Kimiko Yo
Acting
Born: May 12, 1956 (age 70) · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Highest Rated
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
Shin Godzilla
2016
Departures
2008
Suicide Club
2001
The Ramen Girl
2008
Parasyte: Part 1
2014
Air Doll
2009
Parasyte: Part 2
2015
The Naked Director
2019
Shield of Straw
2013
Ace Attorney
2012
Red
2020
To Me, the One Who Loved You
2022
Photos (5)
Movies (154)
Departures
Yuriko Kamimura
Shin Godzilla
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
The Ramen Girl
Reiko
Air Doll
Receptionist Yoshiko
Yamato
2005
Sheep in the Box
Nobuyo Nishimura
Shield of Straw
2013
Virgin Snow
Mayumi Sasaki
Parasyte: Part 2
Izumi Nobuko
Parasyte: Part 1
Izumi Nobuko
To Me, the One Who Loved You
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
A Story of Yonosuke
Taeko Yokomichi
To Every You I've Loved Before
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Rebirth
Angel
Suicide Club
2001
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
Haunted School
Professor Yukawa
Midnight Diner 2
Chieko
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Motoko Ueno
Sharaku
1995
Villain
Yoriko Shimizu
A Night in Nude
Nami Tsuchiya
Happy-Go-Lucky
Man's Lover in TV Drama
The Invisibles
2026
Alone in the Night
1994
For Love's Sake
Toyo Taiga
Another Battle
2000
Any Crybabies Around?
Setsuko Goto
The Blue Hearts
(segment “Hammer”)
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
2007
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Managing Director's Daughter
Gonin 2
Ran
Worst by Chance
Hatsuko Kim
20th Century Nostalgia
Anzu's Mother
Aiki
2002
Moonlight Serenade
1997
Midnight Diner
Chieko Hanawa
Dear Doctor
Akemi Ohtake
AI Amok
Eiko Tanaka
Hiruko the Goblin
Reiko's Mother
Hiruko the Goblin
1991
Galileo XX
Yoriko Takasaki
Bread of Happiness
Yoko
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Mitsuru Funaki
Café Lumière
Yoko's Stepmother
Dearest
Tamiko Hamasaki
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Kuramoto
We Shall Overcome Someday
2005
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Motoko Ueno
Red
Ogata Yoko
A Lone Scalpel
Shizuka Takei
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Koto
My SO Has Got Depression
Satoko Kurita
Crossroads
2011
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Ace Attorney
Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
Rinco's Restaurant
Ruriko
Soup Opera
Yasuko Tanaka
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Suzuki
Black Widow Business
Eiko Segawa
Immoral Affairs
1997
Yumeji
Jiro
Nobody's Perfect
Chieko Kuroki
Step
Michiyo Muramatsu
Euthanasia Special Zone
2026
Amagi Pass
1998
Wait and See
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
2012
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
1995
Tokyo Tower
2005
52-Hertz Whales
Noriko Okada
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Hotel Royal
Miko Noshiro
Orchids Under the Moon
Nami / Yoko
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
The Exam
Midori Chiaki
Hotel Hibiscus
Mieko's Mother
Sinsin and the Mouse
2026
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Tezuka Yukino
Everything Will Be Owlright!
Minoyama
Noise
Hanae Shoji
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000
An Artist of the Floating World
Mrs. Saito
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Nami Muraki
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Gorotsuki 2
1993
A Stitch of Life
Hiroe Minami
Farewell, Kuro
Eri Yuki
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
An Autumn Afternoon
Akiko Hirayama
Dog Star
2002
My Little Sweet Pea
Ayako Akaike
Where The Legend Lives
2008
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Aya's Mother
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Rume
Dirty Hearts
Naomi
First Gentleman
2021
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
1991
Giwaku
2019
300 Million Yen Robbery
Ryoko Nakaoka
Peaceful Death
2020
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
2012
Star Watching Dog
Innkeeper
Zen and Bones
Kô Mittwer
The Murder of Kuroido
2018
Love Bites Back
Sanae Ebino
Oka wo koete
2008
The Ice Ruts
요네자와 사유리
Winter Rose
Michiko Wataguchi
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
2023
Hysteric
2000
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Kita no mandokoro
Drugstore Girl
Hideko Mukai
Passion
1992
悪女について
Suzuki Tane
Suspicion
2003
Enokida Trading Co.
