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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
as Tanyu
2007
Miyori's Forest
as Miyori (voice)
2009
Tokyo!
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
2008
Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
2004
Tekkonkinkreet
as Shiro (voice)
2006
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
as Kujaku Ogitani
2005
Flowers
as Rin
2010
Hula Girls
as Kimiko Tanikawa
2006
Rainbow Song
as Kana Sato
2006
Worst by Chance
as Harada's Girlfriend
2003
All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Shiori Tsuda
2001
Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Miki
2007
Patisserie Coin De Rue
as Natsume Usuba
2011
About Her Brother
as Koharu Takano
2010
Yamato
as Taeko
2005
One Million Yen Girl
as Suzuko Sato
2008
Henshin
as Kei Hamura
2005
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
as Jadwiga (voice)
2010
Fukushima Hula Girls
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
2009
TV Appearances
From Miyamoto To You
as 中野靖子
2018
Tiger and Dragon
as Risa
2005
Penance
as Sae Kikuchi
2012
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
All About My Siblings
as Azusa Sawabe
2014
MOZU
as Shiori Nanami
2014
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
2008
Kou Kou Kyoushi
as Ezawa Mami
2003
Osen
as Sen Handa
2008
My High School Business
as Chihiro Mashiba
2017
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
as Setsuko Kawai
2017
Asura
as Takiko
2025