Yu Aoi
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
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock
as Miime (voice)
2013
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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
as Megumi Takani
2012
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
as Megumi Takani
2014
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Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
2009
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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
as Megumi Takani
2014
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi Takani
2021
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Tekkonkinkreet
as Shiro (voice)
2006
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Tokyo Ghoul
as Rize Kamishiro
2017
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Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
2019
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All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Shiori Tsuda
2001
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Tokyo!
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
2008
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Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice)
2018
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The Case of Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
2015
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Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
2004
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Wife of a Spy
as Satoko Fukuhara
2020
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Journey to the Shore
as Tomoko
2015
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Tokyo Family
as Noriko Mamiya
2013
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Killing
as Yu
2018
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One Million Yen Girl
as Suzuko Sato
2008
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Hula Girls
as Kimiko Tanikawa
2006
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Vampire
as Mina
2011
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Romance Doll
as Sonoko Kitamura
2020
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Mixed Doubles
as Yo
2017
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Mushi-Shi: The Movie
as Tanyu
2007