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 (153)
Shin Godzilla
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Departures
Yuriko Kamimura
Sheep in the Box
Nobuyo Nishimura
Parasyte: Part 1
Izumi Nobuko
Yamato
2005
Parasyte: Part 2
Izumi Nobuko
Suicide Club
2001
Hiruko the Goblin
Reiko's Mother
Hiruko the Goblin
1991
To Every You I've Loved Before
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
To Me, the One Who Loved You
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
The Ramen Girl
Reiko
Air Doll
Receptionist Yoshiko
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Rume
Worst by Chance
Hatsuko Kim
A Story of Yonosuke
Taeko Yokomichi
Nobody's Perfect
Chieko Kuroki
Alone in the Night
1994
The Invisibles
2026
Shield of Straw
2013
Midnight Diner
Chieko Hanawa
Galileo XX
Yoriko Takasaki
Ace Attorney
Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
AI Amok
Eiko Tanaka
A Night in Nude
Nami Tsuchiya
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Red
Ogata Yoko
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
1995
Villain
Yoriko Shimizu
Rebirth
Angel
My SO Has Got Depression
Satoko Kurita
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Midnight Diner 2
Chieko
Yumeji
Jiro
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Managing Director's Daughter
Crossroads
2011
Bread of Happiness
Yoko
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
1991
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
2022
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Motoko Ueno
Tokyo Tower
2005
For Love's Sake
Toyo Taiga
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Step
Michiyo Muramatsu
The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Motoko Ueno
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Kuramoto
Sharaku
1995
Oka wo koete
2008
We Shall Overcome Someday
2005
Café Lumière
Yoko's Stepmother
The Blue Hearts
(segment “Hammer”)
Happy-Go-Lucky
Man's Lover in TV Drama
Star Watching Dog
Innkeeper
Noise
Hanae Shoji
Gonin 2
Ran
Haunted School
Professor Yukawa
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
2017
Dearest
Tamiko Hamasaki
The President's Christmas Tree
1996
Aiki
2002
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Mitsuru Funaki
20th Century Nostalgia
Anzu's Mother
Peaceful Death
2020
Any Crybabies Around?
Setsuko Goto
Black Widow Business
Eiko Segawa
Immoral Affairs
1997
Drugstore Girl
Hideko Mukai
The Ice Ruts
요네자와 사유리
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
2002
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000
Maria's Stomach
1990
Dirty Hearts
Naomi
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
1991
First Gentleman
2021
Dear Doctor
Akemi Ohtake
Sinsin and the Mouse
2026
52-Hertz Whales
Noriko Okada
Everything Will Be Owlright!
Minoyama
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
2007
Virgin Snow
Mayumi Sasaki
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Tezuka Yukino
300 Million Yen Robbery
Ryoko Nakaoka
悪女について
Suzuki Tane
Dog Star
2002
Hotel Royal
Miko Noshiro
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Koto
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Suzuki
A Stitch of Life
Hiroe Minami
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Kita no mandokoro
The Murder of Kuroido
2018
Amagi Pass
1998
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994
My Little Sweet Pea
Ayako Akaike
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
2012
Moonlight Serenade
1997
Another Battle
2000
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
2026
Love Bites Back
Sanae Ebino
A Lone Scalpel
Shizuka Takei
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Aya's Mother
An Artist of the Floating World
Mrs. Saito
Tokyo Rhapsody
2007
Winter Rose
Michiko Wataguchi
Rinco's Restaurant
Ruriko
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
2016
Omotenashi
Mitsuko
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
1991
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Nami Muraki
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
Farewell, Kuro
Eri Yuki
Can you collect it? Complete
1994
Oh My God
2002
Zen and Bones
Kô Mittwer
Perfect Revolution
Akiko
Free and Easy 11
2000
Wait and See
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
Invisible War
Kinu Murozono
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Sumomo mo momo
1995
The Housekeeper
Haruko Inamura
Hotel Hibiscus
Mieko's Mother
Enokida Trading Co.
