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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.
As actor
How Dare You?
Meets the World
Tokyo Taxi
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
Sylvanian Families: The Movie
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Romance Doll
Wife of a Spy
Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～
A Long Goodbye
Children of the Sea
From Miyamoto to You
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Penguin Highway
Killing
Tokyo Ghoul
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Birds Without Names
Mixed Doubles
What a Wonderful Family!
Japanese Girls Never Die
Over the Fence
Journey to the Shore
The Case of Hana & Alice
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends