Yû Aoi
Encyclopedia
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 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.
, followed by her appearance as a regular on TV Tokyo's Oha SUTA
(The Super Kids Station) in 2000. A year later, she debuted in Shunji Iwai's All About Lily Chou-Chou playing Shiori Tsuda alongside Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari
, Miwako Ichikawa
, and Ayumi Ito
. Aoi would later work in Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro and Gaichu (Harmful Insect) with friend Aoi Miyazaki
. With her first roles on the small and big screen came CMs and endorsements for Sony
, Yamaha
, DoCoMo
, Toshiba
and Coca Cola.
In 2003, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Kit Kat
in Japan, Shunji Iwai shot a series of short films starring Yu Aoi and Anne Suzuki
, which later was expanded into the feature film called Hana & Alice, which earned Aoi the Best Actress award at the Japanese Professional Movie Award.
starring Juri Ueno
, and Yamato
with Shido Nakamura
and Kenichi Matsuyama. This supporting role would earn her one of her double-nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 2007 Japanese Academy Award. She won against herself for her work as Kimiko Tanikawa in the Japanese hit Hula Girls, which was sent to the Academy Awards as the Japanese official selection that year.
To this date, her role as the hula dancing girl from small town Iwaki remains her most successful role yet, earning her a dozen awards as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, alongside her other smaller roles that year as Hagu in Honey & Clover, and Kana Sato in the Shunji-Iwai-produced and Nirai-Kanai-directed Rainbow Song
. Aoi also lent her voice to play Shiro in the animated film Tekkonkinkreet
, the adaptation to the Taiyo Matsumoto
manga, Black and White, directed by Michael Arias
.
During these years, she made commercials for Nintendo
, Canon, Shiseido Cosmetics
, Shueisha Publishing
, Kirin
Beverage and continued endorsing DoCoMo. Moreover, Aoi also released two successful photobooks with Yoko Takahashi
as photographer, and distributed by rockin'on, Travel Sand (2005) and Dandelion (2007). Add to that two interviews with NHK
's Top Runner in 2005, and TBS' Jounetsu (Passion) interview in 2006, which was translated into Korean and Chinese.
2007 also proved to be a prolific year for her as she participated in the live action adaptation of the manga series Mushishi alongside Joe Odagiri
, as well as WOWOW's Don't Laugh at my Romance, Welcome to the Quiet Room
with Yuki Uchida
, and going back to the stage to play Desdemona
in a rendition of Shakespeare's Othello
. For these last two roles, Aoi showed to be moving closer to a more thespian career path by even losing 7 kg. for her role as eating disorder patient, Miki.
2009. WOWOW would also get her for the experimental drama Camouflage (aka. Aoi Yu x 4 Lies), in which Yu Aoi would collaborate with four different directors exploring the theme of lies. The series lasted for 12 episodes, and included work with Ryō Kase
, Yoichi Nukumizu, Shoko Ikezu, Nobuhiro Yamashita
and Yuki Tanada.
A couple of months later, NTV would sign Aoi to play her first TV leading role as Handa Sen in the live action adaptation of Kikuchi Shota's manga series, Osen
, which aired until the end of June with ten episodes.
Next up, Aoi released One Million Yen Girl written and directed by Camouflage director Yuki Tanada, and also released by WOWOW. This was her latest leading film role since Nirai Kanai in 2005, and proved to be a wise career choice later on. However, she didn't forget her supporting roles, and briefly participated in the Japanese World-War-II-jury-themed film Best Wishes for Tomorrow
, as well as the international Tokyo! - a three-short-film collection by Michel Gondry
, Leo Carax and Bong Joon Ho.
In 2009, The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan named Yu Aoi Rookie of the Year in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts, citing her work in her film debut in All About Lily Chou Chou, until her work in One Million Yen Girl.
In June 2009, the movie Ikechan and Me, a live action adaptation of the picture book of the same name by Rieko Saibara, was released. In it she is lending her voice to Ikechan, as well as playing supporting roles in Honokaa Boy and Younger Brother
by Yoji Yamada
.
, for which she was critically acclaimed.