Yoko Shima
Via Okinawa
1989
Passion
1992
The Yakuza Principal
2007
The Exam
Midori Chiaki
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
2012
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
2023
Orchids Under the Moon
Nami / Yoko
Omokage
2023
Time Leap
1997
Where The Legend Lives
2008
Baian the Assassin
1990
橋ものがたり「約束」
2024
Gorotsuki 2
1993
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000
Soup Opera
Yasuko Tanaka
Father of the Bride
2012
Giwaku
2019
Hysteric
2000
An Autumn Afternoon
Akiko Hirayama
Timeless Melody
Chikako's Mother
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
Speaker
The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File
2013
Sleep in the Shadows
2019
Suspicion
2003
TV Shows (74)
The Naked Director
Kozue Muranishi · 3 eps
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Hiruko Kirigoe · 2 eps
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Chieko Tachibana · 2 eps
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
Yoriko Musubi · 60 eps
Dangerous Detective
Yuko · 1 eps
Dangerous Detective
Hiromi Nagisa · 1 eps
The Files of Young Kindaichi
Hiruko Kirigoe · 2 eps
Half Blue Sky
Kimika Okada · 156 eps
Straight to Hell
Kiyo Mita · 9 eps
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
1 eps
Churasan
Shibata Yoko · 169 eps
Sanctuary
8 eps
Say You Love Me
Kaoru Kanzaki · 12 eps
Into the White Night
Taniguchi Mafumi · 11 eps
Back of Father
Togawa Yasuko · 1 eps
Atsuhime
Hisa-hime · 50 eps
Trillion Game
Mitsuzono Shizuku · 10 eps
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Ritsuko Nishi Freeman · 11 eps
Izakaya Fuji
12 eps
dele
1 eps
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
1 eps
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~
Junko Kijimoto · 21 eps
Hakusen Nagashi
Masako Ozawa · 11 eps
Usotoki Rhetoric
1 eps
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
Tendo Ichiko · 11 eps
Innocent Days
Michiko Tanaka · 6 eps
The Gift of Your Heart
Yukino Aihara · 11 eps
Bambino!
1 eps
Death Office
Shingu · 10 eps
Dear Father
Fortune Teller · 1 eps
Kao
Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子） · 11 eps
Hello, I Love You
Machi Domoto · 9 eps
Be with You
Hongo Naomi · 10 eps
Just One Love
Akiko Kanzaki · 10 eps
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
15 eps
Affectionate Time
Kujo Tomoko · 11 eps
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
Shibusawa Wakako · 10 eps
Virgin Road
Michi · 11 eps
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Yukiko Ando · 10 eps
Daisuki!!
Setsuko Kachigawa · 10 eps
Taro no Tō
4 eps
Evil People
Chise Fujishima · 8 eps
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
Fumiyo Takahashi · 1 eps
The Public Enemy
Akiko Kawarada · 10 eps
California Dreamin'
Kyoko Yamazaki
Night Hero NAOTO
権田薫子 · 11 eps
Toubousha
2 eps
My Happy Divorced Life
6 eps
And Then There Were None
Erika Konami · 2 eps
Karyuu No Utage
Miyagi Yoko · 8 eps
Dangerous Relationship
Ayako Tsuzuki · 11 eps
Matrilineal Family
Kimie Kobayashi · 2 eps
Goodbye Mr Ozu
11 eps
Concerto
10 eps
Live
12 eps
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
Nonaka Tomiko · 6 eps
REPLAY＆DESTROY
fortune-teller woman · 8 eps
Love Story
11 eps
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
南雲喜里子 · 10 eps
Sugu Shinun Dakara
Mori Kaoru · 5 eps
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
8 eps
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
엔죠지 치에코 · 8 eps
A Dangerous Woman
11 eps
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
8 eps
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
6 eps
Houkago Groove
10 eps
Dream Team
Yoshie Andou · 8 eps
警視庁継続捜査班
8 eps
Middle-aged Bachelors
13 eps
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
1 eps
ママは昔パパだった
6 eps
Welcome to National Treasures
2 eps
The Kind-Hearted Cat
Matsuko · 5 eps
お葬式で会いましょう
1 eps
