Acting credits
102
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Yu Aoi
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 79Series: 23
TMDB ID: 84028
IMDb ID: nm1066974
Known for: Acting
Born: August 17, 1985
Age: 40
Place of birth: Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.97
Wikidata: Q262878
Also known as
Yû Aoi • Yū Aoi • 夏井 優 • Yū Natsui • 蒼井 優 • 나츠이 유우 • Yuu Aoi • یو آویی
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Yu Aoi.
8.0
Tokyo Taxi
2025 Movie
Meets the World
as Yuki
2025 Movie
2.5
How Dare You?
2025 Movie
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
as Chapon (voice)
2025 Movie
6.0
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
as Teri Chocolate (voice)
2023 Movie
7.6
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Mina Nakai
2022 Movie
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
as Fusako Torii
2021 Movie
7.0
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as Momoko
2021 Movie
7.7
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi Takani
2021 Movie
6.7
Wife of a Spy
as Satoko Fukuhara
2020 Movie
7.1
Romance Doll
as Sonoko Kitamura
2020 Movie
6.1
From Miyamoto to You
as Yasuko Nakano
2019 Movie
6.8
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Geisha
2019 Movie
7.1
Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
2019 Movie
6.9
A Long Goodbye
as Fumi Higashi
2019 Movie
7.2
Killing
as Yu
2018 Movie
7.1
Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice)
2018 Movie
7.6
What a Wonderful Family! 3
as Noriko Mamiya
2018 Movie
6.3
Birds Without Names
as Towako Kitahara
2017 Movie
6.6
Mixed Doubles
as Yo
2017 Movie
7.1
Tokyo Ghoul
as Rize Kamishiro
2017 Movie
7.0
What a Wonderful Family! 2
as Noriko Mamiya
2017 Movie
6.5
Japanese Girls Never Die
as Haruko Azumi
2016 Movie
6.5
Over the Fence
as Satoshi Tamura
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Yu Aoi.
8.0
Asura
as Takiko • 7 eps
2025 Series
FRONTIERS
as Narrator • 2 eps
2023 Series
Boogie Woogie
as Reiko Yamato • 127 eps
2023 Series
7.0
From Miyamoto To You
as 中野靖子 • 12 eps
2018 Series
8.0
My High School Business
as Chihiro Mashiba • 10 eps
2017 Series
6.6
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
as Setsuko Kawai • 10 eps
2017 Series
6.8
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
as 梦乃 • 10 eps
2015 Series
8.3
All About My Siblings
as Azusa Sawabe • 11 eps
2014 Series
8.8
MOZU
as Shiori Nanami • 5 eps
2014 Series
8.0
NHK for School
20 eps
2013 Series
The Farthest Galaxy
as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.8
Penance
as Sae Kikuchi • 5 eps
2012 Series
7.0
Detective Lovesick
as Setsuko Konuma • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.2
Osen
as Sen Handa • 10 eps
2008 Series
5.0
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko • 12 eps
2008 Series
8.2
Galileo
as Kanbara Atsuko • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.6
Tiger and Dragon
as Risa • 11 eps
2005 Series
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
1 eps
2003 Series
8.6
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 仲依ミナ • 11 eps
2003 Series
Hana & Alice
as Alice • 3 eps
2003 Series
10.0
Kou Kou Kyoushi
as Ezawa Mami • 11 eps
2003 Series
9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
5 eps
1990 Series
Human Vapor
8 eps
Series