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Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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…
Known for
- Human Vapor — Kyoko Kono2026
- How Dare You? — Keiko Ueda2025
- Meets the World — Yuki2025
- Tokyo Taxi — Sumire (young)2025
- Sore Ike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero! — Chapon (voice)2025
- Asura — Takiko2025
- Sylvanian Families: The Movie — Teri Chocolate (voice)2023
- FRONTIERS — Narrator2023
- Boogie Woogie — Reiko Yamato2023
- Dr. Coto's Clinic — Mina Nakai2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Yū Natsui , ( 1985-08-17 ) August 17, 1985 (age 40) , Kasuga, Fukuoka , Japan
- Other name
- Yu Yamasato (after marriage)
- Occupations
- Actress model
- Years active
- 1999–present
- Agent
- Itoh Co.
- Spouse
- Ryota Yamasato ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 )
- Website
- itoh-c.com/artist/aoi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yū
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Kasuga
- Spouse
- Ryōta Yamasato
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Nihon University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Official website
- www.itoh-c.com/artist/aoi
- Image
- Aoi Yu at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2017 (40203519371) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 160
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- date of birth
- 1985-08-17
- Commons category
- Yu Aoi
- name in kana
- あおい ゆう
- name in native language
- 蒼井 優
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Yu Aoi (蒼井 優, Aoi Yū; born August 17, 1985) is a Japanese actress and model. 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 Honey and Clover manga series.
She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the 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.
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