
Yu Aoi
Acting
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.
Born: August 17, 1985
Place of Birth: Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
Known For

Kou Kou Kyoushi
Hina, a student at Nikko High School, goes out one evening with her classmate Beniko. They get split up and Hina ends up in a strange meeting with a man named Ikumi in a game arcade. The next day, Ikumi turns up as the new teacher at her school. Ikumi doesn't seem to recognize Hina but the wheels of fate are slowly moving to reunite them in what is a passionate story of forbidden love.

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

MOZU
An explosion take place in a street of Tokyo. Many people were killed or seriously injured. One casualty is Chihiro, the wife of Public Security chief inspector Kuraki Naotake. While trying to find why his wife was being implicated in the explosion case, Kuraki comes into contact with Public Security sergeant Akeboshi Miki and Metropolitan Police Department inspector Osugi Ryota who are also investigating this case.

Dr. Coto's Clinic
Dr. Goto Kensuke transfers to a remote island clinic after an incident at his Tokyo hospital. His first task: winning over the wary locals.

Climbing to Spring
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father’s footsteps?

All About My Siblings
Five siblings struggle to live together after their parents have passed away. Arguments are a norm, and each have their own problems with studying, finding a job, marriage, etc. But no matter how dysfunctional their family can be, blood is thicker than water and the ties that bind will keep them together through thick and thin.

Osen
Handa Sen is the "okami" (proprietress) of a long-standing restaurant in one of Tokyo's lower districts. Though she is normally airheaded and loves to drink, she has an impressive mastery of a wide range of skills, from cooking to ceramics to calligraphy. While the drama follows various events surrounding the restaurant, one of the series' highlights is its illustration of Japanese food and culture.

Galileo
Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases.

Best Wishes for Tomorrow
A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen.

My High School Business
Rosuke Narumi works at a trading company and he is pretty good at his job. He dates Satoko Matsubara. The trading company has a business relationship with a private high school experiencing some difficulties. One day, Rosuke Narumi is appointed as the principle of the private high school. Rosuke Narumi soon discovers how different the work environment is from his previous job. So the school can run in the black, Rosuke Narumi implements cost cutting measures. School staff members including Chihiro Mashiba oppose his plan.
Filmography
as Yuki
as Chapon (voice)
as Takiko
as Narrator
as Teri Chocolate (voice)
as Reiko Yamato
as Mina Nakai
as Fusako Torii
as Momoko
as Megumi Takani
as Satoko Fukuhara
as Sonoko Kitamura
as Yasuko Nakano
as Geisha
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
as Fumi Higashi
as Yu
as Onē-san (voice)
as Noriko Mamiya
as 中野靖子
as Towako Kitahara
as Yo
as Chihiro Mashiba
as Rize Kamishiro
as Setsuko Kawai
as Noriko Mamiya
as Haruko Azumi
as Satoshi Tamura
as Noriko Mamiya
as Tomoko
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
as Megumi Takani
as Megumi Takani
as Azusa Sawabe
as Ai Takazawa
as Shiori Nanami
as Neko no me o gin
as Miime (voice)
as Sae Kikuchi
as Misato Ebata / Akane Seike
as Noriko Mamiya
as Megumi Takani
as Sae Kikuchi
as Narrator (voice)
as Mina
as Natsume Usuba
as Rai / Yu
as Setsuko Konuma
as Rin
as Jadwiga (voice)
as Koharu Takano
as Miyori (voice)
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
as Narrator
as Kaoru
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
as Suzuko Sato
as Sen Handa
as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/Suzuko
as Kazuko Moribe
as Miki
as Kanbara Atsuko
as Tanyu
as Kana Sato
as Shiro (voice)
as Girl on the Bus
as Kimiko Tanikawa
as Hagu
as Taeko
as Kei Hamura
as Emi Murakami
as Kujaku Ogitani
as Fuki Asato
as Risa
as Mami Tachibana
as Miya Noda
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)
as Rika Hashiba
as Harada's Girlfriend
as 仲依ミナ
as Alice
as Ezawa Mami
as Natsuko Yamaoka
as Shiina Kasumi
as Shiori Tsuda