During the same year, she also received both the Blue Ribbon Award
and the Yokohama Film Festival
award for best actress, both for her performance in Hula Girls and her portrayal of Hagumi Hanamoto in the Honey and Clover
live action
movie. She also received the Hochi Film Award
, the Kinema Junpo Award and the Mainichi Film Concours for best supporting actress for her performances in Hula Girls, Honey and Clover and Rainbow Song
. She also received the Nikkan Sports Film Award
for best new talent for her performance in Hula Girls.
Earlier, in 2005, she had also won the Japanese Professional Movie Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Tetsuko (Alice) Arisugawa in Hana and Alice
.
Shunji Iwai
is a Japanese film director/video artist, writer and documentarian.-Life and career:Iwai was born in Sendai, Japan, Miyagi prefecture. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987....
's 2001
2001 in film
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
film
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
All About Lily Chou-Chou
All About Lily Chou-Chou
is a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The film portrays the rough lives of high school children in Japan, and centres around the music of a fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou.-Plot:...
. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice
Hana and Alice
is a 2004 Japanese teen romance film by director Shunji Iwai. The film, shot on HD digital video by the director of photography, Noboru Shinoda, who shared a longstanding working relationship with Shunji Iwai, concerns the life of two girls, the titular Hana and Alice , and the stress placed on...
(2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in the hula
Hula
Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form....
dancing film Hula Girls
Hula Girls
is an award-winning Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006...
and Hagumi Hanamoto in the 2006 live-action adaptation of the popular Honey and Clover
Honey and Clover
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus, and collected in ten bound volumes...
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
Hula Girls
is an award-winning Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006...
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.
Early career
Yu Aoi did her stage debut as Polly in the 1999 rendition of AnnieAnnie (musical)
Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
, followed by her appearance as a regular on TV Tokyo's Oha SUTA
Oha Suta
is a children's TV show which airs in Japan in the morning on weekdays, and it is produced by TV Tokyo. It premiered in 1997. The main host from 7:05 until 7:30 is Kōichi Yamadera...
(The Super Kids Station) in 2000. A year later, she debuted in Shunji Iwai's All About Lily Chou-Chou playing Shiori Tsuda alongside Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari
Shugo Oshinari
is a Japanese actor best known for his roles in the controversial Battle Royale II: Requiem and Shunji Iwai's film, All About Lily Chou-Chou ....
, Miwako Ichikawa
Miwako Ichikawa
is a Japanese actress, sister of actress Mikako Ichikawa . She began in 1991 as a model, and released a single in 1998 and an album the following year. She debuted in acting in 2000 and immediately starred in the movies Another Heaven in 2000 and Konsento in 2001...
, and Ayumi Ito
Ayumi Ito
Ayumi Itō is a Japanese actress who received her big break in 1996, when she was cast as the central character of Ageha in Shunji Iwai's hit movie, Swallowtail Butterfly. The following year, she won her first Japanese Academy Award for 'Rookie of the Year'...
. Aoi would later work in Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro and Gaichu (Harmful Insect) with friend Aoi Miyazaki
Aoi Miyazaki
is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her pure image and roles such as in Nana and Virgin Snow. Her brother Masaru Miyazaki is an actor, and they starred together in the film Hatsukoi. She married Sosuke Takaoka on June 15, 2007, her partner since she was fifteen.-Career:Miyazaki started...
. With her first roles on the small and big screen came CMs and endorsements for Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
, Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
, DoCoMo
DoCoMo
DoCoMo is a trademark of the NTT DoCoMo corporation of Japan, used in its home market and in India in partnership with Tata Teleservices. It is an acronym of the phrase "Do communications over the mobile network."See also the following mobile phone operators:...
, Toshiba
Toshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...
and Coca Cola.
In 2003, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Kit Kat
Kit Kat
Kit Kat is a chocolate-coated wafer confection that was created by Rowntree's of York, England, and is now produced worldwide by Nestlé, which acquired Rowntree in 1988, except in the United States where it is made under licence by The Hershey Company. Each bar consists of fingers composed of three...
in Japan, Shunji Iwai shot a series of short films starring Yu Aoi and Anne Suzuki
Anne Suzuki
is a Japanese actress.A model since the age of three, she got an early break in her acting career at 12 when she starred in the Hollywood film Snow Falling on Cedars with Ethan Hawke. She was next featured in the action movie Returner opposite Takeshi Kaneshiro, and won the Best New Actor at the...