Yoko Shima
The Yakuza Principal
2007
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
2017
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
2002
Maria's Stomach
1990
橋ものがたり「約束」
2024
Baian the Assassin
1990
Timeless Melody
Chikako's Mother
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
Invisible War
Kinu Murozono
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Via Okinawa
1989
Omotenashi
Mitsuko
The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File
2013
Omokage
2023
Perfect Revolution
Akiko
The Housekeeper
Haruko Inamura
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000
Sleep in the Shadows
2019
Father of the Bride
2012
Can you collect it? Complete
1994
Free and Easy 11
2000
Time Leap
1997
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
2022
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
Oh My God
2002
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
1991
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
2016
Sumomo mo momo
1995
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991
The President's Christmas Tree
1996
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
1991
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
Speaker
TV Shows (75)
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Hiruko Kirigoe · 2 eps
The Naked Director
Kozue Muranishi · 3 eps
Straight to Hell
Kiyo Mita · 9 eps
Half Blue Sky
Kimika Okada · 156 eps
Churasan
Shibata Yoko · 169 eps
Dangerous Detective
Yuko · 1 eps
Dangerous Detective
Hiromi Nagisa · 1 eps
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
Yoriko Musubi · 60 eps
Atsuhime
Hisa-hime · 50 eps
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Chieko Tachibana · 2 eps
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~
Junko Kijimoto · 21 eps
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
1 eps
The Files of Young Kindaichi
Hiruko Kirigoe · 2 eps
dele
1 eps
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
1 eps
Sanctuary
8 eps
Back of Father
Togawa Yasuko · 1 eps
Into the White Night
Taniguchi Mafumi · 11 eps
Virgin Road
Michi · 11 eps
Trillion Game
Mitsuzono Shizuku · 10 eps
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Ritsuko Nishi Freeman · 11 eps
Usotoki Rhetoric
1 eps
Hakusen Nagashi
Masako Ozawa · 11 eps
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
Shibusawa Wakako · 10 eps
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
Tendo Ichiko · 11 eps
The Gift of Your Heart
Yukino Aihara · 11 eps
Be with You
Hongo Naomi · 10 eps
Kao
Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子） · 11 eps
Just One Love
Akiko Kanzaki · 10 eps
Daisuki!!
Setsuko Kachigawa · 10 eps
Dear Father
Fortune Teller · 1 eps
Affectionate Time
Kujo Tomoko · 11 eps
Say You Love Me
Kaoru Kanzaki · 12 eps
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Yukiko Ando · 10 eps
Bambino!
1 eps
Death Office
Shingu · 10 eps
The Public Enemy
Akiko Kawarada · 10 eps
Angel Flight
Megumi Yoshizaki · 1 eps
Toubousha
2 eps
Sugu Shinun Dakara
Mori Kaoru · 5 eps
Taro no Tō
4 eps
Karyuu No Utage
Miyagi Yoko · 8 eps
California Dreamin'
Kyoko Yamazaki
Goodbye Mr Ozu
11 eps
Innocent Days
Michiko Tanaka · 6 eps
Evil People
Chise Fujishima · 8 eps
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
15 eps
Izakaya Fuji
12 eps
Live
12 eps
Concerto
10 eps
Hello, I Love You
Machi Domoto · 9 eps
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
Fumiyo Takahashi · 1 eps
Dream Team
Yoshie Andou · 8 eps
A Dangerous Woman
11 eps
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
8 eps
REPLAY＆DESTROY
fortune-teller woman · 8 eps
My Happy Divorced Life
6 eps
Night Hero NAOTO
権田薫子 · 11 eps
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
南雲喜里子 · 10 eps
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
엔죠지 치에코 · 8 eps
Dangerous Relationship
Ayako Tsuzuki · 11 eps
And Then There Were None
Erika Konami · 2 eps
Love Story
11 eps
Matrilineal Family
Kimie Kobayashi · 2 eps
The Kind-Hearted Cat
Matsuko · 5 eps
ママは昔パパだった
6 eps
警視庁継続捜査班
8 eps
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
6 eps
Houkago Groove
10 eps
Middle-aged Bachelors
13 eps
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
8 eps
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
1 eps
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
Nonaka Tomiko · 6 eps
お葬式で会いましょう
1 eps
Welcome to National Treasures
2 eps
