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

19 films

Yu Aoi

Biography

Filmography

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

Wife of a Spy

Romance Doll

Children of the Sea

Penguin Highway

Tokyo Ghoul

Journey to the Shore

The Case of Hana & Alice

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Vampire

Redline

Tokyo!

One Million Yen Girl

Tekkonkinkreet

Hana & Alice

All About Lily Chou-Chou