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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 17, 1985
Place of Birth
Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Also Known As
- Yû Aoi
- Yū Aoi
- 夏井 優
- Yū Natsui
- 蒼井 優
- 나츠이 유우
- Yuu Aoi
- یو آویی
Yu Aoi
4.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Futsuu no Kodomo
2025
7.9
Takiko
Asura
2025
0.0
Narrator
FRONTIERS
2023
6.0
Teri Chocolate (voice)
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
2023
0.0
Reiko Yamato
Boogie Woogie
2023
7.3
Mina Nakai
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
🎬
8.8
self
20th year reunion
2021
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Fusako Torii
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021
7.0
Momoko
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
2021
7.7
Megumi Takani
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
Credits
Futsuu no Kodomo
2025
0.0
Asura
as Takiko
2025
7.9
FRONTIERS
as Narrator
2023
0.0
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
as Teri Chocolate (voice)
2023
6.0
Boogie Woogie
as Reiko Yamato
2023
0.0
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Mina Nakai
2022
7.3
🎬
20th year reunion
as self
2021
8.8
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
as Fusako Torii
2021
0.0
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as Momoko
2021
7.0
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi Takani
2021
7.7
Wife of a Spy
as Satoko Fukuhara
2020
6.8
Romance Doll
as Sonoko Kitamura
2020
7.2
From Miyamoto to You
as Yasuko Nakano
2019
6.3
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Geisha
2019
6.8
Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
2019
7.1
A Long Goodbye
as Fumi Higashi
2019
6.9
Killing
as Yu
2018
7.4
Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice)
2018
7.1
What a Wonderful Family! 3
as Noriko Mamiya
2018
7.6
From Miyamoto To You
as 中野靖子
2018
6.0
Birds Without Names
as Towako Kitahara
2017
6.4
Mixed Doubles
as Yo
2017
6.6
My High School Business
as Chihiro Mashiba
2017
8.0
Tokyo Ghoul
as Rize Kamishiro
2017
7.1
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
as Setsuko Kawai
2017
6.6
What a Wonderful Family! 2
as Noriko Mamiya
2017
7.0
Japanese Girls Never Die
as Haruko Azumi
2016
6.5
Over the Fence
as Satoshi Tamura
2016
6.5
What a Wonderful Family!
as Noriko Mamiya
2016
7.2
🎬
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
7.0
Journey to the Shore
as Tomoko
2015
6.5
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
as 梦乃
2015
6.8
The Case of Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
2015
7.3
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
as Megumi Takani
2014
7.7
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
as Megumi Takani
2014
7.6
All About My Siblings
as Azusa Sawabe
2014
8.3
Climbing to Spring
as Ai Takazawa
2014
8.3
MOZU
as Shiori Nanami
2014
8.8
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
as Neko no me o gin
2014
5.0
🎬
四代目市川猿之助 斬新という宿命
2014
0.0
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
as Miime (voice)
2013
6.6
Penance
as Sae Kikuchi
2013
7.3
NHK for School
2013
8.0
The Farthest Galaxy
as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
2013
0.0
Tokyo Family
as Noriko Mamiya
2013
7.3
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012
7.0
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
as Megumi Takani
2012
7.5
Penance
as Sae Kikuchi
2012
7.8
Fukushima Hula Girls
as Narrator (voice)
2011
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By Chance
2011
0.0
Vampire
as Mina
2011
5.9
Patisserie Coin De Rue
as Natsume Usuba
2011
6.8
The Lightning Tree
as Rai / Yu
2010
6.4
Detective Lovesick
as Setsuko Konuma
2010
7.0
Flowers
as Rin
2010
7.0
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
as Jadwiga (voice)
2010
7.3
About Her Brother
as Koharu Takano
2010
6.3
Miyori's Forest
as Miyori (voice)
2009
7.1
Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
2009
7.5
Good Bye, My Secret Friend
as Narrator
2009
0.0
Honokaa Boy
as Kaoru
2009
5.7
Tokyo!
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
2008
6.9
One Million Yen Girl
as Suzuko Sato
2008
7.1
Osen
as Sen Handa
2008
8.2
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
2008
5.0
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
as En
2008
6.2
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
as Kazuko Moribe
2007
0.0
Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Miki
2007
6.7
Galileo
as Kanbara Atsuko
2007
8.2
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
as Tanyu
2007
6.0
Rainbow Song
as Kana Sato
2006
7.5
Tekkonkinkreet
as Shiro (voice)
2006
7.4
Sugar & Spice
as Girl on the Bus
2006
5.6
Hula Girls
as Kimiko Tanikawa
2006
6.8
Honey and Clover
as Hagu
2006
6.4
Yamato
as Taeko
2005
5.4
Henshin
as Kei Hamura
2005
6.0
Shining Boy and Little Randy
as Emi Murakami
2005
4.8
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
as Kujaku Ogitani
2005
6.3
Letters from Kanai Nirai
as Fuki Asato
2005
6.7
Tiger and Dragon
as Risa
2005
6.6
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Mami Tachibana
2005
6.0
呪戒-JUKAI-
2005
0.0
Filming H&A
2005
0.0
Umineko - Inseparable
as Miya Noda
2004
1.0
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
as Nanako
2004
0.0
Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
2004
0.0
Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
2004
7.0
The Diary from the Past
2004
0.0
🎬
Mask de 41
as Haruka Kuramochi
2004
0.0
1980
as Rika Hashiba
2003
0.0
Worst by Chance
as Harada's Girlfriend
2003
0.0
14ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜
2003
0.0
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 仲依ミナ
2003
8.6
Hana & Alice
as Alice
2003
0.0
Kou Kou Kyoushi
as Ezawa Mami
2003
10.0
🎬
The Summer Promise
2002
0.0
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002
4.5
Harmful Insect
as Natsuko Yamaoka
2002
6.8
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
as Shiina Kasumi
2001
6.0
All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Shiori Tsuda
2001
7.4
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
9.5
🎬
Human Vapor
N/A
0.0