, which later was expanded into the feature film called Hana & Alice, which earned Aoi the Best Actress award at the Japanese Professional Movie Award.
2005–2007
In 2005, Aoi played her first lead on the big screen in Letters from Kanai Nirai, which was sold in Korea with the alternate title of Aoi Yu's Letter due to her popularity. She also had supporting roles in the Satoshi Miki film Turtles Swim Faster than ExpectedTurtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
is a 2005 feature film by Japanese writer/director Satoshi Miki.-Synopsis:Suzume Katagura is an ordinary housewife whose spouse is sent overseas on business. He keeps regular contact by phone, but is more concerned with the welfare of his pet turtle, Taro. She dreams of being able to escape from...
starring Juri Ueno
Juri Ueno
is a Japanese actress from Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan. She was one of six actors to receive the "Newcomer of the Year" prize at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2005 for her role in Swing Girls....
, and Yamato
Otoko-tachi no Yamato
is a 2005 Japanese war film. It was directed by Junya Sato and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato, concentrating on the ship's demise during Operation...
with Shido Nakamura
Shido Nakamura
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese kabuki and film actor.- Background:Born in Tokyo, the son of kabuki actor Nakamura Shidō I, young Nakamura made his kabuki debut at the age of eight. He took the name Shidō the following year, following his father's retirement...
and Kenichi Matsuyama. This supporting role would earn her one of her double-nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 2007 Japanese Academy Award. She won against herself for her work as Kimiko Tanikawa in the Japanese hit Hula Girls, which was sent to the Academy Awards as the Japanese official selection that year.
To this date, her role as the hula dancing girl from small town Iwaki remains her most successful role yet, earning her a dozen awards as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, alongside her other smaller roles that year as Hagu in Honey & Clover, and Kana Sato in the Shunji-Iwai-produced and Nirai-Kanai-directed Rainbow Song
Rainbow Song
is a 2006 Japanese film by director Naoto Kumazawa and produced by Shunji Iwai . Kumazawa had worked with Iwai before, having directed the making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly.-Plot:...
. Aoi also lent her voice to play Shiro in the animated film Tekkonkinkreet
Tekkon Kinkreet
is a three-volume seinen manga series by Taiyō Matsumoto, which was originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits and first published in English as Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White. It was adapted into a 2006 feature-length Japanese anime film of the same name, directed by...
, the adaptation to the Taiyo Matsumoto
Taiyo Matsumoto
is an influential manga artist. He made his debut in Afternoon, Kodansha's monthly seinen manga magazine, but is probably best known for his works with Kodansha's rival publisher Shogakukan, including Tekkonkinkreet, Ping Pong and Number Five. He has received critical praise for his unconventional...
manga, Black and White, directed by Michael Arias
Michael Arias
Michael Arias is an American-born filmmaker active primarily in Japan.Though Arias has worked variously as visual effects artist, animation software developer, and producer, he is best known for his directorial debut, the anime feature Tekkonkinkreet, which established him as the first...
.
During these years, she made commercials for Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
, Canon, Shiseido Cosmetics
Shiseido
is a major Japanese hair care and cosmetics producer. It is the oldest cosmetics company in the world and the fourth largest cosmetics company in the world.-History:...
, Shueisha Publishing
Shueisha
is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...
, Kirin
Kirin
Kirin may refer to:People*Ivica Kirin , politician, former Interior Minister of Croatia*Kirin Kiki , Japanese TV and film actressCompanies* Kirin Brewery Company, a Japanese brewing company...
