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Kimiko Yo
ActorBorn May 12, 1956 (68 years)
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
Filmography
| 2024 | Shrink (2024) (TV Series) · as 高橋文世 |
| 2024 | Shinjuku Field Hospital (TV Series) · as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman |
| 2024 | Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire (TV Series) · as Tendo Ichiko |
| 2024 | The Tiger and Her Wings (TV Series) · as 星 百合 |
| 2024 | 52-Hertz Whales · as Noriko Okada |
| 2024 | The Gift of Your Heart (TV Series) · as Yukino Aihara |
| 2023 | Trillion Game (TV Series) · as Mitsuzono Shizuku |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Sanctuary (2023) (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Angel Flight (TV Series) · as Megumi Yoshizaki |
| 2023 | My Happy Divorced Life (TV Series) |
| 2022 | To Every You I've Loved Before · as Kazune Takigawa (old Woman) (voice) |
| 2022 | To the Solitary Me Who Loved You · as Kazune Takigawa (old Woman) (voice) |
| 2022 | Inumo Kuwanedo Charlie Wa Warau · as Minoyama |
| 2022 | Fuyu Soubi · as Michiko Wataguchi |
| 2022 | The Files of Young Kindaichi: Fifth Generation (TV Series) · as Hiruko Kirigoe |
| 2022 | Noise · as Hanae Shoji |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Any Crybabies Around? · as Setsuko Goto |
| 2020 | Hotel Royal · as Miko Noshiro |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Step · as Michiyo Muramatsu |
| 2020 | Red · as Ogata Yoko |
| 2020 | AI Amok · as Eiko Tanaka |
| 2020 | Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room (TV Series) · as Shibusawa Wakako |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Death Office (TV Series) · as Shingu |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Naked Director (TV Series) · as Kozue Muranishi |
| 2019 | Madoromi Barmaid (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2019 | An Artist of the Floating World · as Mrs. Saito |
| 2019 | Two Homelands · as Cast |
| 2018 | My Retirement, My Life · as Kikuko Iwata |
| 2018 | Harassment Game (TV Series) · as Masuko Otake |
| 2018 | Cops 'n Robbers (TV Series) · as Kazuko Toritai |
| 2018 | dele (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project · as Cafe's Manager (segment "our Birthday") |
| 2018 | Kuroido Goroshi (TV Series) · as Raisen Tsuneko |
| 2018 | Omotenashi · as Mitsuko |
| 2018 | Half Blue Sky (TV Series) · as Kimika Okada |
| 2018 | Innocent Days (TV Series) · as Michiko Tanaka |
| 2017 | The Public Enemy (TV Series) · as Akiko Kawarada |
| 2017 | The Ringside Story · as Cast |
| 2017 | Perfect Revolution · as Akiko |
| 2017 | The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter · as Koto |
| 2017 | Izakaya Fuji (TV Series) |
| 2017 | The Blue Hearts · as (segment “hammer”) |
| 2017 | And Then There Were None (2017) (TV Series) · as Erika Konami |
| 2016 | Midnight Diner 2 · as Chieko |
| 2016 | Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono (TV Series) · as Yoriko Musubi |
| 2016 | Shin'ya shokudô: Tokyo Stories (TV Series) · as Chieko Tachibana |
| 2016 | Black Widow Business · as Eiko Segawa |
| 2016 | Henri Mitowa: Zen to hone · as Kô Mittwer |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla · as Reiko Hanamori : Minister Of Defense |
| 2016 | Hello, I Love You (TV Series) · as Machi Domoto |
| 2015 | Replay & Destroy (TV Series) · as Fortune-Teller Woman |
| 2015 | Parasyte: Part 2 · as Izumi Nobuko |
| 2015 | Dr.Rintaro, Psychiatrist (TV Series) · as Ikumi Masuda |
| 2015 | Solomon's Perjury 2 · as Motoko Ueno |
| 2015 | Solomon's Perjury · as Motoko Ueno |
| 2015 | A Stitch of Life · as Hiroe Minami |
| 2014 | Parasyte: Part 1 · as Izumi Nobuko |
| 2014 | Midnight Diner · as Chieko Hanawa |
| 2014 | All About My Siblings (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2014 | First Class (TV Series) · as Ranko |
| 2013 | My Little Sweet Pea · as Ayako Akaike |
| 2013 | A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story · as Mitsuru Funaki |
| 2013 | Galileo XX · as Yoriko Takasaki |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | A Story of Yonosuke · as Taeko Yokomichi |
