Yu Aoi
Born August 17, 1985 (Age: 40)
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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.
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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Filmography
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
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as Teri Chocolate (voice)
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Age: 38
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
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as Megumi Takani
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Age: 35
Penguin Highway
2018
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as Onē-san (voice)
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Age: 33
Journey to the Shore
2015
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as Tomoko
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Age: 30
Climbing to Spring
2014
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as Ai Takazawa
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Age: 28
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
2013
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as Miime (voice)
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Age: 28
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012
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as Megumi Takani
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Age: 27
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 26
Tokyo!
2008
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as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
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Age: 22
Olfactogram
2002
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as
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Age: 16
All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001
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as Shiori Tsuda
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Age: 16