Kimiko Yo
Acting
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.
Sheep in the Box
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
52-Hertz Whales
Noriko Okada
橋ものがたり「約束」
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
Omokage
To Me, the One Who Loved You
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
To Every You I've Loved Before
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Everything Will Be Owlright!
Minoyama
Winter Rose
Michiko Wataguchi
Noise
Hanae Shoji
First Gentleman
Any Crybabies Around?
Setsuko Goto
Hotel Royal
Miko Noshiro
Peaceful Death
Step
Michiyo Muramatsu
Red
Ogata Yoko
AI Amok
Eiko Tanaka
Show Me the Way to the Station
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
Sleep in the Shadows
An Artist of the Floating World
Mrs. Saito
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
(voice)
Giwaku
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Enokida Trading Co.
Yoko Shima
The Murder of Kuroido
Omotenashi
Mitsuko
ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
Perfect Revolution
Akiko
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Koto
The Blue Hearts
(segment “Hammer”)
The Ice Ruts
요네자와 사유리
Midnight Diner 2
Chieko
Black Widow Business
Eiko Segawa
Zen and Bones
Kô Mittwer
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
Shin Godzilla
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
Speaker
Parasyte: Part 2
Izumi Nobuko
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Motoko Ueno
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Motoko Ueno
A Stitch of Life
Hiroe Minami
Parasyte: Part 1
Izumi Nobuko
Midnight Diner
Chieko Hanawa
300 Million Yen Robbery
Ryoko Nakaoka
My Little Sweet Pea
Ayako Akaike
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Mitsuru Funaki
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～
Galileo XX
Yoriko Takasaki
Shield of Straw
Nobody's Perfect
A Story of Yonosuke
Taeko Yokomichi
The Housekeeper
Haruko Inamura
Dearest
Tamiko Hamasaki
Dirty Hearts
Naomi
For Love's Sake
Toyo Taiga
悪女について
Suzuki Tane
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
Ace Attorney
Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
Bread of Happiness
Yoko
Father of the Bride
Crossroads
My SO Has Got Depression
Satoko Kurita
Star Watching Dog
Innkeeper
Rebirth
Angel
Soup Opera
Yasuko Tanaka
Villain
Yoriko Shimizu
A Lone Scalpel
Shizuka Takei
Rinco's Restaurant
Ruriko
Air Doll
Receptionist Yoshiko
Dear Doctor
Akemi Ohtake
Where The Legend Lives
Departures
Yuriko Kamimura
Oka wo koete
The Ramen Girl
Reiko
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Kita no mandokoro
The Yakuza Principal
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
Tokyo Rhapsody
Virgin Snow
Mayumi Sasaki
Invisible War
Kinu Murozono
Yamato
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Tezuka Yukino
We Shall Overcome Someday
Tokyo Tower
Chicken Is Barefoot
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Café Lumière
Yoko's Stepmother
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Fireflies: River of Light
Drugstore Girl
Hideko Mukai
Worst by Chance
Hatsuko Kim
Farewell, Kuro
Eri Yuki
Suspicion
An Autumn Afternoon
Akiko Hirayama
Aiki
Hotel Hibiscus
Mieko's Mother
Oh My God
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Rume
Dog Star
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
Suicide Club
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Aya's Mother
Another Battle
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Hysteric
Timeless Melody
Chikako's Mother
Free and Easy 11
The Exam
Midori Chiaki
Wait and See
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Kuramoto
Amagi Pass
Immoral Affairs
20th Century Nostalgia
Anzu's Mother
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
Time Leap
An Angel with Many Scars
Happy-Go-Lucky
Man's Lover in TV Drama
Moonlight Serenade
The President's Christmas Tree
Gonin 2
Ran
Haunted School
Yukawa
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
Nami Tsuchiya
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Nami Muraki
Passion
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Orchids Under the Moon
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Yumeji
Jiro
Hiruko the Goblin
Hiruko the Goblin
Reiko's Mother
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Baian the Assassin
Maria's Stomach
Via Okinawa
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Managing Director's Daughter
Love Bites Back
Sanae Ebino
The Heartbreak Yakuza