Yu Aoi

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.

Known For

Human Vapor 2026 ★ 7.5
Until the T-Shirt Dries 2026 ★ 4.5
Asura 2025 ★ 8.0
Boogie Woogie 2023 ★ 7.0
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final 2021 ★ 7.7
Children of the Sea 2019 ★ 7.1
My High School Business 2017 ★ 8.0
MOZU 2014 ★ 8.6
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno 2014 ★ 7.6
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends 2014 ★ 7.7
Space Pirate Captain Harlock 2013 ★ 6.6
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins 2012 ★ 7.5
Penance 2012 ★ 7.6
Ryōmaden 2010 ★ 9.1
Detective Lovesick 2010 ★ 7.2
Redline 2009 ★ 7.5
Tokyo! 2008 ★ 6.9
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage 2008 ★ 5.0
Galileo 2007 ★ 8.2
Tekkonkinkreet 2006 ★ 7.4
Tiger and Dragon 2005 ★ 7.1
Dr. Coto's Clinic 2003 ★ 8.7
All About Lily Chou-Chou 2001 ★ 7.4
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen 1990 ★ 9.5