Beverage and continued endorsing DoCoMo. Moreover, Aoi also released two successful photobooks with Yoko Takahashi
Yoko Takahashi
is a Japanese singer from Tokyo, perhaps best known for performing , the opening theme song of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. She also performs the closing theme, an "acid bossa" version of "Fly Me to the Moon" and , the closing theme of Evangelion: Death and Rebirth...
as photographer, and distributed by rockin'on, Travel Sand (2005) and Dandelion (2007). Add to that two interviews with NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
's Top Runner in 2005, and TBS' Jounetsu (Passion) interview in 2006, which was translated into Korean and Chinese.
2007 also proved to be a prolific year for her as she participated in the live action adaptation of the manga series Mushishi alongside Joe Odagiri
Joe Odagiri
, born is a Japanese actor.-Career:Commonly known just as Odajō, and also known for his unusual hairstyle and eclectic style of dressing, he is the epitome of Cool Japan...
, as well as WOWOW's Don't Laugh at my Romance, Welcome to the Quiet Room
Welcome to the Quiet Room
Welcome to the Quiet Room is a Japanese movie released in 2007 in Japan, directed by Suzuki Matsuo. It is set in a psychiatric hospital. The movie stars Yuki Uchida in the main role, and features two famous movie and anime directors in secondary roles: Hideaki Anno and Shinya Tsukamoto.-Cast:*...
with Yuki Uchida
Yuki Uchida
is a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s Japanese idol, model and singer.-Biography:She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991....
, and going back to the stage to play Desdemona
Desdemona
Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello.Desdemona may also refer to:People* Desdemona , a soprano role in the 1816 opera Otello by Gioachino Rossini...
in a rendition of Shakespeare's Othello
Othello
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
. For these last two roles, Aoi showed to be moving closer to a more thespian career path by even losing 7 kg. for her role as eating disorder patient, Miki.
2008–present
Aoi began 2008 with the release of Don't Laugh at My Romance, which would earn her a nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the Asian Film AwardsAsian Film Awards
The Asian Film Awards are presented annually by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society to recognize excellence of film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema.-History:...
2009. WOWOW would also get her for the experimental drama Camouflage (aka. Aoi Yu x 4 Lies), in which Yu Aoi would collaborate with four different directors exploring the theme of lies. The series lasted for 12 episodes, and included work with Ryō Kase
Ryo Kase
is a Japanese actor. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington until he was seven. He portrayed Shimizu, one of the lower-ranked Japanese soldiers, in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima. He starred in Masayuki Suo's film I Just Didn't Do It.-Filmography:...
, Yoichi Nukumizu, Shoko Ikezu, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Nobuhiro Yamashita
is a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Aichi Prefecture, Yamashita attended Osaka University of Arts where he worked on Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's Kichiku Dai Enkai. His graduation film Hazy Life, took the Off Theatre Competition Grand Prize at the 2000 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival...
and Yuki Tanada.
A couple of months later, NTV would sign Aoi to play her first TV leading role as Handa Sen in the live action adaptation of Kikuchi Shota's manga series, Osen
Osen
is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Steinsdalen...
, which aired until the end of June with ten episodes.
Next up, Aoi released One Million Yen Girl written and directed by Camouflage director Yuki Tanada, and also released by WOWOW. This was her latest leading film role since Nirai Kanai in 2005, and proved to be a wise career choice later on. However, she didn't forget her supporting roles, and briefly participated in the Japanese World-War-II-jury-themed film Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Best Wishes for Tomorrow
Best Wishes for Tomorrow is a Japanese film by director Takashi Koizumi and based on the novel Nagai Tabi by Shohei Ooka.-Plot summary:...
, as well as the international Tokyo! - a three-short-film collection by Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. - Life and career :...
, Leo Carax and Bong Joon Ho.
In 2009, The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan named Yu Aoi Rookie of the Year in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts, citing her work in her film debut in All About Lily Chou Chou, until her work in One Million Yen Girl.
In June 2009, the movie Ikechan and Me, a live action adaptation of the picture book of the same name by Rieko Saibara, was released. In it she is lending her voice to Ikechan, as well as playing supporting roles in Honokaa Boy and Younger Brother
Otōto (2010 film)
Otōto is a 2010 film by Yoji Yamada. The first screening of this film outside of Japan was at the closing ceremony of the 60th Berlin Film Festival in 2010...
by Yoji Yamada
Yoji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ....
