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.

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ACTING

Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2007)

Miyori's Forest (2009)

Tokyo! (2008)

Hana & Alice (2004)

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (2005)

Flowers (2010)

Hula Girls (2006)

Rainbow Song (2006)

Worst by Chance (2003)

All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)

Patisserie Coin De Rue (2011)

About Her Brother (2010)

Yamato (2005)

One Million Yen Girl (2008)

Henshin (2005)

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010)

Fukushima Hula Girls (2011)

Redline (2009)

Sex Is No Laughing Matter (2008)

Honey and Clover (2006)

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special (2004)

Harmful Insect (2002)

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

Vampire (2011)

Mask de 41 (2004)

Penance (2013)

The Diary from the Past (2004)

The Lightning Tree (2010)

Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014)

Sylvanian Families: The Movie (2023)

呪戒-JUKAI- (2005)

Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro (2001)

Climbing to Spring (2014)

Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)

Journey to the Shore (2015)

Letters from Kanai Nirai (2005)

The Case of Hana & Alice (2015)

四代目市川猿之助斬新という宿命 (2014)

1980 (2003)

Tokyo Family (2013)

What a Wonderful Family! (2016)

Japanese Girls Never Die (2016)

Sugar & Spice (2006)

Over the Fence (2016)

Shining Boy and Little Randy (2005)

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III (2014)

Tokyo Ghoul (2017)

Honokaa Boy (2009)

What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)

Birds Without Names (2017)

Mixed Doubles (2017)

By Chance (2011)

What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)

Penguin Highway (2018)

Killing (2018)

A Long Goodbye (2019)

Children of the Sea (2019)

From Miyamoto to You (2019)

Romance Doll (2020)

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)

Wife of a Spy (2020)

Best Wishes for Tomorrow (2007)

Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone (2020)

They Say Nothing Stays the Same (2019)

Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother (2004)

Tetsujin 28: The Movie (2005)

Umineko - Inseparable (2004)

Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen (2012)

Good Bye, My Secret Friend (2009)

Filming H&A (2005)

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" (2002)

Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu (2021)

How Dare You? (2025)

Meets the World (2025)

Tokyo Taxi (2025)

Olfactogram (2002)

Go! Anpanman: Chapon’s Hero! (2025)

Tiger & Dragon Special (2005)

Muyo no Hito

戦争童画集～75年目のショートストーリー～ (2020)

From Miyamoto To You (2018)

Tiger and Dragon (2005)

Penance (2012)

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

All About My Siblings (2014)

MOZU (2014)

Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage (2008)

Kou Kou Kyoushi (2003)

Osen (2008)

My High School Business (2017)

Hello, Detective Hedgehog (2017)

Asura (2025)

Hana & Alice (2003)

FRONTIERS (2023)

Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist (2015)

14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜 (2003)

The Farthest Galaxy (2013)

Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003)

Detective Lovesick (2010)

The Summer Promise (2002)

Song FUKUYAMA (2015)

Human Vapor (2026)

20th year reunion (2021)

NHK for School (2013)

Boogie Woogie (2023)

Galileo (2007)

このマンガがすごい！ (2018)

演技者狂い咲きヴァージンロード (2003)

Ryōmaden (2010)

Until the T-Shirt Dries (2026)

DIRECTING

Wrapped in Poison, Healed by Love (2024)