Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Character:
Release Date:09/01/2026
52-Hertz Whales
Character:Noriko Okada
Release Date:01/03/2024
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
Character:
Release Date:09/06/2023
Omokage
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Release Date:27/03/2023
To Me, the One Who Loved You
Character:Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Release Date:07/10/2022
To Every You I've Loved Before
Character:Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Release Date:07/10/2022
Everything Will Be Owlright!
Character:Minoyama
Release Date:23/09/2022
Winter Rose
Character:Michiko Wataguchi
Release Date:03/06/2022
Noise
Character:Hanae Shoji
Release Date:27/01/2022
First Gentleman
Character:
Release Date:23/09/2021
Any Crybabies Around?
Character:Setsuko Goto
Release Date:20/11/2020
Hotel Royal
Character:Miko Noshiro
Release Date:13/11/2020
Peaceful Death
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Release Date:25/07/2020
Step
Character:Michiyo Muramatsu
Release Date:17/07/2020
Red
Character:Ogata Yoko
Release Date:21/02/2020
AI Amok
Character:Eiko Tanaka
Release Date:31/01/2020
Show Me the Way to the Station
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Release Date:18/10/2019
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
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Release Date:29/09/2019
Sleep in the Shadows
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Release Date:06/09/2019
An Artist of the Floating World
Character:Mrs. Saito
Release Date:30/03/2019
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
Character:(voice)
Release Date:15/02/2019
Giwaku
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Release Date:03/02/2019
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Character:Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Release Date:22/06/2018
Enokida Trading Co.
Character:Yoko Shima
Release Date:09/06/2018
The Murder of Kuroido
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Release Date:14/04/2018
Omotenashi
Character:Mitsuko
Release Date:03/03/2018
ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
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Release Date:24/12/2017
Perfect Revolution
Character:Akiko
Release Date:29/09/2017
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Character:Koto
Release Date:18/04/2017
The Blue Hearts
Character:(segment “Hammer”)
Release Date:08/04/2017
Midnight Diner 2
Character:Chieko
Release Date:05/11/2016
The Ice Ruts
Character:요네자와 사유리
Release Date:05/11/2016
Black Widow Business
Character:Eiko Segawa
Release Date:27/08/2016
Zen and Bones
Character:Kô Mittwer
Release Date:26/08/2016
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
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Release Date:03/08/2016
Shin Godzilla
Character:Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Release Date:29/07/2016
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
Character:Speaker
Release Date:03/06/2015
Parasyte: Part 2
Character:Izumi Nobuko
Release Date:25/04/2015
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Character:Motoko Ueno
Release Date:11/04/2015
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Character:Motoko Ueno
Release Date:07/03/2015
A Stitch of Life
Character:Hiroe Minami
Release Date:31/01/2015
Parasyte: Part 1
Character:Izumi Nobuko
Release Date:29/11/2014
Midnight Diner
Character:Chieko Hanawa
Release Date:01/11/2014
300 Million Yen Robbery
Character:Ryoko Nakaoka
Release Date:18/01/2014
My Little Sweet Pea
Character:Ayako Akaike
Release Date:21/12/2013
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Character:Mitsuru Funaki
Release Date:14/12/2013
謎解きはディナーのあとで スペシャル～風祭警部の事件簿～
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Release Date:02/08/2013
Galileo XX
Character:Yoriko Takasaki
Release Date:22/06/2013
Shield of Straw
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Release Date:25/04/2013
Nobody's Perfect
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Release Date:23/03/2013
A Story of Yonosuke
Character:Taeko Yokomichi
Release Date:23/02/2013
The Housekeeper
Character:Haruko Inamura
Release Date:22/12/2012
Dearest
Character:Tamiko Hamasaki
Release Date:25/08/2012
Dirty Hearts
Character:Naomi
Release Date:21/07/2012
For Love's Sake
Character:Toyo Taiga
Release Date:16/06/2012
悪女について
Character:Suzuki Tane
Release Date:30/04/2012
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
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Release Date:17/03/2012
Ace Attorney
Character:Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
Release Date:11/02/2012
Bread of Happiness
Character:Yoko
Release Date:28/01/2012
Father of the Bride
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Release Date:08/01/2012
Crossroads
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Release Date:03/12/2011
My SO Has Got Depression