.
Awards
Aoi has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize for best supporting actress in 2007, for her portrayal of Kimiko Tanigawa in Hula GirlsHula Girls
is an award-winning Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006...
, for which she was critically acclaimed.
During the same year, she also received both the Blue Ribbon Award
Blue Ribbon Award
Blue Ribbon Award can refer to:* Blue Ribbon Award , an annual award presented by the Japan Railfan Club* Blue Ribbon Awards, annual Japanese film awards* Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence in Education, awarded by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program...
and the Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
award for best actress, both for her performance in Hula Girls and her portrayal of Hagumi Hanamoto in the Honey and Clover
Honey and Clover
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus, and collected in ten bound volumes...
live action
Live action
In filmmaking, video production, and other media, the term live action refers to cinematography, videography not produced using animation...
movie. She also received the Hochi Film Award
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Hochi Shimbun.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best International Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*Best New Artist*Special Award*Best Director- Winner :...
, the Kinema Junpo Award and the Mainichi Film Concours for best supporting actress for her performances in Hula Girls, Honey and Clover and Rainbow Song
Rainbow Song
is a 2006 Japanese film by director Naoto Kumazawa and produced by Shunji Iwai . Kumazawa had worked with Iwai before, having directed the making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly.-Plot:...
. She also received the Nikkan Sports Film Award
Nikkan Sports Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Nikkan Sports.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best Director*Best Foreign Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*New Artist Award*Special Award...
for best new talent for her performance in Hula Girls.
Earlier, in 2005, she had also won the Japanese Professional Movie Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Tetsuko (Alice) Arisugawa in Hana and Alice
Hana and Alice
is a 2004 Japanese teen romance film by director Shunji Iwai. The film, shot on HD digital video by the director of photography, Noboru Shinoda, who shared a longstanding working relationship with Shunji Iwai, concerns the life of two girls, the titular Hana and Alice , and the stress placed on...
.
Movies
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | All About Lily Chou-Chou All About Lily Chou-Chou is a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The film portrays the rough lives of high school children in Japan, and centres around the music of a fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou.-Plot:... |
Shiori Tsuda | |
| 2002 | Kinema Tōri no Hitobito | ||
| Gaichu | Natsuko | ||
| Hashire! Kettamashin: Wedding Kyosō Kyoku | Lead | Musical | |
| 2003 | Worst by Chance | Harada's girlfriend | |
| 1980 | Rika Hashiba | ||
| 2004 | Hana and Alice Hana and Alice is a 2004 Japanese teen romance film by director Shunji Iwai. The film, shot on HD digital video by the director of photography, Noboru Shinoda, who shared a longstanding working relationship with Shunji Iwai, concerns the life of two girls, the titular Hana and Alice , and the stress placed on... |
Tetsuko (Alice) Arisugawa | Best Actress award at the Japanese Professional Movie Award |
| Mask de 41 | Haruka Kuramochi | ||
| Sea Cat | Miya Noda | ||
| 2005 | Tetsujin 28: The Movie Tetsujin 28: The Movie -Cast:*Hiroshi Abe*Yû Aoi as Mami Tachibana*Maryke Hendrikse as Miss Takamizawa*Sosuke Ikematsu as Shotaro*Teruyuki Kagawa*Naoyuki Morita as Kenta Matsukawa... |
Mami Tachibana | |
| Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected | Kujaku Ogitani | ||
| Letters from Nirai Kanai | Fuki Asato | Aoi Yu's Letter (Korean Title) | |
| Shining Boy & Little Randy | Emi Murakami | ||
| Henshin | Kei Hamura | ||
| Jukai | |||
| Otoko-tachi no Yamato Otoko-tachi no Yamato is a 2005 Japanese war film. It was directed by Junya Sato and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato, concentrating on the ship's demise during Operation... |
Taeko | Japanese Academy award nomination for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 2006 | Honey and Clover Honey and Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus, and collected in ten bound volumes... |
