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Kimiko Yo
ActorBorn May 12, 1956 (69 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
| 2026 | |
| 2026 | Straight to Hell (TV Series) |
| 2024 | Usotoki Rhetoric (TV Series) |
| 2024 | Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai (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 | Re: Revenge: Yokubou no Hate ni (TV Series) · as Ichiko Tendo |
| 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 | The Kind-Hearted Cat (TV Series) · as Matsuko |
| 2023 | Yasashii Neko (TV Series) · as マツコ |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Sanctuary (2023) (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (TV Series) · as Fuki Nakagome |
| 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 | When I Was Born Next Time (TV Series) · as 山賀佐保子 |
| 2022 | The Files of Young Kindaichi: Fifth Generation (TV Series) · as Hiruko Kirigoe |
| 2022 | Noise · as Hanae Shoji |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | ドリームチーム (TV Series) · as Yoshie Andou |
| 2020 | 逃亡者 (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Any Crybabies Around? · as Setsuko Goto |
| 2020 | Hotel Royal · as Miko Noshiro |
| 2020 | Sugu Shinun Dakara (TV Series) · as Mori Kaoru |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Step · as Michiyo Muramatsu |
| 2020 | Red · as Ogata Yoko |
| 2020 | AI Amok · as Eiko Tanaka |
| 2020 | Prayers In The Emergency Room (TV Series) · as Wakako Shibuzawa |
| 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 |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Miss Accident Investigation (TV Series) · as Kiriko Nagumo |
| 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 | Tokyo Alien Brothers (TV Series) · as Akiko |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Family Fortune War (TV Series) · as Youko Kawamura |
| 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 |
| 2015 | The Discreet Joys of Kyoto Folk (TV Series) |
| 2014 | Parasyte: Part 1 · as Izumi Nobuko |
| 2014 | Midnight Diner · as Chieko Hanawa |
| 2014 | Oyaji no Senaka (TV Series) · as Togawa Yasuko |
| 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 | Hôkago Groove (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | A Story of Yonosuke · as Taeko Yokomichi |
| 2012 | Matsumoto Seichô no Atsui kûki · as Haruko Inamura |
| 2012 | Jun to Ai (TV Series) · as Sato Uehara |
| 2012 | Dearest · as Tamiko Hamasaki |
| 2012 | For Love's Sake · as Toyo Taiga |
| 2012 | Black Dawn · as Cast |
| 2012 | 悪女について · as Suzuki Tane |
| 2012 | Cleopatra Ladies (TV Series) |
| 2012 | Ace Attorney · as Maiko Ayasato (misty Fey) |
| 2012 | Bread of Happiness · as Yoko |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Chouchou-San (TV Series) · as Oko |
| 2011 | Dirty Hearts · as Naomi |
| 2011 | My SO Has Got Depression · as Satoko Kurita |
| 2011 | Star Watching Dog · as Innkeeper |
| 2011 | Karyu no Utage (TV Series) · as Miyagi Yoko |
| 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 | Dandi dadi?: Ren'ai shôsetsuka Izaki Ryûnosuke (TV Series) · as Kiwako Mishima |
| 2009 | Dear Doctor · as Akemi Ohtake |
| 2008 | Mahô tsukai ni taisetsu na koto · as Ms Kawata |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Ramen Girl · as Reiko |
| 2008 | Family History (TV Series) · as Narration |
| 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 | Tokumei! Keiji Dongame (TV Series) · as Midori Fujishima |
| 2006 | Into the White Night (TV Series) · as Taniguchi Mafumi |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Be With You (2005) (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 | Welcome to the High Plains (TV Series) · as Yuko Omokawa |
| 2003 | Farewell, Kuro · as Eri Yuki |
| 2003 | Kao 2003 (TV Series) · as 樋口京子 |
| 2003 | Kao (TV Series) · as Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子） |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Hotel Hibiscus · as Mieko's Mother |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Koi wo Nannen Yasundemasu ka? (TV Series) · as Shizue Takamura |
| 2001 | Sayonara, Ozu-sensei (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2001 | Love Story (2001) (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Churasan (TV Series) · as Shibata Yoko |
| 2000 | Asako in Ruby Shoes · as Aya's Mother |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | AIBOU: Detective Duo (TV Series) · as Utako Garyuoka |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Dangerous Relationship (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1999 | Ojuken · as Midori Chiaki |
| 1999 | LxIxVxE (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Wait and See · as Wife Of Hiroshi's Brother |
| 1998 | A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage · as Kuramoto |
| 1998 | Kurenai (TV Series) · as Asako Nakayama |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | 20th Century Nostalgia · as Anzu's Mother |
| 1997 | Otona no otoko (TV Series) · as Yoko Takayanagi |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Happy-Go-Lucky · as Man's Lover In Tv Drama |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Virgin Road (TV Series) · as Michi |
| 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 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Yumeji · as Jiro |
| 1991 | Hiruko the Goblin · as Reiko's Mother |
| 1991 | Rasuto Furankenshutain · as Kurara Aryo |
| 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 Hiromi Nagisa |