Kimiko Yo
Born May 12, 1956 (Age: 69)
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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.
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
Sheep in the Box
2026
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Age: 70
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
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Age: 69
橋ものがたり「約束」
2024
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Age: 67
AI Amok
2020
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as Eiko Tanaka
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Age: 63
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
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Age: 63
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
2019
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as (voice)
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Age: 62
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
2016
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Age: 60
Shin Godzilla
2016
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as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
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Age: 60
Parasyte: Part 2
2015
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as Izumi Nobuko
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Age: 58
Parasyte: Part 1
2014
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as Izumi Nobuko
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Age: 58
Midnight Diner
2014
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as Chieko Hanawa
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Age: 58
Shield of Straw
2013
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Age: 56
The Housekeeper
2012
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as Haruko Inamura
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Age: 56
悪女について
2012
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as Suzuki Tane
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Age: 55
Ace Attorney
2012
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as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
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Age: 55
Departures
2008
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as Yuriko Kamimura
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Age: 52
The Ramen Girl
2008
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as Reiko
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Age: 51
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
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as Kita no mandokoro
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Age: 51
The Yakuza Principal
2007
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Age: 51
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
2007
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Age: 51
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
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Age: 51
Invisible War
2007
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as Kinu Murozono
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Age: 50
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
2005
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as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
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Age: 48
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
2005
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as Tezuka Yukino
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Age: 48
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
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Age: 48
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
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Age: 48
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
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Age: 48
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
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Age: 48
Aiki
2002
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Age: 46
Hotel Hibiscus
2002
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as Mieko's Mother
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Age: 46
Oh My God
2002
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Age: 46
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
2002
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as Rume
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Age: 46
Dog Star
2002
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Age: 45
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
2002
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Age: 45
Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000
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as Aya's Mother
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Age: 44
Another Battle
2000
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Age: 44
No Image
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
2000
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Age: 44
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000
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Age: 44
Hysteric
2000
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Age: 43
Timeless Melody
2000
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as Chikako's Mother
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Age: 43
Free and Easy 11
2000
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Age: 43
Wait and See
1998
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as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
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Age: 42
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
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as Kuramoto
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Age: 42
Amagi Pass
1998
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Age: 41
Immoral Affairs
1997
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Age: 41
20th Century Nostalgia
1997
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as Anzu's Mother
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Age: 41
No Image
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
1997
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Age: 41
Time Leap
1997
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Age: 41
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
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Age: 40
Happy-Go-Lucky
1997
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as Man's Lover in TV Drama
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Age: 40
Moonlight Serenade
1997
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Age: 40
The President's Christmas Tree
1996
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Age: 40
Gonin 2
1996
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as Ran
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Age: 40
Can you collect it? Complete
1994
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Age: 38
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
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Age: 37
A Night in Nude
1993
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as Nami Tsuchiya
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Age: 37
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
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Age: 37
The Brutal Insanity of Love
1993
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as Nami Muraki
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Age: 37
Passion
1992
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Age: 35
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
1991
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Age: 35
No Image
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
1991
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Age: 35
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991
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Age: 35
Orchids Under the Moon
1991
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Age: 35
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
1991
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Age: 35
Yumeji
1991
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as Jiro
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Age: 35
Hiruko the Goblin
1991
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as Reiko's Mother
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Age: 34
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
1991
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Age: 34
Baian the Assassin
1990
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Age: 34
Maria's Stomach
1990
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Age: 34
Via Okinawa
1989
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Age: 33
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1988
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as Managing Director's Daughter
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Age: 32
Love Bites Back
1988
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as Sanae Ebino
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Age: 32
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
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Age: 31