Hagumi Hanamoto | Best Supporting Actress award at the Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress award at the Kinema Junpo Awards Best Supporting Actress award at the Mainichi Film Award Best Actress at the Yokohama Film Festival |
| Hula Girls Hula Girls is an award-winning Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006... |
Kimiko Tanikawa | Best Supporting Actress award at the Japanese Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress award at the Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress award at the Kinema Junpo Awards Best Supporting Actress award at the Mainichi Film Award Best Actress at the Yokohama Film Festival Best New Talent at the Nikkan Sports Film Award Nikkan Sports Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Nikkan Sports.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best Director*Best Foreign Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*New Artist Award*Special Award... s |
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| Tekkon Kinkreet Tekkon Kinkreet is a three-volume seinen manga series by Taiyō Matsumoto, which was originally serialized from 1993 to 1994 in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits and first published in English as Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White. It was adapted into a 2006 feature-length Japanese anime film of the same name, directed by... |
White (voice) | ||
| Rainbow Song Rainbow Song is a 2006 Japanese film by director Naoto Kumazawa and produced by Shunji Iwai . Kumazawa had worked with Iwai before, having directed the making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly.-Plot:... |
Kana Sato | Best Supporting Actress award at the Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress award at the Kinema Junpo Awards Best Supporting Actress award at the Mainichi Film Award |
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| 2007 | Mushishi Mushishi is a manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara, published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1999 to August 2008.The manga was adapted into an anime television series in 2005. The Artland production was directed by Hiroshi Nagahama... |
Tanyu | |
| Welcome to the Quiet Room Welcome to the Quiet Room Welcome to the Quiet Room is a Japanese movie released in 2007 in Japan, directed by Suzuki Matsuo. It is set in a psychiatric hospital. The movie stars Yuki Uchida in the main role, and features two famous movie and anime directors in secondary roles: Hideaki Anno and Shinya Tsukamoto.-Cast:*... |
Miki | ||
| 2008 | Don't Laugh at my Romance | En-Chan | Asian Film award nomination for Best Supporting Actress |
| Best Wishes for Tomorrow Best Wishes for Tomorrow Best Wishes for Tomorrow is a Japanese film by director Takashi Koizumi and based on the novel Nagai Tabi by Shohei Ooka.-Plot summary:... |
Kazuko Moribe | ||
| One Million Yen Girl | Suzuko Sato | Hyakuman En To Nigamushi Onna (original title) | |
| Tokyo! | Pizza delivery girl | Shaking Tokyo segment by Joon-Ho Bong | |
| 2009 | Honokaa Boy | Kaoru | |
| Ikechan and Me | Ikechan (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Younger Brother Otōto (2010 film) Otōto is a 2010 film by Yoji Yamada. The first screening of this film outside of Japan was at the closing ceremony of the 60th Berlin Film Festival in 2010... |
Koharu Takano | |
| Flowers | Rin | ||
| Raiou | Yū | ||
| Redline Redline Redline refers to the maximum engine speed at which an internal combustion engine or traction motor and its components are designed to operate without causing damage to the components themselves or other parts of the engine... |
Sonoshee (voice) | ||
| 2011 | Patisserie Coin de rue Patisserie Coin de rue is a 2011 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa. It stars Yosuke Eguchi, who is playing the role of a legendary patissier who suddenly quits making patisserie and becomes a guidebook writer... |
Natsume Usuba | |
| Vampire | Mina | ||
| Tamatama |
TV drama
- Ao to Shiro to Mizuiro (2001) as Kimiko Shiina
- Ukiwa - Shōnen-tachi no Natsu (2002) as Miyuki Yamashita
- Shin Zukkoke Sanningumi (2002)
- Kōkōkyōshi (2003)
- Engimono (2003)
- 14kagetsu (2003)
- Ichiban taisetsu na Dēto Tokyo no Sora- Shanghai no Yume (2004)
- Yo ni mo Kimyō na Monogatari: Kako kara no Nikki (2004)
- Nanako to Nanao (2004)
- Tiger & Dragon (2005)
- Nijūyon no Hitomi (2005)
- Dr. Koto Shinryojo 2006 (2006)
- Aoi Yū x 4tsu no Uso Camouflage (2008)
- Osen (2008)
- Ryōmaden (2010)