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Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Acting May 12, 1956 (70 years old) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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.

Movies 160

Shin Godzilla 7.3

Shin Godzilla

as Reiko Hanamori

2016
Departures 7.9

Departures

as Yuriko Kamimura

2008
Parasyte: Part 1 7.1

Parasyte: Part 1

as Izumi Nobuko

2014
Sheep in the Box 6.4

Sheep in the Box

as Nobuyo Nishimura

2026
Parasyte: Part 2 7.0

Parasyte: Part 2

as Izumi Nobuko

2015
To Me, the One Who Loved You 6.1

To Me, the One Who Loved You

as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

2022
The Ramen Girl 6.6

The Ramen Girl

as Reiko

2008
Midnight Diner 7.7

Midnight Diner

as Chieko Hanawa

2014
Suicide Club 6.5

Suicide Club

2001
To Every You I've Loved Before 6.8

To Every You I've Loved Before

as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)

2022
Air Doll 6.9

Air Doll

as Receptionist Yoshiko

2009
Yamato 5.5

Yamato

2005
A Story of Yonosuke 7.1

A Story of Yonosuke

as Taeko Yokomichi

2013
Worst by Chance 9.0

Worst by Chance

as Hatsuko Kim

2003
Hiruko the Goblin 6.3

Hiruko the Goblin

as Reiko's Mother

1991
Hiruko the Goblin 6.3

Hiruko the Goblin

1991
Midnight Diner 2 7.6

Midnight Diner 2

as Chieko

2016
Alone in the Night 5.9

Alone in the Night

1994
Bread of Happiness 6.7

Bread of Happiness

as Yoko

2012
Shield of Straw 6.4

Shield of Straw

2013
The Blue Hearts 5.0

The Blue Hearts

as (segment “Hammer”)

2017
Virgin Snow 6.4

Virgin Snow

as Mayumi Sasaki

2007
We Shall Overcome Someday 6.4

We Shall Overcome Someday

2005
For Love's Sake 6.9

For Love's Sake

as Toyo Taiga

2012
My SO Has Got Depression 7.2

My SO Has Got Depression

as Satoko Kurita

2011
Galileo XX 7.1

Galileo XX

as Yoriko Takasaki

2013
Red 4.7

Red

as Ogata Yoko

2020
Tokyo Tower 7.2

Tokyo Tower

2005
Sinsin and the Mouse 4.0

Sinsin and the Mouse

2026
Step 7.1

Step

as Michiyo Muramatsu

2020
The Canary's Lullaby

The Canary's Lullaby

2026
Haunted School 6.2

Haunted School

as Professor Yukawa

1995
A Night in Nude 5.6

A Night in Nude

as Nami Tsuchiya

1993
Gonin 2 6.9

Gonin 2

as Ran

1996
Ace Attorney 6.1

Ace Attorney

as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)

2012
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion 7.1

Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion

as Motoko Ueno

2015
Café Lumière 6.9

Café Lumière

as Yoko's Stepmother

2004
Rebirth 7.6

Rebirth

as Angel

2011
Rinco's Restaurant 8.2

Rinco's Restaurant

as Ruriko

2010
AI Amok 7.1

AI Amok

as Eiko Tanaka

2020
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project 7.0

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")

2018
300 Million Yen Robbery 6.5

300 Million Yen Robbery

as Ryoko Nakaoka

2014
A Tale of Samurai Cooking 7.2

A Tale of Samurai Cooking

as Mitsuru Funaki

2013
Another Battle 6.0

Another Battle

2000
Yumeji 6.4

Yumeji

as Jiro

1991
Nobody's Perfect 7.0

Nobody's Perfect

as Chieko Kuroki

2013
Sharaku 7.0

Sharaku

1995
Villain 6.8

Villain

as Yoriko Shimizu

2010
Winter Rose 6.5

Winter Rose

as Michiko Wataguchi

2022
Two Cigarettes, Three Nights 8.0

Two Cigarettes, Three Nights

2026
Black Dawn

Black Dawn

2012
Amagi Pass 1.0

Amagi Pass

1998
The Ice Ruts 7.0

The Ice Ruts

as 요네자와 사유리

2016
Tokyo Rhapsody

Tokyo Rhapsody

2007
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment 6.8

Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment

as Motoko Ueno

2015
An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

as Mrs. Saito

2019
Chicken Is Barefoot 7.2

Chicken Is Barefoot

2004
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter 8.1

Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter

as Koto

2017
Hotel Royal 4.6

Hotel Royal

as Miko Noshiro

2020
Keikoku! Nozoki ari. 6.0

Keikoku! Nozoki ari.