Character:Satoko Kurita
Release Date:08/10/2011
Star Watching Dog
Character:Innkeeper
Release Date:10/06/2011
Rebirth
Character:Angel
Release Date:29/04/2011
Soup Opera
Character:Yasuko Tanaka
Release Date:02/10/2010
Villain
Character:Yoriko Shimizu
Release Date:11/09/2010
A Lone Scalpel
Character:Shizuka Takei
Release Date:05/06/2010
Rinco's Restaurant
Character:Ruriko
Release Date:06/02/2010
Air Doll
Character:Receptionist Yoshiko
Release Date:26/09/2009
Dear Doctor
Character:Akemi Ohtake
Release Date:27/07/2009
Where The Legend Lives
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Release Date:01/11/2008
Departures
Character:Yuriko Kamimura
Release Date:13/09/2008
Oka wo koete
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Release Date:17/05/2008
The Ramen Girl
Character:Reiko
Release Date:08/02/2008
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Character:Kita no mandokoro
Release Date:22/12/2007
The Yakuza Principal
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Release Date:01/10/2007
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
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Release Date:20/06/2007
Virgin Snow
Character:Mayumi Sasaki
Release Date:12/05/2007
Tokyo Rhapsody
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Release Date:12/05/2007
Invisible War
Character:Kinu Murozono
Release Date:10/02/2007
Yamato
Character:
Release Date:17/12/2005
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Character:Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Release Date:27/03/2005
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Character:Tezuka Yukino
Release Date:26/02/2005
We Shall Overcome Someday
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Release Date:22/01/2005
Tokyo Tower
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Release Date:15/01/2005
Chicken Is Barefoot
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Release Date:13/11/2004
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
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Release Date:01/11/2004
Café Lumière
Character:Yoko's Stepmother
Release Date:01/09/2004
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
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Release Date:22/08/2004
Fireflies: River of Light
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Release Date:05/06/2004
Worst by Chance
Character:Hatsuko Kim
Release Date:13/09/2003
Farewell, Kuro
Character:Eri Yuki
Release Date:01/07/2003
Suspicion
Character:
Release Date:22/03/2003
An Autumn Afternoon
Character:Akiko Hirayama
Release Date:03/01/2003
Aiki
Character:
Release Date:29/11/2002
Hotel Hibiscus
Character:Mieko's Mother
Release Date:28/10/2002
Oh My God
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Release Date:06/07/2002
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Character:Rume
Release Date:22/06/2002
Dog Star
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Release Date:27/04/2002
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
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Release Date:16/03/2002
Suicide Club
Character:
Release Date:29/10/2001
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Character:Aya's Mother
Release Date:09/12/2000
Another Battle
Character:
Release Date:25/11/2000
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Character:
Release Date:05/08/2000
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Character:
Release Date:12/05/2000
Hysteric
Character:
Release Date:07/05/2000
Timeless Melody
Character:Chikako's Mother
Release Date:18/03/2000
Free and Easy 11
Character:
Release Date:05/02/2000
The Exam
Character:Midori Chiaki
Release Date:03/07/1999
Wait and See
Character:Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
Release Date:19/12/1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Character:Kuramoto
Release Date:17/10/1998
Amagi Pass
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1998
Immoral Affairs
Character:
Release Date:18/10/1997
20th Century Nostalgia
Character:Anzu's Mother
Release Date:26/07/1997
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
Character:
Release Date:11/07/1997
Time Leap
Character:
Release Date:07/06/1997
An Angel with Many Scars
Character:
Release Date:19/04/1997
Happy-Go-Lucky
Character:Man's Lover in TV Drama
Release Date:17/03/1997
Moonlight Serenade
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Release Date:15/03/1997
The President's Christmas Tree
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1996
Gonin 2
Character:Ran
Release Date:29/06/1996
Haunted School
Character:Yukawa
Release Date:08/07/1995
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
Character:
Release Date:09/06/1995
Sharaku
Character:
Release Date:02/06/1995
Sumomo mo momo
Character:
Release Date:13/05/1995
Alone in the Night
Character:
Release Date:22/10/1994
Can you collect it? Complete
Character:
Release Date:09/09/1994
