa

Dr. Coto's Clinic

as 仲依ミナ

Hana & Alice

as Alice

Kou Kou Kyoushi

as Ezawa Mami

14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜

The Summer Promise

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

1990

9.5

Human Vapor