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Yu Aoi
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.
Known For
All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Shiori Tsuda
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi Takani
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
as Megumi Takani
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
as Megumi Takani
Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
as Megumi Takani
Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)
Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice)
The Case of Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
as Miime (voice)