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1994
A Night in Nude
Character:Nami Tsuchiya
Release Date:18/12/1993
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Character:
Release Date:08/10/1993
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Character:Nami Muraki
Release Date:26/06/1993
Passion
Character:
Release Date:25/04/1992
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1991
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1991
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Character:
Release Date:25/08/1991
Orchids Under the Moon
Character:
Release Date:27/06/1991
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Character:
Release Date:14/06/1991
Yumeji
Character:Jiro
Release Date:31/05/1991
Hiruko the Goblin
Character:Reiko's Mother
Release Date:11/05/1991
Hiruko the Goblin
Character:
Release Date:11/05/1991
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Character:
Release Date:11/01/1991
Baian the Assassin
Character:
Release Date:26/12/1990
Maria's Stomach
Character:
Release Date:21/07/1990
Via Okinawa
Character:
Release Date:09/06/1989
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Character:Managing Director's Daughter
Release Date:26/11/1988
Love Bites Back
Character:Sanae Ebino
Release Date:01/07/1988
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Character:
Release Date:12/09/1987
Television Appearances
Usotoki Rhetoric
Character:
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
Character:高橋文世
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Character:Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
Character:Tendo Ichiko
The Gift of Your Heart
Character:Yukino Aihara
Trillion Game
Character:Mitsuzono Shizuku
The Kind-Hearted Cat
Character:Matsuko
Sanctuary
Character:
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
Character:
My Happy Divorced Life
Character:
The Files of Young Kindaichi
Character:Hiruko Kirigoe
Dream Team
Character:Yoshie Andou
Toubousha
Character:
Sugu Shinun Dakara
Character:Mori Kaoru
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
Character:Shibusawa Wakako
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
Character:南雲喜里子
Death Office
Character:Shingu
Welcome to National Treasures
Character:
The Naked Director
Character:Kozue Muranishi
dele
Character:
Half Blue Sky
Character:Kimika Okada
Innocent Days
Character:Michiko Tanaka
The Public Enemy
Character:Akiko Kawarada
Izakaya Fuji
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And Then There Were None
Character:Erika Konami
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
Character:Yoriko Musubi
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Character:Chieko Tachibana
Hello, I Love You
Character:Machi Domoto
Night Hero NAOTO
Character:権田薫子
REPLAY＆DESTROY
Character:fortune-teller woman
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
Character:Nonaka Tomiko
Back of Father
Character:Togawa Yasuko
お葬式で会いましょう
Character:
Houkago Groove
Character:
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
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Cleopatra na Onnatachi
Character:
Karyuu No Utage
Character:Miyagi Yoko
Taro no Tō
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警視庁継続捜査班
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ママは昔パパだった
Character:우에노 마키코
Daisuki!!
Character:Setsuko Kachigawa
Atsuhime
Character:Hisa-hime
夜の終る時
Character:
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
Character:엔죠지 치에코
Bambino!
Character:
現ナマ弁護士
Character:
Evil People
Character:Chise Fujishima
Dear Father
Character:Fortune Teller
Just One Love
Character:Akiko Kanzaki
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
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Into the White Night
Character:Taniguchi Mafumi
Be with You
Character:Hongo Naomi
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Character:
Affectionate Time
Character:Kujo Tomoko
松本清張特別企画・黒い画集～紐
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女の中の二つの顔
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Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Character:Yukiko Ando
女タクシードライバーの事件日誌
Character:
Kao
Character:Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
Character:
California Dreamin'
Character:Kyoko Yamazaki
Goodbye Mr Ozu
Character:
Love Story
Character:
Churasan
Character:Shibata Yoko
Dangerous Relationship
Character:Ayako Tsuzuki
Live
Character:
Kurenai
Character:
A Dangerous Woman
Character:
Middle-aged Bachelors
Character:
The Most Important Person
Character:
Virgin Road
Character:Michi
Concerto
Character:
Hakusen Nagashi
Character:Masako Ozawa
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu
Character:
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Character:Hiruko Kirigoe
Say You Love Me
Character:Kaoru Kanzaki
Dangerous Detective
Character:Yuko
Dangerous Detective
Character:Hiromi Nagisa
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