Kimiko Yo
Acting
- Born:
- 1956-05-12
- Place of birth:
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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
Filmography
The Canary's Lullaby
Two Cigarettes, Three Nights
The Invisibles
Sinsin and the Mouse
Sheep in the Box
Straight to Hell
Euthanasia Special Zone
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
Usotoki Rhetoric
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
52-Hertz Whales
橋ものがたり「約束」
The Gift of Your Heart
Trillion Game
The Kind-Hearted Cat
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
Sanctuary
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
Omokage
Angel Flight
My Happy Divorced Life
To Me, the One Who Loved You
To Every You I've Loved Before
Everything Will Be Owlright!
Winter Rose
The Files of Young Kindaichi
Noise
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
Matrilineal Family
First Gentleman
Dream Team
Toubousha
Any Crybabies Around?
Hotel Royal
Sugu Shinun Dakara
Peaceful Death
Step
Red
AI Amok
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
Show Me the Way to the Station
Miss Jikocho-Professor Tenno's Survey File
Death Office
Welcome to National Treasures
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
Sleep in the Shadows
The Naked Director
An Artist of the Floating World
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
Giwaku
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~
dele
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Enokida Trading Co.
The Murder of Kuroido
Half Blue Sky
Innocent Days
Omotenashi
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
The Public Enemy
Perfect Revolution
Izakaya Fuji
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
The Blue Hearts
And Then There Were None
Midnight Diner 2
The Ice Ruts
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Black Widow Business
Zen and Bones
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
Shin Godzilla
Hello, I Love You
Night Hero NAOTO
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
REPLAY＆DESTROY
Parasyte: Part 2
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
A Stitch of Life
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Parasyte: Part 1
Midnight Diner
Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
Back of Father
お葬式で会いましょう
300 Million Yen Robbery
My Little Sweet Pea
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File
Galileo XX
Shield of Straw
Houkago Groove
Nobody's Perfect
A Story of Yonosuke
The Housekeeper
Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
Dearest
Dirty Hearts
For Love's Sake
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
悪女について
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
Ace Attorney
Bread of Happiness
Father of the Bride
Crossroads
My SO Has Got Depression
Star Watching Dog
Karyuu No Utage
Rebirth
Taro no Tō
Soup Opera
Villain
警視庁継続捜査班
A Lone Scalpel
Rinco's Restaurant
Air Doll
ママは昔パパだった
Dear Doctor
Where The Legend Lives
Departures
Oka wo koete
The Ramen Girl
Daisuki!!
Atsuhime
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
夜の終る時
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
The Yakuza Principal
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
Virgin Snow
Tokyo Rhapsody
Bambino!
現ナマ弁護士
Invisible War
Evil People
Dear Father
Just One Love
Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
Into the White Night
Yamato
Be with You
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
We Shall Overcome Someday
Tokyo Tower
Affectionate Time
松本清張特別企画・黒い画集～紐
Chicken Is Barefoot
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Café Lumière
女の中の二つの顔
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Fireflies: River of Light
Drugstore Girl
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Worst by Chance
女タクシードライバーの事件日誌
Farewell, Kuro
Kao
Suspicion
An Autumn Afternoon
Aiki
Hotel Hibiscus
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
Oh My God
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Dog Star
California Dreamin'
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
Suicide Club
Goodbye Mr Ozu
Love Story
Churasan
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Another Battle
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Hysteric
Timeless Melody
Free and Easy 11
Dangerous Relationship
The Exam
Live
Wait and See
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Kurenai
A Dangerous Woman
Amagi Pass
Immoral Affairs
20th Century Nostalgia
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
Middle-aged Bachelors
Time Leap
An Angel with Many Scars
The Most Important Person
Happy-Go-Lucky
Moonlight Serenade
Virgin Road
The President's Christmas Tree
Concerto
Gonin 2
Hakusen Nagashi
Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Haunted School
Say You Love Me
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
Sharaku
Sumomo mo momo
Alone in the Night
Can you collect it? Complete
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
A Night in Nude
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Gorotsuki 2
Passion
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Orchids Under the Moon
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Yumeji
Hiruko the Goblin
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Baian the Assassin
Maria's Stomach
Via Okinawa
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Love Bites Back
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Dangerous Detective
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