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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

224

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-05-12 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Also Known As

Kimiko Yo

Biography

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

Acting

Noise

2022

Noise

as

Hanae Shoji

Farewell, Kuro

2003

Farewell, Kuro

as

Eri Yuki

Villain

2010

Villain

as

Yoriko Shimizu

Hiruko the Goblin

1991

Hiruko the Goblin

as

Reiko's Mother

Worst by Chance

2003

Worst by Chance

as

Hatsuko Kim

Departures

2008

Departures

as

Yuriko Kamimura

Gonin 2

1996

Gonin 2

as

Ran

The Ramen Girl

2008

The Ramen Girl

as

Reiko

The Exam

1999

The Exam

as

Midori Chiaki

Virgin Snow

2007

Virgin Snow

as

Mayumi Sasaki

Rebirth

2011

Rebirth

as

Angel

Rinco's Restaurant

2010

Rinco's Restaurant

as

Ruriko

For Love's Sake

2012

For Love's Sake

as

Toyo Taiga

Star Watching Dog

2011

Star Watching Dog

as

Innkeeper

Dearest

2012

Dearest

as

Tamiko Hamasaki

Dog Star

2002

Dog Star

as

Winter Rose

2022

Winter Rose

as

Michiko Wataguchi

My SO Has Got Depression

2011

My SO Has Got Depression

as

Satoko Kurita

My Little Sweet Pea

2013

My Little Sweet Pea

as

Ayako Akaike

A Tale of Samurai Cooking

2013

A Tale of Samurai Cooking

as

Mitsuru Funaki

Dear Doctor

2009

Dear Doctor

as

Akemi Ohtake

To Every You I've Loved Before

2022

To Every You I've Loved Before

as

Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

To Me, the One Who Loved You

2022

To Me, the One Who Loved You

as

Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

Aiki

2002

Aiki

as

Café Lumière

2004

Café Lumière

as

Yoko's Stepmother

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

1988

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

as

Managing Director's Daughter

Midnight Diner

2014

Midnight Diner

as

Chieko Hanawa

Happy-Go-Lucky

1997

Happy-Go-Lucky

as

Man's Lover in TV Drama

Parasyte: Part 1

2014

Parasyte: Part 1

as

Izumi Nobuko

Parasyte: Part 2

2015

Parasyte: Part 2

as

Izumi Nobuko

Hotel Hibiscus

2002

Hotel Hibiscus

as

Mieko's Mother

Hysteric

2000

Hysteric

as

Invisible War

2007

Invisible War

as

Kinu Murozono

Time Leap

1997

Time Leap

as

52-Hertz Whales

2024

52-Hertz Whales

as

Noriko Okada

悪女について

2012

悪女について

as

Suzuki Tane

300 Million Yen Robbery

2014

300 Million Yen Robbery

as

Ryoko Nakaoka

A Night in Nude

1993

A Night in Nude

as

Nami Tsuchiya

Black Dawn

2012

Black Dawn

as

Kumi Muramatsu

A Story of Yonosuke

2013

A Story of Yonosuke

as

Taeko Yokomichi

Wait and See

1998

Wait and See

as

Wife of Hiroshi's Brother

Omokage

2023

Omokage

as

Shin Godzilla

2016

Shin Godzilla

as

Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense

Black Widow Business

2016

Black Widow Business

as

Eiko Segawa

Midnight Diner 2

2016

Midnight Diner 2

as

Chieko

Pacchigi!

2005

Pacchigi!

as

The Blue Hearts

2017

The Blue Hearts

as

(segment “Hammer”)

Air Doll

2009

Air Doll

as

Receptionist Yoshiko

Timeless Melody

2000

Timeless Melody

as

Chikako's Mother

Love Bites Back

1988

Love Bites Back

as

Sanae Ebino

Omotenashi

2018

Omotenashi

as

Mitsuko

20th Century Nostalgia

1997

20th Century Nostalgia

as

Anzu's Mother

Haunted School

1995

Haunted School

as

Yukawa

Zen and Bones

2016

Zen and Bones

as

Kô Mittwer

The Housekeeper

2012

The Housekeeper

as

Haruko Inamura

The Ice Ruts

2016

The Ice Ruts

as

요네자와 사유리

Passion

1992

Passion

as

Enokida Trading Co.

