Yu Aoi
Acting
Born 1985-08-17 · 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.
Known for
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014 · Movie
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021 · Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014 · Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 · Movie
Redline
2009 · Movie
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001 · Movie
Tekkonkinkreet
2006 · Movie
The Case of Hana & Alice
2015 · Movie
Penguin Highway
2018 · Movie
Tokyo Family
2013 · Movie
Rainbow Song
2006 · Movie
Children of the Sea
2019 · Movie
Penance
2013 · Movie
Tokyo Ghoul
2017 · Movie
Tokyo Taxi
2025 · Movie
One Million Yen Girl
2008 · Movie
Climbing to Spring
2014 · Movie
What a Wonderful Family!
2016 · Movie
What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018 · Movie
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
2010 · Movie
Killing
2018 · Movie
Romance Doll
2020 · Movie
Hana & Alice
2004 · Movie
Tokyo!
2008 · Movie
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022 · Movie
What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017 · Movie
Tiger & Dragon Special
2005 · Movie
Miyori's Forest
2009 · Movie
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
2007 · Movie
Worst by Chance
2003 · Movie
A Long Goodbye
2019 · Movie
Flowers
2010 · Movie
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012 · Movie
Harmful Insect
2002 · Movie
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2020 · Movie
The Lightning Tree
2010 · Movie
Meets the World
2025 · Movie
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011 · Movie
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
2009 · Movie
呪戒-JUKAI-
2005 · Movie
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004 · Movie
The Diary from the Past
2004 · Movie
Olfactogram
2002 · Movie
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004 · Movie
By Chance
2011 · Movie
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
2025 · Movie
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021 · Movie
Filming H&A
2005 · Movie
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019 · Movie
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011 · Movie
Hula Girls
2006 · Movie
Letters from Kanai Nirai
2005 · Movie
Henshin
2005 · Movie
1980
2003 · Movie
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
2001 · Movie
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007 · Movie
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
2014 · Movie
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005 · Movie
Japanese Girls Never Die
2016 · Movie
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023 · Movie