Yu Aoi

Acting · Born 1985-08-17 in Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

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

• Tekkonkinkreet as Shiro (voice)
• All About Lily Chou-Chou as Shiori Tsuda
• Redline as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
• Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins as Megumi Takani
• Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno as Megumi Takani
• Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends as Megumi Takani
• Tokyo Ghoul as Rize Kamishiro
• Penguin Highway as Onē-san (voice)
• Children of the Sea as Kanako Azumi (voice)
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Final as Megumi Takani

TV

• From Miyamoto To You as 中野靖子
• Tiger and Dragon as Risa
• Penance as Sae Kikuchi
• Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
• All About My Siblings as Azusa Sawabe
• MOZU as Shiori Nanami
• Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
• Kou Kou Kyoushi as Ezawa Mami
• Osen as Sen Handa
• My High School Business as Chihiro Mashiba