Yu Aoi
Actor
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
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
as Megumi Takani 2012
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
as Megumi Takani 2014
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
as Megumi Takani 2014
Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice) 2009
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi Takani 2021
Tekkonkinkreet
as Shiro (voice) 2006
Tokyo Ghoul
as Rize Kamishiro 2017
Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice) 2019
All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Shiori Tsuda 2001
Tokyo!
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo") 2008
Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice) 2018
The Case of Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice) 2015
Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice) 2004
Wife of a Spy
as Satoko Fukuhara 2020
Tokyo Family
as Noriko Mamiya 2013
Journey to the Shore
as Tomoko 2015