Actor
Yu Aoi
Born 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.
Acting
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Megumi Takani · 2012
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Megumi Takani · 2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Megumi Takani · 2014
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Megumi Takani · 2021
Redline
Sonoshee McLaren (voice) · 2009
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Miime (voice) · 2013
Tekkonkinkreet
Shiro (voice) · 2006
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Shiori Tsuda · 2001
Tokyo Ghoul
Rize Kamishiro · 2017
Children of the Sea
Kanako Azumi (voice) · 2019
Penguin Highway
Onē-san (voice) · 2018
Tokyo!
Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo") · 2008
The Case of Hana & Alice
Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice) · 2015
Hana & Alice
Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice) · 2004
Tokyo Family
Noriko Mamiya · 2013
Galileo
Kanbara Atsuko · 2007
Wife of a Spy
Satoko Fukuhara · 2020
One Million Yen Girl
Suzuko Sato · 2008
Killing
Yu · 2018
Penance
Sae Kikuchi · 2013
Asura
Takiko · 2025
Romance Doll
Sonoko Kitamura · 2020
Journey to the Shore
Tomoko · 2015
Ryōmaden
Omoto · 2010