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Kimiko Yo
0.9 Popularity
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
0.0
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
7.6
Usotoki Rhetoric
2024
7.8
高橋文世
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024
8.0
Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
Shinjuku Field Hospital
2024
5.5
Tendo Ichiko
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
2024
8.2
Noriko Okada
52-Hertz Whales
2024
9.5
Yukino Aihara
The Gift of Your Heart
2024
7.6
Mitsuzono Shizuku
Trillion Game
2023
10.0
Matsuko
The Kind-Hearted Cat
2023
8.2
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
2023
Credits
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
0.0
Usotoki Rhetoric
2024
7.6
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
as 高橋文世
2024
7.8
Shinjuku Field Hospital
as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
2024
8.0
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
as Tendo Ichiko
2024
5.5
52-Hertz Whales
as Noriko Okada
2024
8.2
The Gift of Your Heart
as Yukino Aihara
2024
9.5
Trillion Game
as Mitsuzono Shizuku
2023
7.6
The Kind-Hearted Cat
as Matsuko
2023
10.0
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
2023
8.2
Sanctuary
2023
7.7
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
2023
7.0
Omokage
2023
0.0
My Happy Divorced Life
2023
2.0
To Me, the One Who Loved You
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
2022
6.0
To Every You I've Loved Before
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
2022
6.6
Everything Will Be Owlright!
as Minoyama
2022
7.3
Winter Rose
as Michiko Wataguchi
2022
5.0
The Files of Young Kindaichi
as Hiruko Kirigoe
2022
6.5
Noise
as Hanae Shoji
2022
5.8
First Gentleman
2021
4.5
Dream Team
as Yoshie Andou
2021
0.0
Toubousha
2020
7.0
Any Crybabies Around?
as Setsuko Goto
2020
5.2
Hotel Royal
as Miko Noshiro
2020
4.6
Sugu Shinun Dakara
as Mori Kaoru
2020
0.0
Peaceful Death
2020
6.4
Step
as Michiyo Muramatsu
2020
7.2
Red
as Ogata Yoko
2020
4.7
AI Amok
as Eiko Tanaka
2020
7.1
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
as Shibusawa Wakako
2020
4.5
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
6.5
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
as 南雲喜里子
2019
0.0
Death Office
as Shingu
2019
5.4
Welcome to National Treasures
2019
0.0
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
6.0
Sleep in the Shadows
2019
0.0
The Naked Director
as Kozue Muranishi
2019
7.3
An Artist of the Floating World
as Mrs. Saito
2019
0.0
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
2019
7.2
Giwaku
2019
6.0
dele
2018
7.8
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
2018
7.0
Enokida Trading Co.
as Yoko Shima
2018
6.0
The Murder of Kuroido
2018
0.0
Half Blue Sky
as Kimika Okada
2018
7.8
Innocent Days
as Michiko Tanaka
2018
7.3
Omotenashi
as Mitsuko
2018
4.0
ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
2017
0.0
The Public Enemy
as Akiko Kawarada
2017
8.0
Perfect Revolution
as Akiko
2017
6.0
Izakaya Fuji
2017
7.0
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
as Koto
2017
8.0
The Blue Hearts
as (segment “Hammer”)
2017
5.0
And Then There Were None
as Erika Konami
2017
6.6
Midnight Diner 2
as Chieko
2016
7.4
The Ice Ruts
as 요네자와 사유리
2016
7.0
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Chieko Tachibana
2016
7.8
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
as Yoriko Musubi
2016
7.3
Black Widow Business
as Eiko Segawa
2016
8.5
Zen and Bones
as Kô Mittwer
2016
0.0
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
2016
9.0
Shin Godzilla
as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
2016
7.2
Hello, I Love You
as Machi Domoto
2016
0.0
Night Hero NAOTO
as 権田薫子
2016
0.0
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
as Speaker
2015
0.0
REPLAY＆DESTROY
as fortune-teller woman
2015
7.0
Parasyte: Part 2
as Izumi Nobuko
2015
7.1
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
as Motoko Ueno
2015
6.7
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
as Motoko Ueno
2015
7.0
A Stitch of Life
as Hiroe Minami
2015
5.8
Parasyte: Part 1
as Izumi Nobuko
2014
7.1
Midnight Diner
as Chieko Hanawa
2014
7.6
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
as Nonaka Tomiko
2014
0.0
Back of Father
as Togawa Yasuko
2014
8.0
お葬式で会いましょう
2014
0.0
300 Million Yen Robbery
as Ryoko Nakaoka
2014
6.0
My Little Sweet Pea
as Ayako Akaike
2013
6.2
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
as Mitsuru Funaki
2013
7.2
謎解きはディナーのあとで スペシャル～風祭警部の事件簿～
2013
0.0
Galileo XX
as Yoriko Takasaki
2013
7.1
Shield of Straw
2013
6.4
Houkago Groove
2013
0.0
Nobody's Perfect
2013
0.0
A Story of Yonosuke
as Taeko Yokomichi
2013
7.0
The Housekeeper
as Haruko Inamura
2012
7.0
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
2012
0.0
Dearest
as Tamiko Hamasaki
2012
6.8
Dirty Hearts
as Naomi
2012
6.6
For Love's Sake
as Toyo Taiga
2012
6.9
悪女について
as Suzuki Tane
2012
0.0
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
2012
7.0
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
2012
0.0
Ace Attorney
as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
2012
6.1
Bread of Happiness
as Yoko
2012
6.7
Father of the Bride
2012
3.0
Crossroads
2011
6.5
My SO Has Got Depression
as Satoko Kurita
2011
7.2
Star Watching Dog
as Innkeeper
2011
7.7
Karyuu No Utage
as Miyagi Yoko
2011
8.0
Rebirth
as Angel
2011
7.6
Taro no Tō
2011
0.0
Soup Opera
as Yasuko Tanaka
2010
8.0
Villain
as Yoriko Shimizu
2010
6.6
警視庁継続捜査班
2010
0.0
A Lone Scalpel
as Shizuka Takei
2010
6.5
Rinco's Restaurant
as Ruriko
2010
8.2
Air Doll
as Receptionist Yoshiko
2009
7.0
ママは昔パパだった
as 우에노 마키코
2009
0.0
Dear Doctor
as Akemi Ohtake
2009
6.4
Where The Legend Lives
2008
6.0
Departures
as Yuriko Kamimura
2008
7.8
Oka wo koete
2008
0.0
The Ramen Girl
as Reiko
2008
6.5
Daisuki!!
