Yu Aoi
Birthday
1985/08/17 (39 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Also know as
Yû Aoi, Yū Aoi, 夏井 優, Yū Natsui, 蒼井 優, 나츠이 유우, Yuu Aoi, یو آویی
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...Read more
Acting
(2007) Mushi-Shi: The Movie
as Tanyu
(2009) Miyori's Forest
as Miyori (voice)
(2008) Tokyo!
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
(2004) Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
(2006) Tekkonkinkreet
as Shiro (voice)
(2005) Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
as Kujaku Ogitani
(2010) Flowers
as Rin
(2006) Hula Girls
as Kimiko Tanikawa
(2006) Rainbow Song
as Kana Sato
(2003) Worst by Chance
as Harada's Girlfriend
(2001) All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Shiori Tsuda
(2007) Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Miki
(2011) Patisserie Coin De Rue
as Natsume Usuba
(2010) About Her Brother
as Koharu Takano
(2005) Yamato
as Taeko
(2008) One Million Yen Girl
as Suzuko Satô
(2005) Henshin
as Kei Hamura
(2010) Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
as Jadwiga (voice)
(2011) Fukushima Hula Girls
as Narrator (voice)
(2009) Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
(2008) Sex Is No Laughing Matter
as En
(2006) Honey and Clover
as Hagu
(2004) Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
as ---
(2002) Harmful Insect
as Natsuko Yamaoka
(2012) Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
as Megumi Takani
(2011) Vampire
as Mina
(2004) Mask de 41
as Haruka Kuramochi
(2013) Penance
as Sae Kikuchi
(2004) The Diary from the Past
as ---
(2010) The Lightning Tree
as Rai / Yu
(2013) Space Pirate Captain Harlock
as Miime (voice)
(2014) Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
as Megumi Takani
(2014) Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
as Megumi Takani
(2023) Sylvanian Families: The Movie
as Teri Chocolate (voice)
(2005) 呪戒-JUKAI-
as ---
(2001) Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
as Shiina Kasumi
(2014) Climbing to Spring
as Ai Takazawa
(2022) Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Mina Nakai
(2015) Journey to the Shore
as Tomoko
(2005) Letters from Kanai Nirai
as Fuki Asato
(2015) The Case of Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
(2014) 四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
as ---
(2003) 1980
as Rika Hashiba
(2013) Tokyo Family
as Noriko Mamiya
(2016) What a Wonderful Family!
as Noriko Mamiya
(2016) Japanese Girls Never Die
as Haruko Azumi
(2006) Sugar & Spice
as Girl on the Bus
(2016) Over the Fence
as Satoshi Tamura
(2005) Shining Boy and Little Randy
as Emi Murakami
(2014) Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
as Neko no me o gin
(2017) Tokyo Ghoul
as Rize Kamishiro
(2009) Honokaa Boy
as Kaoru
(2017) What a Wonderful Family! 2
as Noriko Mamiya
(2017) Birds Without Names
as Towako Kitahara
(2017) Mixed Doubles
as Yo
(2011) By Chance
as ---
(2018) What a Wonderful Family! 3
as Noriko Mamiya
(2018) Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice)
(2018) Killing
as Yu
(2019) A Long Goodbye
as Fumi Higashi
(2019) Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
(2019) From Miyamoto to You
as Yasuko Nakano
(2020) Romance Doll
as Sonoko Kitamura
(2021) Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi Takani
(2020) Wife of a Spy
as Satoko Fukuhara
(2007) Best Wishes for Tomorrow
as Kazuko Moribe
(2021) Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as Momoko
(2019) They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Geisha
(2004) Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
as Nanako
(2005) Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Mami Tachibana
(2004) Umineko - Inseparable
as Miya Noda
(2012) Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
as ---
(2009) Good Bye, My Secret Friend
as Narrator
(2005) Filming H&A
as ---
(2002) All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
as ---
(2021) Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
as Fusako Torii
(2018) From Miyamoto To You
as 中野靖子
(2005) Tiger and Dragon
as Risa
(2012) Penance
as Sae Kikuchi
(1990) Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
as ---
(2014) All About My Siblings
as Azusa Sawabe
(2014) MOZU
as Shiori Nanami
(2008) Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
(2003) Kou Kou Kyoushi
as Ezawa Mami
(2008) Osen
as Sen Handa
(2016) We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
as Kumi Kasagi
(2017) My High School Business
as Chihiro Mashiba
(2017) Hello, Detective Hedgehog
as Setsuko Kawai
(2025) Asura
as Takiko
(2003) Hana & Alice
as Alice
(2023) FRONTIERS
as Narrator
(2015) Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
as 梦乃
(2003) 14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
as ---
(2013) The Farthest Galaxy
as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
(2003) Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 仲依ミナ
(2010) Detective Lovesick
as Setsuko Konuma
(2002) The Summer Promise
as ---
(2015) Song FUKUYAMA
as ---
The Human Vapor
as ---
(2021) 20th year reunion
as self
(2013) NHK for School
as ---
(2023) Boogie Woogie
as Reiko Yamato
(2007) Galileo
as Kanbara Atsuko