1995
Wait and See 7.3

Wait and See

as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother

1998
Giwaku 6.5

Giwaku

2019
Show Me the Way to the Station 6.5

Show Me the Way to the Station

2019
Dear Doctor 6.6

Dear Doctor

as Akemi Ohtake

2009
Moonlight Serenade 6.0

Moonlight Serenade

1997
The Heartbreak Yakuza 5.0

The Heartbreak Yakuza

1987
Any Crybabies Around? 5.2

Any Crybabies Around?

as Setsuko Goto

2020
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You 6.0

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

as Managing Director's Daughter

1988
Dearest 6.7

Dearest

as Tamiko Hamasaki

2012
A Stitch of Life 6.0

A Stitch of Life

as Hiroe Minami

2015
Star Watching Dog 7.7

Star Watching Dog

as Innkeeper

2011
Where The Legend Lives 6.0

Where The Legend Lives

2008
Aging Police / Resurrection Special 6.0

Aging Police / Resurrection Special

2019
Crossroads 7.0

Crossroads

2011
Drugstore Girl 5.2

Drugstore Girl

as Hideko Mukai

2004
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat 5.5

The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

2026
The Brutal Insanity of Love 3.9

The Brutal Insanity of Love

as Nami Muraki

1993
Asako in Ruby Shoes 7.1

Asako in Ruby Shoes

as Aya's Mother

2000
Noise 5.9

Noise

as Hanae Shoji

2022
Fireflies: River of Light 5.0

Fireflies: River of Light

2004
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark 9.0

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

as Suzuki

1993
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen 7.8

A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen

2000
Father of the Bride 3.0

Father of the Bride

2012
52-Hertz Whales 8.2

52-Hertz Whales

as Noriko Okada

2024
20th Century Nostalgia 7.1

20th Century Nostalgia

as Anzu's Mother

1997
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌

巡査鉄兵の推理日誌

2000
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai

Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai

2012
Aiki 4.8

Aiki

2002
Love Bites Back 4.0

Love Bites Back

as Sanae Ebino

1988
Dog Star 7.3

Dog Star

2002
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral 8.0

The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral

1991
悪女について

悪女について

as Suzuki Tane

2012
First Gentleman 4.5

First Gentleman

2021
Hotel Hibiscus 7.2

Hotel Hibiscus

as Mieko's Mother

2002
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses 6.3

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses

1991
Omotenashi 4.2

Omotenashi

as Mitsuko

2018
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage 6.6

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

as Kuramoto

1998
Gorotsuki 2

Gorotsuki 2

1993
Black Widow Business 8.5

Black Widow Business

as Eiko Segawa

2016
The Murder of Kuroido

The Murder of Kuroido

2018
Farewell, Kuro 7.2

Farewell, Kuro

as Eri Yuki

2003
Passion 6.5

Passion

1992
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke

Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke

as Tezuka Yukino

2005
A Lone Scalpel 7.6

A Lone Scalpel

as Shizuka Takei

2010
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven 8.3

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

as Kita no mandokoro

2007
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here 6.0

Memories of the Womb: You Are Here

2007
Orchids Under the Moon 9.0

Orchids Under the Moon

as Nami / Yoko

1991
Happy-Go-Lucky 7.4

Happy-Go-Lucky

as Man's Lover in TV Drama

1997
The Housekeeper 7.0

The Housekeeper

as Haruko Inamura

2012
Maria's Stomach 10.0

Maria's Stomach

1990
Music of Remembrance -Gb-

Music of Remembrance -Gb-

as Rume

2002
Okinawa Confidential

Okinawa Confidential

2027
Perfect Revolution 6.0

Perfect Revolution

as Akiko

2017
Immoral Affairs 4.3

Immoral Affairs

1997
Soup Opera 8.0

Soup Opera

as Yasuko Tanaka

2010
Can you collect it? Complete

Can you collect it? Complete

1994
The Invisibles

The Invisibles

2026
The Exam 8.0

The Exam

as Midori Chiaki

1999
Hysteric 9.0

Hysteric

2000
The President's Christmas Tree 8.0

The President's Christmas Tree

1996
Dirty Hearts 6.7

Dirty Hearts

as Naomi

2012
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5

Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5

2000
BON-UTA, A Song from Home 7.2

BON-UTA, A Song from Home

as (voice)