as Setsuko Kachigawa
2008
7.5
Atsuhime
as Hisa-hime
2008
9.0
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
as Kita no mandokoro
2007
8.5
🎬
夜の終る時
2007
0.0
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
as 엔죠지 치에코
2007
0.0
The Yakuza Principal
2007
8.0
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
2007
6.0
Virgin Snow
as Mayumi Sasaki
2007
6.5
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
0.0
Bambino!
2007
6.8
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現ナマ弁護士
2007
0.0
Invisible War
as Kinu Murozono
2007
6.0
Evil People
as Chise Fujishima
2007
7.0
Dear Father
as Fortune Teller
2007
8.3
Just One Love
as Akiko Kanzaki
2006
7.3
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
2006
6.0
Into the White Night
as Taniguchi Mafumi
2006
7.4
Yamato
2005
5.5
Be with You
as Hongo Naomi
2005
7.0
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
2005
0.0
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
as Tezuka Yukino
2005
0.0
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
2005
0.0
We Shall Overcome Someday
2005
6.2
Tokyo Tower
2005
7.1
Affectionate Time
as Kujo Tomoko
2005
8.0
🎬
松本清張特別企画・黒い画集～紐
2005
0.0
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
6.5
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
0.0
Café Lumière
as Yoko's Stepmother
2004
6.7
🎬
女の中の二つの顔
2004
0.0
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
1.0
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
4.5
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
as Yukiko Ando
2003
4.3
Worst by Chance
as Hatsuko Kim
2003
0.0
🎬
女タクシードライバーの事件日誌
2003
0.0
Farewell, Kuro
as Eri Yuki
2003
6.8
Kao
as Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）
2003
6.5
Suspicion
2003
0.0
An Autumn Afternoon
as Akiko Hirayama
2003
0.0
Aiki
2002
4.3
Hotel Hibiscus
as Mieko's Mother
2002
6.9
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
2002
0.0
Oh My God
2002
0.0
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
as Rume
2002
0.0
Dog Star
2002
7.5
California Dreamin'
as Kyoko Yamazaki
2002
7.0
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
2002
1.0
Suicide Club
2001
6.5
Goodbye Mr Ozu
2001
6.0
Love Story
2001
7.0
Churasan
as Shibata Yoko
2001
9.7
Asako in Ruby Shoes
as Aya's Mother
2000
6.9
Another Battle
2000
5.5
🎬
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
2000
0.0
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000
0.0
Hysteric
2000
0.0
Timeless Melody
as Chikako's Mother
2000
0.0
Free and Easy 11
2000
7.0
Dangerous Relationship
as Ayako Tsuzuki
1999
0.0
The Exam
as Midori Chiaki
1999
0.0
Live
1999
1.0
Wait and See
as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
1998
6.8
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
as Kuramoto
1998
6.2
🎬
Kurenai
1998
0.0
A Dangerous Woman
1998
4.0
Amagi Pass
1998
1.0
Immoral Affairs
1997
2.0
20th Century Nostalgia
as Anzu's Mother
1997
7.0
🎬
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
1997
0.0
Middle-aged Bachelors
1997
0.0
Time Leap
1997
0.0
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
0.0
🎬
The Most Important Person
1997
0.0
Happy-Go-Lucky
as Man's Lover in TV Drama
1997
7.5
Moonlight Serenade
1997
5.4
Virgin Road
as Michi
1997
7.0
The President's Christmas Tree
1996
0.0
Concerto
1996
0.0
Gonin 2
as Ran
1996
6.6
Hakusen Nagashi
as Masako Ozawa
1996
9.3
🎬
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu
1996
0.0
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
as Hiruko Kirigoe
1995
7.6
Haunted School
as Yukawa
1995
6.1
Say You Love Me
as Kaoru Kanzaki
1995
6.5
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
1995
0.0
Sharaku
1995
6.1
Sumomo mo momo
1995
0.0
Alone in the Night
1994
5.8
Can you collect it? Complete
1994
0.0
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
0.0
A Night in Nude
as Nami Tsuchiya
1993
5.7
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
0.0
The Brutal Insanity of Love
as Nami Muraki
1993
3.2
Passion
1992
6.5
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
1991
0.0
🎬
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
1991
0.0
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991
0.0
Orchids Under the Moon
1991
0.0
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
1991
5.8
Yumeji
as Jiro
1991
6.3
Hiruko the Goblin
as Reiko's Mother
1991
6.1
Hiruko the Goblin
1991
6.1
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
1991
0.0
Baian the Assassin
1990
0.0
Maria's Stomach
1990
0.0
Via Okinawa
1989
6.5
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
as Managing Director's Daughter
1988
5.7
Love Bites Back
as Sanae Ebino
1988
1.0
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
4.7
Dangerous Detective
as Yuko
1986
8.2
Dangerous Detective
as Hiromi Nagisa
1986
8.2
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
N/A
0.0