2018

Enokida Trading Co.

as

Yoko Shima

A Lone Scalpel

2010

A Lone Scalpel

as

Shizuka Takei

AI Amok

2020

AI Amok

as

Eiko Tanaka

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

2007

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

as

Kita no mandokoro

Yumeji

1991

Yumeji

as

Jiro

Dirty Hearts

2012

Dirty Hearts

as

Naomi

Oh My God

2002

Oh My God

as

Asako in Ruby Shoes

2000

Asako in Ruby Shoes

as

Aya's Mother

Yamato

2005

Yamato

as

Red

2020

Red

as

Ogata Yoko

Hotel Royal

2020

Hotel Royal

as

Miko Noshiro

Giwaku

2019

Giwaku

as

Ace Attorney

2012

Ace Attorney

as

Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

2018

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

as

Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")

Any Crybabies Around?

2020

Any Crybabies Around?

as

Setsuko Goto

Sharaku

1995

Sharaku

as

Soup Opera

2010

Soup Opera

as

Yasuko Tanaka

Step

2020

Step

as

Michiyo Muramatsu

A Stitch of Life

2015

A Stitch of Life

as

Hiroe Minami

Galileo XX

2013

Galileo XX

as

Yoriko Takasaki

Suspicion

2003

Suspicion

as

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP

2005

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP

as

Ando Yukiko [Teacher]

Dream Team

Dream Team

as

Yoshie Andou

Just One Love

Just One Love

as

Akiko Kanzaki

Say You Love Me

Say You Love Me

as

Kaoru Kanzaki

Churasan

Churasan

as

Shibata Yoko

Evil People

Evil People

as

Chise Fujishima

Dangerous Relationship

Dangerous Relationship

as

Ayako Tsuzuki

Kao

Kao

as

Kyoko Higuchi(樋口 京子)

Karyuu No Utage

Karyuu No Utage

as

Miyagi Yoko

Death Office

Death Office

as

Shingu

Into the White Night

Into the White Night

as

Taniguchi Mafumi

Dear Father

Dear Father

as

Fortune Teller

Replay & Destroy

Replay & Destroy

as

fortune-teller woman

Daisuki!!

Daisuki!!

as

Setsuko Kachigawa

Trillion Game

Trillion Game

as

Mitsuzono Shizuku

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

as

Akiko Kawarada

The Gift of Your Heart

The Gift of Your Heart

as

Yukino Aihara

Be with You

Be with You

as

Hongo Naomi

Hello, I Love You

Hello, I Love You

as

Machi Domoto

Half Blue Sky

Half Blue Sky

as

Kimika Okada

Night Hero NAOTO

Night Hero NAOTO

as

権田薫子

Innocent Days

Innocent Days

as

Michiko Tanaka

Atsuhime

Atsuhime

as

Hisa-hime

The Naked Director

The Naked Director

as

Kozue Muranishi

Hakusen Nagashi

Hakusen Nagashi

as

Masako Ozawa

Shinjuku Field Hospital

Shinjuku Field Hospital

as

Ritsuko Nishi Freeman

ママは昔パパだった

ママは昔パパだった

as

우에노 마키코

Affectionate Time

Affectionate Time

as

Kujo Tomoko

Back of Father

Back of Father

as

Togawa Yasuko

Sugu Shinun Dakara

Sugu Shinun Dakara

as

Mori Kaoru

Dangerous Detective

Dangerous Detective

as

Hiromi Nagisa

Production

Crew

Directing