Kimiko Yo
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieSheep in the Box
2026
Nobuyo Nishimura
tvShinjuku Field Hospital
2024
Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
tvRe: Revenge - At the End of Desire
2024
Tendo Ichiko
movie52-Hertz Whales
2024
Noriko Okada
tvThe Gift of Your Heart
2024
Yukino Aihara
tvTrillion Game
2023
Mitsuzono Shizuku
tvThe Kind-Hearted Cat
2023
Matsuko
movieTo Every You I've Loved Before
2022
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
movieTo Me, the One Who Loved You
2022
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
movieWinter Rose
2022
Michiko Wataguchi
tvThe Files of Young Kindaichi
2022
Hiruko Kirigoe
movieNoise
2022
Hanae Shoji
tvDream Team
2021
Yoshie Andou
movieAny Crybabies Around?
2020
Setsuko Goto
movieHotel Royal
2020
Miko Noshiro
tvSugu Shinun Dakara
2020
Mori Kaoru
movieStep
2020
Michiyo Muramatsu
movieRed
2020
Ogata Yoko
movieAI Amok
2020
Eiko Tanaka
tvPlease Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
2020
Shibusawa Wakako
tvDeath Office
2019
Shingu
tvThe Naked Director
2019
Kozue Muranishi
movieAn Artist of the Floating World
2019
Mrs. Saito
movieUta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
2018
Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
movieEnokida Trading Co.
2018
Yoko Shima
tvHalf Blue Sky
2018
Kimika Okada
tvInnocent Days
2018
Michiko Tanaka
movieOmotenashi
2018
Mitsuko
tvThe Public Enemy
2017
Akiko Kawarada
movieThe Blue Hearts
2017
(segment “Hammer”)
tvAnd Then There Were None
2017
Erika Konami
movieThe Ice Ruts
2016
요네자와 사유리
tvMr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
2016
Yoriko Musubi
tvMidnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
Chieko Tachibana
movieBlack Widow Business
2016
Eiko Segawa
movieZen and Bones
2016
Kô Mittwer
movieShin Godzilla
2016
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
tvHello, I Love You
2016
Machi Domoto
tvREPLAY＆DESTROY
2015
fortune-teller woman
movieParasyte: Part 2
2015
Izumi Nobuko
movieSolomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
2015
Motoko Ueno
movieSolomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
2015
Motoko Ueno
movieA Stitch of Life
2015
Hiroe Minami
movieParasyte: Part 1
2014
Izumi Nobuko
movieMidnight Diner
2014
Chieko Hanawa
tvFuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
2014
Nonaka Tomiko
tvBack of Father
2014
Togawa Yasuko
movie300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
Ryoko Nakaoka
movieMy Little Sweet Pea
2013
Ayako Akaike
movieA Tale of Samurai Cooking
2013
Mitsuru Funaki
movieGalileo XX
2013
Yoriko Takasaki
movieA Story of Yonosuke
2013
Taeko Yokomichi
movieThe Housekeeper
2012
Haruko Inamura
movieDearest
2012
Tamiko Hamasaki
movieFor Love's Sake
2012
Toyo Taiga
movie悪女について
2012
Suzuki Tane
movieAce Attorney
2012
Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
movieMy SO Has Got Depression
2011
Satoko Kurita
movieStar Watching Dog
2011
Innkeeper
tvKaryuu No Utage
2011
Miyagi Yoko
movieRebirth
2011
Angel
movieSoup Opera
2010
Yasuko Tanaka
movieVillain
2010
Yoriko Shimizu
movieA Lone Scalpel
2010
Shizuka Takei
tv外事警察
2009
村松久美
movieAir Doll
2009
Receptionist Yoshiko
tvママは昔パパだった
2009
우에노 마키코
movieDear Doctor
2009
Akemi Ohtake
movieDepartures
2008
Yuriko Kamimura
tvDaisuki!!
2008
Setsuko Kachigawa
tvAtsuhime
2008
Hisa-hime
movieChacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
Kita no mandokoro
movieVirgin Snow
2007
Mayumi Sasaki
movieInvisible War
2007
Kinu Murozono
tvEvil People
2007
Chise Fujishima
tvDear Father
2007
Fortune Teller
tvJust One Love
2006
Akiko Kanzaki
tvInto the White Night
2006
Taniguchi Mafumi
tvBe with You
2005
Hongo Naomi
movieYankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
2005
Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
movieAkechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
2005
Tezuka Yukino
tvAffectionate Time
2005
Kujo Tomoko
movieCafé Lumière
2004
Yoko's Stepmother
movieDrugstore Girl
2004
Hideko Mukai
tvDrop-out Teacher Returns to School
2003
Yukiko Ando
movieWorst by Chance
2003
Hatsuko Kim
movieFarewell, Kuro
2003
Eri Yuki
tvKao
2003
Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）
movieAn Autumn Afternoon
2003
Akiko Hirayama
movieHotel Hibiscus
2002
Mieko's Mother
tvCalifornia Dreamin'
2002
Kyoko Yamazaki
tvChurasan
2001
Shibata Yoko
movieAsako in Ruby Shoes
2000
Aya's Mother
movieTimeless Melody
2000
Chikako's Mother
tvDangerous Relationship
1999
Ayako Tsuzuki
movieThe Exam
1999
Midori Chiaki
movieWait and See
1998
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
movie20th Century Nostalgia
1997
Anzu's Mother
movieHappy-Go-Lucky
1997
Man's Lover in TV Drama
tvVirgin Road
1997
Michi
tvHakusen Nagashi
1996
Masako Ozawa
tvThe Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
Hiruko Kirigoe
movieHaunted School
1995
Yukawa
tvSay You Love Me
1995
Kaoru Kanzaki
movieA Night in Nude
1993
Nami Tsuchiya
movieThe Brutal Insanity of Love
1993
Nami Muraki
movieYumeji
1991
Jiro
movieHiruko the Goblin
1991
Reiko's Mother
movieKaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1988
Managing Director's Daughter
movieLove Bites Back
1988
Sanae Ebino
tvDangerous Detective
1986
Yuko / Hiromi Nagisa