2019
My Little Sweet Pea 6.2

My Little Sweet Pea

as Ayako Akaike

2013
The Yakuza Principal 8.0

The Yakuza Principal

2007
The Lonely Affair of the Heart 3.0

The Lonely Affair of the Heart

2002
Sleep in the Shadows

Sleep in the Shadows

2019
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao 1.0

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

2004
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP

as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]

2005
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan 8.0

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan

2016
Everything Will Be Owlright! 7.5

Everything Will Be Owlright!

as Minoyama

2022
Free and Easy 11 7.2

Free and Easy 11

2000
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

2004
Euthanasia Special Zone

Euthanasia Special Zone

2026
Oh My God 7.0

Oh My God

2002
Zen and Bones

Zen and Bones

as Kô Mittwer

2016
橋ものがたり「約束」

橋ものがたり「約束」

2024
Timeless Melody 7.5

Timeless Melody

as Chikako's Mother

2000
Suspicion

Suspicion

2003
Oka wo koete

Oka wo koete

2008
Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

1990
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜

ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜

2017
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy 8.2

Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy

2023
Omokage

Omokage

2023
Peaceful Death 6.4

Peaceful Death

2020
An Angel with Many Scars 8.0

An Angel with Many Scars

1997
Via Okinawa 7.0

Via Okinawa

1989
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2

Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2

1994
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki

Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki

1991
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件

姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件

1997
Sumomo mo momo 10.0

Sumomo mo momo

1995
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)

Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)

1991
Enokida Trading Co. 6.0

Enokida Trading Co.

as Yoko Shima

2018
An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

as Akiko Hirayama

2003
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–

hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–

2022
Invisible War 6.0

Invisible War

as Kinu Murozono

2007
Time Leap

Time Leap

1997
The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File

The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File

2013
Going against the Grain in Fukushima

Going against the Grain in Fukushima

as Speaker

2015
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女

寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女

1991

TV Shows 87

The Files of the Young Kindaichi 7.6

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

as Hiruko Kirigoe

1995
Churasan 9.7

Churasan

as Shibata Yoko

2001
Half Blue Sky 7.8

Half Blue Sky

as Kimika Okada

2018
The Naked Director 7.3

The Naked Director

as Kozue Muranishi

2019
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories 7.9

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

as Chieko Tachibana

2016
Atsuhime 9.0

Atsuhime

as Hisa-hime

2008
Dangerous Detective 8.4

Dangerous Detective

as Yuko

1986
Dangerous Detective 8.4

Dangerous Detective

as Hiromi Nagisa

1986
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono 7.6

Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono

as Yoriko Musubi

2016
Straight to Hell 7.9

Straight to Hell

as Kiyo Mita

2026
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ 5.0

Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~

as Junko Kijimoto

2019
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk 8.8

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

2015
The Files of Young Kindaichi 6.9

The Files of Young Kindaichi

as Hiruko Kirigoe

2022
Sanctuary 7.8

Sanctuary

2023
Into the White Night 7.4

Into the White Night

as Taniguchi Mafumi

2006
Back of Father 8.0

Back of Father

as Togawa Yasuko

2014
Trillion Game 7.6

Trillion Game

as Mitsuzono Shizuku

2023
Hakusen Nagashi 9.0

Hakusen Nagashi

as Masako Ozawa

1996
dele 7.7

dele

2018
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero 6.9

Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

2023
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire 5.5

Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire

as Tendo Ichiko

2024
Say You Love Me 7.0

Say You Love Me

as Kaoru Kanzaki

1995
Shinjuku Field Hospital 8.0

Shinjuku Field Hospital

as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman

2024
Be with You 7.0

Be with You

as Hongo Naomi

2005
Affectionate Time 8.0

Affectionate Time

as Kujo Tomoko

2005
Kao 6.5

Kao

as Kyoko Higuchi(樋口 京子)

2003
Usotoki Rhetoric 7.0

Usotoki Rhetoric

2024
Hello, I Love You

Hello, I Love You

as Machi Domoto

2016
Bambino! 6.8

Bambino!

