Yu Aoi
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.
Acting
- 2026Until the T-Shirt DriesSakiko Seo10 ep.
- 2026Human VaporKyoko Kono8 ep.
- 2025AsuraTakiko7 ep.
- 2023FRONTIERSNarrator2 ep.
- 2023Boogie WoogieReiko Yamato127 ep.
- 202120th year reunionself13 ep.
- 2018このマンガがすごい！navigator12 ep.
- 2018From Miyamoto to You中野靖子12 ep.
- 2017My High School BusinessChihiro Mashiba10 ep.
- 2017Hello, Detective HedgehogSetsuko Kawai10 ep.
- 2015Song FUKUYAMA4 ep.
- 2015Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist梦乃10 ep.
- 2014All About My SiblingsAzusa Sawabe11 ep.
- 2014MOZUShiori Nanami5 ep.
- 2013NHK for School20 ep.
- 2013The Farthest GalaxyMisato Ebata / Akane Seike2 ep.
- 2012PenanceSae Kikuchi5 ep.
- 2010Detective LovesickSetsuko Konuma1 ep.
- 2010RyōmadenOmoto48 ep.
- 2008OsenSen Handa10 ep.
- 2008Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso CamouflageChika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko12 ep.
- 2007GalileoKanbara Atsuko1 ep.
- 2005Tiger and DragonRisa11 ep.
- 200314ヶ月〜妻が子供に還っていく〜1 ep.
- 2003Dr. Coto's Clinic仲依ミナ11 ep.
- 2003演技者 狂い咲きヴァージンロード4 ep.
- 2003Hana & AliceAlice3 ep.
- 2003Kou Kou KyoushiEzawa Mami11 ep.
- 2002The Summer Promise1 ep.
- 1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen5 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2016Song FUKUYAMA4 ep.
- 2013GalileoKanbara Atsuko1 ep.
- 2010Detective LovesickSetsuko Konuma1 ep.
Also known as: Yû Aoi · Yū Aoi · 夏井 優 · Yū Natsui · 蒼井 優 · 나츠이 유우 · Yuu Aoi · یو آویی