Kimiko Yo
Born May 12, 1956 (Age: 69)
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
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Filmography
橋ものがたり「約束」
2024
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Age: 67
AI Amok
2020
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as Eiko Tanaka
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Age: 63
Shin Godzilla
2016
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as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
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Age: 60
Parasyte: Part 2
2015
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as Izumi Nobuko
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Age: 58
Parasyte: Part 1
2014
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as Izumi Nobuko
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Age: 58
Midnight Diner
2014
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as Chieko Hanawa
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Age: 58
Shield of Straw
2013
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Age: 56
Ace Attorney
2012
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as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
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Age: 55
Departures
2008
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as Yuriko Kamimura
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Age: 52
The Ramen Girl
2008
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as Reiko
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Age: 51
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
2005
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as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
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Age: 48
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
2005
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as Tezuka Yukino
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Age: 48
Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000
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as Aya's Mother
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Age: 44
Another Battle
2000
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Age: 44
No Image
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
2000
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Age: 44
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000
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Age: 44
Timeless Melody
2000
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as Chikako's Mother
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Age: 43
Amagi Pass
1998
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Age: 41
No Image
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
1997
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Age: 41
Time Leap
1997
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Age: 41
The President's Christmas Tree
1996
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Age: 40
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
1991
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Age: 35
No Image
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
1991
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Age: 35
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991
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Age: 35
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
1991
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Age: 35
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
1991
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Age: 34
Baian the Assassin
1990
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Age: 34