| 2012 | Dearest · as Tamiko Hamasaki |
| 2012 | For Love's Sake · as Toyo Taiga |
| 2012 | Black Dawn · as Kumi Muramatsu |
| 2012 | 悪女について · as Suzuki Tane |
| 2012 | Ace Attorney · as Maiko Ayasato (misty Fey) |
| 2012 | Bread of Happiness · as Yoko |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Dirty Hearts · as Naomi |
| 2011 | My SO Has Got Depression · as Satoko Kurita |
| 2011 | Star Watching Dog · as Innkeeper |
| 2011 | Rebirth · as Angel |
| 2010 | Soup Opera · as Yasuko Tanaka |
| 2010 | Villain · as Yoriko Shimizu |
| 2010 | Keishicho Keizoku Sosakan (TV Series) |
| 2010 | A Lone Scalpel · as Shizuka Takei |
| 2010 | Rinco's Restaurant · as Ruriko |
| 2010 | Ryomaden (TV Series) · as Kei Oura |
| 2009 | Anti-Terrorism Investigators (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2009 | Air Doll · as Receptionist Yoshiko |
| 2009 | Dandy Daddy? (TV Series) · as Mishima Kiwako |
| 2009 | Dear Doctor · as Akemi Ohtake |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Ramen Girl · as Reiko |
| 2008 | Departures · as Yuriko Kamimura |
| 2008 | Osen (TV Series) · as Shizu Asai |
| 2008 | Daisuki!! (TV Series) · as Setsuko Kachigawa |
| 2008 | Atsuhime (TV Series) · as Hisa-Hime |
| 2007 | Chacha: The Princess of Heaven · as Kita No Mandokoro |
| 2007 | Virgin Snow · as Mayumi Sasaki |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Bambino! (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Tonari machi sensô · as Kinu Murozono |
| 2007 | Warui Yatsura (TV Series) · as Chise Fujishima |
| 2007 | Love Never to End · as Asako Kikuchi |
| 2007 | Dear Father (TV Series) · as Fortune Teller |
| 2006 | Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (TV Series) · as Akiko Kanzaki |
| 2006 | Into the White Night (TV Series) · as Taniguchi Mafumi |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Be With You (TV Series) · as Hongo Naomi |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Yasashii Jikan (TV Series) · as Kujo Tomoko |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Ki no umi · as Cast |
| 2003 | Café Lumière · as Yoko's Stepmother |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Drugstore Girl · as Hideko Mukai |
| 2003 | Worst by Chance · as Hatsuko Kim |
| 2003 | Farewell, Kuro · as Eri Yuki |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Hotel Hibiscus · as Mieko's Mother |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Asako in Ruby Shoes · as Aya's Mother |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Ojuken · as Midori Chiaki |
| 1998 | Wait and See · as Wife Of Hiroshi's Brother |
| 1998 | A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage · as Kuramoto |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | 20th Century Nostalgia · as Anzu's Mother |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Happy-Go-Lucky · as Man's Lover In Tv Drama |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Gonin 2 · as Ran |
| 1996 | Those Were the Days (TV Series) · as Masako Ozawa |
| 1995 | Haunted School · as Yukawa |
| 1995 | Say Love Me (TV Series) · as Kaoru Kanzaki |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | The Files of Young Kindaichi (TV Series) · as Hiruko Kirigoe |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | A Night in Nude · as Nami Tsuchiya |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | The Brutal Insanity of Love · as Nami Muraki |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Yumeji · as Jiro |
| 1991 | Hiruko the Goblin · as Reiko's Mother |
| 1991 | Rasuto Furankenshutain · as Cast |
| 1990 | Tales of the Unusual (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1989 | Onihei Hankachō (1989) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1988 | Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You · as Managing Director's Daughter |
| 1988 | Love Bites Back · as Sanae Ebino |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | GeGeGe no Kitaro Yokai Kiden: Mateki Elohim Essaim · as Nure-Onna |
| 1986 | Abudeka (TV Series) · as Yuko |