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