Yu Aoi
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
A Long Goodbye
2019
as Fumi Higashi
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
as Megumi Takani
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
as Megumi Takani
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
2014
as Megumi Takani
Tokyo!
2008
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Redline
2009
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
2014
as Megumi Takani
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
as Shiori Tsuda
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
as Miime (voice)
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
as Shiro (voice)
Penguin Highway
2018
as Onē-san (voice)
Children of the Sea
2019
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
One Million Yen Girl
2008
as Suzuko Sato
Miyori's Forest
2009
as Miyori (voice)
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005
as Kujaku Ogitani
Hana & Alice
2004
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
Penance
2013
as Sae Kikuchi
Tokyo Ghoul
2017
as Rize Kamishiro
The Lightning Tree
2010
as Rai / Yu
About Her Brother
2010
as Koharu Takano