2007
The Gift of Your Heart 9.2

The Gift of Your Heart

as Yukino Aihara

2024
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School 4.3

Drop-out Teacher Returns to School

as Yukiko Ando

2003
深夜食堂 6 10.0

深夜食堂 6

as Chieko Tachibana

2026
Dear Father 8.3

Dear Father

as Fortune Teller

2007
Just One Love 6.9

Just One Love

as Akiko Kanzaki

2006
Death Office 5.4

Death Office

as Shingu

2019
Izakaya Fuji 7.0

Izakaya Fuji

2017
A Dangerous Woman 4.0

A Dangerous Woman

1998
Virgin Road 7.3

Virgin Road

as Michi

1997
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame 6.5

Tokumei! Keiji Dongame

2006
Angel Flight

Angel Flight

as Megumi Yoshizaki

2023
Daisuki!! 7.5

Daisuki!!

as Setsuko Kachigawa

2008
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

2002
Goodbye Mr Ozu 7.0

Goodbye Mr Ozu

2001
The Public Enemy 8.5

The Public Enemy

as Akiko Kawarada

2017
Dangerous Relationship

Dangerous Relationship

as Ayako Tsuzuki

1999
Live 5.0

Live

1999
Innocent Days 7.4

Innocent Days

as Michiko Tanaka

2018
Evil People 7.0

Evil People

as Chise Fujishima

2007
California Dreamin' 7.0

California Dreamin'

as Kyoko Yamazaki

2002
Karyuu No Utage 8.0

Karyuu No Utage

as Miyagi Yoko

2011
Concerto 4.0

Concerto

1996
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room 4.5

Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room

as Shibusawa Wakako

2020
Night Hero NAOTO

Night Hero NAOTO

as 権田薫子

2016
Dream Team

Dream Team

as Yoshie Andou

2021
And Then There Were None 6.6

And Then There Were None

as Erika Konami

2017
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai 8.2

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

as Fumiyo Takahashi

2024
REPLAY&DESTROY 7.0

REPLAY&DESTROY

as fortune-teller woman

2015
Cleopatra na Onnatachi 7.0

Cleopatra na Onnatachi

2012
Love Story 7.0

Love Story

2001
Sugu Shinun Dakara

Sugu Shinun Dakara

as Mori Kaoru

2020
My Happy Divorced Life 4.2

My Happy Divorced Life

2023
The Most Important Person

The Most Important Person

1997
The Kind-Hearted Cat 10.0

The Kind-Hearted Cat

as Matsuko

2023
Kurenai

Kurenai

1998
Taro no Tō

Taro no Tō

2011
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop

Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop

as 엔죠지 치에코

2007
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma

Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma

as Nonaka Tomiko

2014
警視庁継続捜査班

警視庁継続捜査班

2010
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File

Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File

as 南雲喜里子

2019
Toubousha 7.0

Toubousha

2020
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke

Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke

2005
Houkago Groove

Houkago Groove

2013
Matrilineal Family

Matrilineal Family

as Kimie Kobayashi

2021
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara 8.0

Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara

2012
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu

Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu

1996
ママは昔パパだった

ママは昔パパだった

2009
Middle-aged Bachelors

Middle-aged Bachelors

1997
女の中の二つの顔

女の中の二つの顔

2004
現ナマ弁護士

現ナマ弁護士

2007
Gaiji Keisatsu 8.0

Gaiji Keisatsu

as Kumi Muramatsu

2009
夜の終る時

夜の終る時

2007
お葬式で会いましょう

お葬式で会いましょう

2014
おもかげ

おもかげ

as 入江静

2025
Welcome to National Treasures

Welcome to National Treasures

2019
女タクシードライバーの事件日誌

女タクシードライバーの事件日誌

2003
ごりやくさん

ごりやくさん

as 語り

松本清張特別企画・黒い画集~紐

松本清張特別企画・黒い画集~紐

2005

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